ΜΕΤΑΚΟΣΜΗΣΕΙΝ, μετακοσμησειν
METAKOSMĒSEIN, metakosmēsein
Sounds Like: meh-tah-kos-MAY-seen
Translations: to rearrange, to reorder, to change the arrangement of
From the root: ΜΕΤΑΚΟΣΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix "μετα-" (meaning change or after) and the verb "κοσμέω" (to arrange, adorn, order). It means to rearrange or reorder something, implying a change in its existing structure or organization. It would be used in a sentence to describe the act of altering the arrangement of objects, people, or even concepts.
Inflection: Aorist Active Infinitive
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 8:161
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΤΑΚΟΣΜΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΤΑΚΟΣΜΕΩ — to adorn, to arrange, to set in order
- ΜΕΤΕΚΟΣΜΗΣΑΝΤΟ — they rearranged, they adorned, they ordered, they changed the arrangement
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