ἐπικοσμέω

A. add ornaments to, decorate after or besides, τὰ ἱρά Hdt. 1.184; adorn, ἄγαλμα, ἕδος, Hyp. Eux. 24,25; τὴν θεόν IG 22.1277; [κέρκους] ἐπικεκόσμηκεν ἡ φύσις θριξί Arist. PA 658a32; ἐ. τινὰς ἐπιγράμμασι honour them with . . , Hdt. 7.228; θεὰν ἐ. honour, celebrate, Ar. Ra. 385; of funeral honours, X. Cyr. 7.3.11: abs., λέξις ‐οῦσα Demetr. Eloc. 106:—Pass., Arist. Pol. 1263a23; ἱερὸν ἐ. ὅπλοις SIG 398.9 (Cos, iii B.C.), cf. Sammelb. 996.4 (i A.D.).