ποικιλη
διακόσμησις. διακόσμησις
was the technical term of the Pythagorean philosophy for
the orderly arrangement of the universe (cf. Arist.
Metaph. I. v. 2. “ἡ ὅλη
διακόσμησις);
Pythagoras being credited with the first application of the word
κόσμος to the
universe. (Plut. 2, 886 c.) So mundus in
Latin, whence Augustine’s oxymoron, “O munde
immunde!” On the scriptural use of κόσμος and
ἀιών vide Archbp.
Trench’s New Testament Synonyms, p.
204.