κωμάζω

κωμάζω, [tense] fut. -άσω [ᾰ] Pi.N.9.1, -άσομαι Id.P.9.89, AP5.63 (Asclep.), Luc.Luct.13; [dialect] Dor. -άξομαι Pi.I.4(3).72: [tense] aor.

A

ἐκώμᾰσα E.HF 180

; poet. κώμ- Pi.N.10.35; [dialect] Dor. imper. -άξατε ib.2.24: [tense] pf.

κεκώμᾰκα AP5.111

(Phld.): ([etym.] κῶμος):—revel, make merry,

νέοι κώμαζον ὑπ' αὐλοῦ Hes.Sc.281

;

κωμάζοντα μετ' αὐλητῆρος ἀείδειν Thgn.1065

, cf. S.Fr.764, E.Alc.815, etc.;

κ. μετὰ μέθης Pl.Lg.637a

;

κ. καὶ παιωνίζειν D.18.287

;

ὀρχούμενος καὶ κ. Theopomp.Hist.153

;

κ. μεθ' ἡμέραν Lys. 14.25

, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.47 M.; go in festal procession,

Σικυωνόθεν εἰς Αἴτναν Pi.N.9.1

;

ὃς ἐν ταῖς πομπαῖς ἄνευ τοῦ προσώπου κ. D.19.287

: metaph.,

νήσους κώμασον εἰς μακάρων Call.Epigr.

in Berl.Sitzb.1912.548; esp. in Egypt, take part in religious processions, PGnom.200, 214 (ii A.D.): hence trans., carry images, etc., in procession, ναόν, ξόανον κ., ib.211, BGU362 vii 17 (iii A.D.):—[voice] Pass.,

χρὴ τὰς θεὰς κωμάζεσθαι Sammelb.421

(iii A.D.).

II esp. celebrate a κῶμος in honour of the victor at the games,

κ. σὺν ἑταίροις Pi.O.9.4

, etc.: c. acc. cogn.,

ἑορτὰν κ. Id.N.11.28

;

τὸν καλλίνικον μετὰ θεῶν ἐκώμασεν E.HF

l.c.

2 c. dat. pers., approach with a κῶμος, sing in his honour, Pi.I.7(6).20 (in [tense] fut. [voice] Med., Id.P.9.89);

ἡ Ἀφροδίτη κ. παρὰ τὸν Διόνυσον Plu.Ant.26

.

3 c. acc. pers., honour or celebrate him in or with the κῶμος, Pi.N.10.35, I.4(3).72; κ. Δία Τιμοδήμῳ celebrate Zeus for Timodemos' sake, Id.N.2.24.

III break in upon in the manner of revellers, serenade, of lovers, Alc.56;

ἐπὶ γαμετὰς γυναῖκας Is.3.14

, cf. Luc.DMar.1.4;

κ. ποτὶ τὰν Ἀμαρυλλίδα Theoc.3.1

, cf. Ath.8.348c;

παρά τινι Arr.An.7.24.4

;

εἴς τινα Alciphr.1.6

;

ἐπὶ τὰς ἑταιρίδων θύρας Ath.13.574e

: generally, burst in,

εἰς τόπον APl.4.102

; of evil,

ἄτη ἐς πόλιν ἐκώμασεν Tryph.314

;

θρῆνος εἰς ὑμέναιον AP7.186

(Phil.); of Alexander,

καθ' ὅλης τῆς ὑφ' ἡλίῳ Him.Ecl.2.18

: prov., ὗς ἐκώμασεν, 'a bull in a china-shop', Diogenian.8.60; εἰς μελίττας ἐκώμασας 'you have raised a hornet's nest about your ears', Paus.Gr.Fr.160, Zen.3.53, etc.