κῶμος

κῶμος, ὁ,

A revel, carousal, merry-making,

εἰς δαῖτα θάλειαν καὶ χορὸν ἱμερόεντα καὶ ἐς φιλοκυδέα κ. h.Merc.481

, cf. Thgn.829, 940;

πίνειν καὶ κώμῳ χρᾶσθαι Hdt.1.21

, cf. E.Alc.804, etc.;

κῶμοι καὶ εὐφροσύναι B.10.12

;

δεῖπνα καὶ σὺν αὐλητρίσι κῶμοι Pl.Tht.173d

;

ἑορταὶ καὶ κ. Id.R.573d

; ἐν κώμῳ εἶναι, of a city, X.Cyr.7.5.25;

ἔρχεσθαί τισιν ἐπὶ κῶμον Id.Smp.2.1

;

ἐπὶ κῶμον βαδίζειν Ar.Pl.1040

; esp. in honour of gods, τοῖς ἐν ἄστει Διονυσίοις ἡ πομπὴ . . καὶ ὁ κ. Lexap.D. 21.10, cf. IG2.971, etc.; κώμῳ θυραμάχοις τε πυγμαχίαισι Pratin.Lyr. 1.8;

χοροῖς ἢ κώμοις Ὑακίνθου E.Hel.1469

(lyr.).

2 concrete, band of revellers,

κ. εὐίου θεοῦ Id.Ba.1167

(lyr.); esp. of the procession which celebrated a victor in games, Pi.P.5.22, etc.: generally, rout, band,

κ. Ἐρινύων A.Ag.1189

; of an army,

κ. ἀναυλότατος E.Ph.791

(lyr.);

κ. ἀσπιδηφόρος Id.Supp.390

; band of hunters, Id.Hipp.55; of maidens, Id.Tr.1184; of doves, Id.Ion 1197.

II the ode sung at one of these festive processions, Pi.P.8.20, 70, O.4.10, B.8.103;

μελιγαρύων τέκτονες κώμων Pi.N.3.5

, cf. Ar.Th.104, 988 (both lyr.).