κῶμος, ὁ,
revel, carousal, merry-making, εἰς δαῖτα θάλειαν καὶ χορὸν ἱμερόεντα καὶ ἐς φιλοκυδέα κ. [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐν κώμῳ εἶναι, of a city, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in honour of gods, τοῖς ἐν ἄστει Διονυσίοις ἡ πομπὴ. καὶ ὁ κ. Legal cited in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κώμῳ θυραμάχοις τε πυγμαχίαισι Pratin.Lyric poetry 1.8; χοροῖς ἢ κώμοις Ὑακίνθου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) concrete,
band of revellers, κ. εὐίου θεοῦ [
Refs]; especially of the
procession which celebrated a victor in games, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally,
rout, band, κ. Ἐρινύων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of an army, κ. ἀναυλότατος [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
band of hunters, [
Refs]; of maidens, [
Refs]; of doves, [
Refs]
II)
the ode sung at one of these festive processions, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]