κομμός(A),ὁ, (κόπτω)
A. striking; esp.beating of the head and breast in lamentation, ἔκοψα κομμὸν Ἄριον
A. Ch. 423
(lyr.), cf. Bion 1.97 (pl.); hence,
2. in the Att. Drama,dirge, lament, sung alternately by one or more of the chief characters and the chorus, κ. δὲ θρῆνος κοινὸς χοροῦ καὶ ἀπὸ σκηνῆς
Arist. Po. 1452b24
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