κῶμος, ὁ,
revel, carousal, merry-making, εἰς δαῖτα θάλειαν καὶ χορὸν ἱμερόεντα καὶ ἐς φιλοκυδέα κ. [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 481, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 829, 940; πίνειν καὶ κώμῳ χρᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.21, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 804, etc.; κῶμοι καὶ εὐφροσύναι 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.12; δεῖπνα καὶ σὺν αὐλητρίσι κῶμοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173d; ἑορταὶ καὶ κ. [prev. author] “R.” 573d ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐν κώμῳ εἶναι, of a city, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.25; ἔρχεσθαί τισιν ἐπὶ κῶμον [prev. author] “Smp.” 2.1; ἐπὶ κῶμον βαδίζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1040 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in honour of gods, τοῖς ἐν ἄστει Διονυσίοις ἡ πομπὴ.. καὶ ὁ κ. Legal cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.10, compare “IG” 2.971, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κώμῳ θυραμάχοις τε πυγμαχίαισι Pratin.Lyric poetry 1.8; χοροῖς ἢ κώμοις Ὑακίνθου [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1469 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 concrete, band of revellers, κ. εὐίου θεοῦ [[ [prev. author] “Ba.” 1167 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]; especially of the procession which celebrated a victor in games, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.22, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, rout, band, κ. Ἐρινύων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1189 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of an army, κ. ἀναυλότατος [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 791 (Lyric poetry); κ. ἀσπιδηφόρος [prev. author] “Supp.” 390 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; band of hunters, [[ [prev. author] “Hipp.” 55 ] Refs]; of maidens, [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1184 ] Refs]; of doves, [[ [prev. author] “Ion” 1197. ] Refs]