κῠδοιμ-ός, ὁ,
din of battle, uproar, hubbub, Τρώων δὲ κλαγγή τε καὶ ἄσπετος ὦρτο κυδοιμός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.523, compare 18.218 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κυδοιμὸν ἐμβαλεῖν (mock-heroic) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 573 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀρνίθων κυδοιμοί cock-fights, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.72:—Κυδοιμός personified, as companion of Ἐνυώ and Ἔρις, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.593, 18.535, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 128.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 255 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].—Epic dialect word, used by [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] and in later Prose, as [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.48.5, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 10, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]