κῶμος, ὁ,
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1. 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. IG 2.971, 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.).
κῶμος kōmos 3x
pr. a festive procession, a merry-making; in NT a revel, lewd, immoral feasting, [Rom 13:13]; [Gal 5:21]; [1Pe 4:3]
G2970 — κῶμος
κωμου, ὁ (from κεῖμαι; accordingly equivalent to German Gelag; cf. Curtius, § 45); from (Homer h. Merc., Theognis) Herodotus down; a revel, carousal, i. e. in the Greek writings properly, a nocturnal and riotous procession of half-drunken and frolicsome fellows who after supper parade through the streets with torches and music in honor of Bacchus or some other deity, and sing and play before the houses of their male and female friends; hence, used generally, of feasts and drinking-parties that are protracted till late at night and indulge in revelry; plural (revellings): [Rom 13:13]; [Gal 5:21]; [1Pe 4:3]. (Wis. 14:23; 2 Macc. 6:4.) (Trench, § lxi.)
** κῶμος , - ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX : Wis 14:23 , 2Ma 6:4 * ;]
a revel, carousal: [Rom 13:13], Gal 5:21 , [1Pe 4:3]. †
SYN.: see κραιπάλη G2897.