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κώμη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κώμη κώμης

Structure: κωμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. an unwalled village or country town
  2. a quarter or ward of a city

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • προτάξαντοσ δὲ τοῦ ἡγουμένου ἐκεῖθεν εὐθέωσ ἀνέζευξαν καὶ συμμίσγουσιν αὐτοῖσ ἐπὶ κώμην Δεσσαού. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 14:16)
  • Οὕτωσ ἀναστὰσ Ἰὼβ ἔρρηξε τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκείρατο τὴν κώμην τῆσ κεφαλῆσ καὶ πεσὼν χαμαὶ προσεκύνησε τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ εἶπεν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 1:20)
  • πῶσ οὐχὶ ἐγκατέλιπε πόλιν ἐμήν̣ κώμην ἠγάπησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 30:14)
  • ἀπὸ δὲ Παντικαπαίου ἐσ κώμην Καζέκα ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ ᾠκισμένην στάδιοι εἴκοσι καὶ τετρακόσιοι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 19 5:1)
  • Ἀλκίφρων δὲ ὁ Μαιάνδριοσ περὶ τὴν Ἐφεσίαν φησὶν εἶναι ὀρείαν κώμην τὴν πρότερον μὲν καλουμένην Λητοῦσ, νῦν δὲ Λατώρειαν ἀπὸ Λατωρείασ Ἀμαζόνοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 57 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. an unwalled village or country town

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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