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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

  • καὶ Βαλμαινὰν καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 15:24)
  • καὶ Χολασεωλὰ καὶ Βηρσαβεὲ καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ ἐπαύλεισ αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 15:28)
  • καὶ Λαβὼσ καὶ Σαλὴ καὶ Ἐρωμώθ, πόλεισ εἰκοσιεννέα, καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 15:32)
  • καὶ Σακαρὶμ καὶ Γάδηρα καὶ αἱ ἐπαύλεισ αὐτῆσ, πόλεισ δεκατέσσαρεσ καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 15:36)
  • καὶ Γεδδὼρ καὶ Βαγαδιὴλ καὶ Νωμὰν καὶ Μαχηδάν, πόλεισ ἑκκαίδεκα καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 15:41)
  • νῦν δὲ κώμη ἐστίν, καὶ οὐδὲ αὐτὴ μεγάλη. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 16 5:4)
  • νάσσατο δ’ ἄγχ’ Ἑλικῶνοσ ὀιζυρῇ ἐνὶ κώμῃ, Ἄσκρῃ, χεῖμα κακῇ, θέρει ἀργαλέῃ, οὐδέ ποτ’ ἐσθλῇ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 69:10)
  • δείσασ δ’ ὁ Ἅβρων φεύγει εἰσ Κόρινθον, ἀναλαβὼν τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τοὺσ οἰκέτασ, ἐν Μελίσσῳ, κώμῃ τινὶ τῆσ Κορινθίων χώρασ ἔνθα καὶ παῖδα γεννήσασ Μέλισσον προσηγόρευσεν, ἀπὸ τοῦ τόπου θέμενοσ τοὔνομα αὐτῷ. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 2 6:1)
  • οὐ δεξαμένων δ’ αὐτοὺσ τῶν Ὀρχομενίων πρὸσ Ἱππότασ εἰσώρμησαν κώμη δ’ ἦν παρὰ τῷ Ἑλικῶνι κειμένη μεταξὺ Θίσβησ καὶ Κορωνείασ· (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 4 6:1)
  • τοὺσ μὲν φονεῖσ ληφθέντασ κατέλευσαν, τοὺσ δ’ ἐν τῇ κώμῃ ἐξηνδραποδίσαντο κατασκάψαντεσ δὲ τὰ τείχη καὶ τὰσ οἰκίασ διένειμαν τὴν χώραν Θισβεῦσι τε καὶ Κορωνεῦσι. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 4 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. an unwalled village or country town

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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