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κῶμος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κῶμος κώμου

Structure: κωμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kw/mh

Sense

  1. festival, procession, revel, carousel
  2. The band of revellers of such an event
  3. A song or ode sung at such an event

Declension

Second 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

  • Ἀνὰ Δίνδυμον Κυβήβησ Φρύγεσ ἔνθεον ὀλολυγὴν ἁπαλῷ τελοῦσιν Ἄττῃ, καὶ πρὸσ μέλοσ κεραύλου Φρυγίου κατ̓ ὄρεα Τμώλου κῶμον βοῶσι Λυδοί· (Lucian, 6)
  • Κῶμον δέχεσθαι τὸν ἐμὸν ἀσπιδηφόρον. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode6)
  • ἀλλ’, εἰσορῶ γὰρ ἐσ δόμουσ ὁρμωμένην Πενθέωσ Ἀγαύην μητέρ’ ἐν διαστρόφοισ ὄσσοισ, δέχεσθε κῶμον εὐίου θεοῦ. (Euripides, choral, lyric 1:1)
  • ἐοίκε δ’ ἐπὶ κῶμον βαδίζειν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:31)
  • οὐκ ἐπὶ καλλιχόροισ στεφάνοισι νεάνιδοσ ὡρ́ασ βόστρυχον ἀμπετάσασ λωτοῦ κατὰ πνεύματα μέλπῃ μοῦσαν, ἐν ᾇ χάριτεσ χοροποιοί, ἀλλὰ σὺν ὁπλοφόροισ στρατὸν Ἀργείων ἐπιπνεύσασ αἵματι Θήβασ κῶμον ἀναυλότατον προχορεύεισ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, choral, strophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. A song or ode sung at such an event

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