κῶμος

Ancient Greek

Komos scene.

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Dunkel (apud LIV) derives from Proto-Indo-European *ḱómso-, from *ḱems- (“to announce, proclaim”), whence Sanskrit शंसति (śaṃsati, “to declare”), Proto-Iranian *ĉánhati (“to declare, explain”), Latin cēnseō (“to give an opinion”).

On the other hand, Janda (apud LIV) derives from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂-mo-, from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”), whence Sanskrit काम (kā́ma, “desire, wish”), Latin cārus (“dear”).

Beekes remarks, that since the precise development of the meaning of κῶμος (kômos) is uncertain, etymological suggestions remain highly hypothetical. He suggests that this is a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔ̂ː.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.mos/

Noun

κῶμος • (kômos) m (genitive κώμου); second declension

festival, procession, revel, carousal
The band of revellers of such an event
A song or ode sung at such an event

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῶμος; τοῦ κώμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῶμος ho kômos	τὼ κώμω tṑ kṓmō	οἱ κῶμοι hoi kômoi
Genitive	τοῦ κώμου toû kṓmou	τοῖν κώμοιν toîn kṓmoin	τῶν κώμων tôn kṓmōn
Dative	τῷ κώμῳ tôi kṓmōi	τοῖν κώμοιν toîn kṓmoin	τοῖς κώμοις toîs kṓmois
Accusative	τὸν κῶμον tòn kômon	τὼ κώμω tṑ kṓmō	τοὺς κώμους toùs kṓmous
Vocative	κῶμε kôme	κώμω kṓmō	κῶμοι kômoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κωμάζω (kōmázō)
κωμῳδία (kōmōidía)