κῶμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ατος, τό, (perh. cogn. with <b class="b3">κεῖμαι, κοιμάω</b>) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[deep sleep]], αὐτῷ… μαλακὸν περὶ κῶμα κάλυψα <span class="bibl">Il.14.359</span>; ἦ με… μαλακὸν περὶ κῶμ' ἐκάλυψεν <span class="bibl">Od.18.201</span>; κακὸν δέ ἑ κῶμα καλύπτει <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>798</span>; αἰθυσσομένων δὲ φύλλων κ. κατάρρει Sapph.4; ὕπνου κ. <span class="bibl">Theoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>3.6</span>: metaph., of the effect of music, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.12</span>.—Not in Trag. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Medic., [[lethargic state]], [[coma]], κῶμα συνεχές, οὐχ ὑπνῶδες <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>3.6</span>, cf. Gal. 7.643, Sch.<span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>458</span>.</span>