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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[unwalled village]], opp. fortified city (said to be Dor. = Att. [[δῆμος]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1448a36</span>, cf. [[κωμῳδία]]), <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>18</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.98</span>; opp. [[πόλις]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>626c</span>; κατοικῆσθαι κατὰ κώμας <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.96</span>; <b class="b3">πόλεσιν ἀτειχίστοις καὶ κατὰ κ. οἰκουμέναις</b> formed of [[scattered villages]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.5</span>; <b class="b3">πόλεως… κατὰ κ. τῷ παλαιῷ τῆς Ἑλλάδος τρόπῳ οἰκισθείσης</b> ib.<span class="bibl">10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.94</span>; διοικίζεσθαι κατὰ κώμας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.2.5</span>; κατὰ κ. κεχωρισμένοι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1261a28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[quarter]], [[ward]] of a city, <b class="b3">διελόμενοι τὴν</b> μὲν πόλιν κατὰ κώμας, τὴν δὲ χώραν κατὰ δήμους <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 746d</span>.</span>