κωμάζω

English (LSJ)

fut. -άσω [ᾰ] Pi.N.9.1, -άσομαι Id.P.9.89, AP5.63 (Asclep.), Luc.Luct.13; Dor. -άξομαι Pi.I.4(3).72: aor.

   A ἐκώμᾰσα E.HF 180; poet. κώμ- Pi.N.10.35; Dor. imper. -άξατε ib.2.24: pf. κεκώμᾰκα AP5.111 (Phld.): (κῶμος):—revel, make merry, νέοι κώμαζον ὑπ' αὐλοῦ Hes.Sc.281; κωμάζοντα μετ' αὐλητῆρος ἀείδειν Thgn.1065, cf. S.Fr.764, E.Alc.815, etc.; κ. μετὰ μέθης Pl.Lg.637a; κ. καὶ παιωνίζειν D.18.287; ὀρχούμενος καὶ κ. Theopomp.Hist.153; κ. μεθ' ἡμέραν Lys. 14.25, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.47 M.; go in festal procession, Σικυωνόθεν εἰς Αἴτναν Pi.N.9.1; ὃς ἐν ταῖς πομπαῖς ἄνευ τοῦ προσώπου κ. D.19.287: metaph., νήσους κώμασον εἰς μακάρων Call.Epigr.in Berl.Sitzb.1912.548; esp. in Egypt, take part in religious processions, PGnom.200, 214 (ii A.D.): hence trans., carry images, etc., in procession, ναόν, ξόανον κ., ib.211, BGU362 vii 17 (iii A.D.):—Pass., χρὴ τὰς θεὰς κωμάζεσθαι Sammelb.421 (iii A.D.).    II esp. celebrate a κῶμος in honour of the victor at the games, κ. σὺν ἑταίροις Pi.O.9.4, etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἑορτὰν κ. Id.N.11.28; τὸν καλλίνικον μετὰ θεῶν ἐκώμασεν E.HFl.c.    2 c. dat. pers., approach with a κῶμος, sing in his honour, Pi.I.7(6).20 (in fut. Med., Id.P.9.89); ἡ Ἀφροδίτη κ. παρὰ τὸν Διόνυσον Plu.Ant.26.    3 c. acc. pers., honour or celebrate him in or with the κῶμος, Pi.N.10.35, I.4(3).72; κ. Δία Τιμοδήμῳ celebrate Zeus for Timodemos' sake, Id.N.2.24.    III break in upon in the manner of revellers, serenade, of lovers, Alc.56; ἐπὶ γαμετὰς γυναῖκας Is.3.14, cf. Luc.DMar.1.4; κ. ποτὶ τὰν Ἀμαρυλλίδα Theoc.3.1, cf. Ath.8.348c; παρά τινι Arr.An.7.24.4; εἴς τινα Alciphr.1.6; ἐπὶ τὰς ἑταιρίδων θύρας Ath.13.574e: generally, burst in, εἰς τόπον APl.4.102; of evil, ἄτη ἐς πόλιν ἐκώμασεν Tryph.314; θρῆνος εἰς ὑμέναιον AP7.186 (Phil.); of Alexander, καθ' ὅλης τῆς ὑφ' ἡλίῳ Him.Ecl.2.18: prov., ὗς ἐκώμασεν, 'a bull in a china-shop', Diogenian.8.60; εἰς μελίττας ἐκώμασας 'you have raised a hornet's nest about your ears', Paus.Gr.Fr.160, Zen.3.53, etc.