κώμη

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Transliteration A: kṓmē Transliteration B: kōmē Transliteration C: komi Beta Code: kw/mh

English (LSJ)

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   A unwalled village, opp. fortified city (said to be Dor. = Att. δῆμος, Arist.Po.1448a36, cf. κωμῳδία), Hes.Sc.18, Hdt.5.98; opp. πόλις, Pl.Lg.626c; κατοικῆσθαι κατὰ κώμας Hdt.1.96; πόλεσιν ἀτειχίστοις καὶ κατὰ κ. οἰκουμέναις formed of scattered villages, Th.1.5; πόλεως . . κατὰ κ. τῷ παλαιῷ τῆς Ἑλλάδος τρόπῳ οἰκισθείσης ib.10, cf. 3.94; διοικίζεσθαι κατὰ κώμας X.HG5.2.5; κατὰ κ. κεχωρισμένοι Arist.Pol.1261a28.    II quarter, ward of a city, διελόμενοι τὴν μὲν πόλιν κατὰ κώμας, τὴν δὲ χώραν κατὰ δήμους Isoc.7.46, cf. Pl.Lg. 746d.