κώμη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[unwalled village]], opp. fortified city (said to be Dor. = Att. <b class="b3">δῆμος</b>, <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. <b class="b3">πόλις</b>, <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>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[village]] as opposed to a strengthened <b class="b3">πόλις</b>, also [[quarter]], [[part of a city]] (Hes.).<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">κωμό-πολις</b> <b class="b2">town with the position of a κώμη, market town</b> (Str., <b class="b3">ΝΤ</b>); cf. Schulze Kl. Schr. 523 n. 2.<br />Derivatives: Diminut. <b class="b3">κώμιον</b> (Str.), <b class="b3">κωμάριον</b> (H.), <b class="b3">-ύδριον</b> (Porph.); further <b class="b3">κωμήτης</b> (IA.), <b class="b3">κωμέτας</b> (Mykenai IIa) [[inhabitant of a village]], [[quarter]] with <b class="b3">κωμητικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to a κώμη (to a κωμήτης)</b> (pap.); <b class="b3">κωμαῖος</b> <b class="b2">regarding a κ.</b> (St.Byz.); <b class="b3">κωμηδόν</b> [[village-wise]] (Str., D. S., D. H.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Since Bezzenberger BB 27, 168 mostly taken as lengthened grade form of Germ., e.g. Goth. [[haims]] [[village]] (cf. on <b class="b3">κεῖμαι</b>), Balt., e.g. Lith. <b class="b2">káima(s</b>) <b class="b2"> (farmers</b>) village', <b class="b2">kiẽmas</b> [[farmstead]], [[farmers]] village'. But a lengthened grade cannot be accounted for. (B. connects also <b class="b3">κῶμος</b>; diff. on this Persson Beitr. 1, 160; s. <b class="b3">κῶμος</b> and <b class="b3">κώμυς</b>.) Thus the word is unexplained.