κῶμος: Difference between revisions

|txtha=κωμου, ὁ (from [[κεῖμαι]]; [[accordingly]] equivalent to German Gelag; cf. [[Curtius]], § 45); from ([[Homer]] h. Merc., [[Theognis]]) [[Herodotus]] [[down]]; a [[revel]], [[carousal]], i. e. in the Greek writings [[properly]], a [[nocturnal]] and [[riotous]] [[procession]] of [[half]]-[[drunken]] and [[frolicsome]] fellows [[who]] [[after]] [[supper]] [[parade]] [[through]] the streets [[with]] torches and [[music]] in honor of [[Bacchus]] or [[some]] [[other]] [[deity]], and [[sing]] and [[play]] [[before]] the houses of [[their]] [[male]] and [[female]] friends; [[hence]], used [[generally]], of feasts and [[drinking]]-parties [[that]] are protracted [[till]] [[late]] at [[night]] and [[indulge]] in [[revelry]]; plural (revellings): Trench, § lxi.)