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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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; <b class="b3">πόλεσιν ἀτειχίστοις καὶ κατὰ κ. οἰκουμέναις</b> formed of [[scattered]] [[village]]s, Th.1.5; <b class="b3">πόλεως… κατὰ κ. τῷ παλαιῷ τῆς Ἑλλάδος τρόπῳ οἰκισθείσης</b> ib.10, cf. 3.94; διοικίζεσθαι κατὰ κώμας X.''HG''5.2.5; κατὰ κ. κεχωρισμένοι Arist.''Pol.''1261a28.<br><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 Isoc.7.46, cf. Pl.''Lg.'' 746d.