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|Definition=fut. κωμάσω [ᾰ] Pi.''N.''9.1, -άσομαι Id.''P.''9.89, ''AP''5.63 (Asclep.), Luc.''Luct.''13; Dor. -άξομαι Pi.''I.''4(3).72: aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐκώμᾰσα E.''HF'' 180; ''poet.'' [[κώμ]]- Pi.''N.''10.35; Dor. imper. -άξατε ib.2.24: pf. κεκώμᾰκα ''AP''5.111 (Phld.): ([[κῶμος]]):—[[revel]], [[make merry]], νέοι κώμαζον ὑπ' αὐλοῦ Hes.''Sc.''281; κωμάζοντα μετ' αὐλητῆρος ἀείδειν Thgn.1065, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|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; especially in Egypt, [[take part in religious processions]], PGnom.200, 214 (ii A.D.): hence trans., [[carry]] images, etc., [[in procession]], <b class="b3">ναόν, ξόανον κ.</b>, ib.211, ''BGU''362 vii 17 (iii A.D.):—Pass., χρὴ τὰς θεὰς κωμάζεσθαι ''Sammelb.''421 (iii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> 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.''HF''l.c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. pers., [[honour]] or [[celebrate]] him in or [[with the]] [[κῶμος]], Pi.''N.''10.35, ''I.''4(3).72; <b class="b3">κ. Δία Τιμοδήμῳ</b> [[celebrate]] Zeus for Timodemos' sake, Id.''N.''2.24.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[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 ''AP''7.186 (Phil.); of Alexander, καθ' ὅλης τῆς ὑφ' ἡλίῳ Him.''Ecl.''2.18: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">ὗς ἐκώμασεν</b>, 'a bull in a china-shop', Diogenian.8.60; <b class="b3">εἰς μελίττας ἐκώμασας</b> 'you have raised a hornet's nest about your ears', Paus.Gr.''Fr.''160, Zen.3.53, etc.