- κῶμος
- κῶμοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `revel, carousal, merry-making of youths, Dionysiac festive procession and festive songs, feast' (posthom.).Compounds: Compp., e.g. κωμ-ῳδός `singer of a κῶμος' (Att.), `comic player' (hell.) with -έω, -ία etc., σύγ-κωμος `comrade of a κ.' (Att.; rather backformation from συγ-κωμάζω).Derivatives: κωμικός = κωμῳδικός `belonging to a comedy' (Aeschin., Arist., hell.); κωμάζω `participate in a κῶμος, drink' (posthom.) with κωμασία `festive procession', κωμαστής `drinker, member of a festive procession' (Att., pap.), κωμαστήριον `place where κωμασταί assemble' (pap.), κωμαστικός `belonging to a κωμαστής or a κῶμος' (D. H., Ph.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: As the development of the meaning of κῶμος is uncertain, the etymology rests on assumptions: with κώμη, Goth. haims etc. (s. κώμη) to a supposed *kōi- `assemble, range oneself' (Bezzenberger BB 27, 168); to κώμυς (Persson Beitr. 1, 160); as `banquet' to Lat. cibus (?; Osthoff Etym. parerga 1, 7). - I suggest that this was a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 2,62
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.