- κῶμος
- κῶμος, ου, ὁ (Hom. Hymns, Hdt. et al.; SIG 1078 κῶμοι τῷ Διονύσῳ; APF 5, 1913, 180 no. 38, 5; LXX) orig. a festal procession in honor of Dionysus (cp. our festival of Mardi Gras), then a joyous meal or banquet, in the NT (as Polyb. 10, 26, 3; in the only two LXX pass. [Wsd 14:23; 2 Macc 6:4] and in Philo; Jos., Ant. 17, 65; SibOr 8, 118) only in a bad sense excessive feasting, w. μέθαι (cp. Philo, Cher. 92; Polyaenus 2, 2, 7 μεθύειν καὶ κωμάζειν) carousing, revelry Ro 13:13; Gal 5:21. Likew. w. πότοι (Epicurus in Diog. L. 10, 132; Plut., Mor. 12b; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 113 §526) 1 Pt 4:3.—DELG. M-M. Spicq.
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