κώμη — Middle Liddell

κώμη .κώμη, ἡ, = Lat. vicus, a village or country town, opp. to a fortified city; properly a Doric word, = Attic δῆμος, Hes., Hdt.; κατοικῆσθαι κατὰ κώμας to live in separate villages (not in walled towns), of the Medes, Hdt.; so, of a country, κατὰ κώμας οἰκεῖσθαι to have its people distributed into villages, Thuc.

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country town

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κώμη

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κώμη

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κωμη

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IDX:

19094

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n19113

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kw/mh

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