κώμη
Alt. 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.