κῶμος
Alt. κῶμος, ου,
Etym. κώμη
I. properly "a village festival: a revel, carousal, merry-making", Lat. comissatio, Hhymn., Theogn., etc.: it ended in the party parading the streets crowned, bearing torches, singing, dancing, and playing frolics, Ar.
II. "a band of revellers, a jovial troop", Eur.:—metaph. "a rout, band", κ. Ἐρινύων Aesch.; of an army, Eur., etc.
III. "the ode sung" at one of these festive processions, Pind.