κώμη

kome-2

unwalled village

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 5
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Book I 3
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39

1252b16
1252b17
1252b28
Book II 1
Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15

1261a28
Book III 1
Chapter 9 1280a7–1281a10

1280b40
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 54 834a33–834b2

834a34
Chapter 118 841b15–27

841b17
Poetics 2
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Chapter 3 1448a19–1448b3

1448a36
1448a38
Categories 1
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Chapter 6 4b20–6a35

5b23
Ventorum Situs 1
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Chapter 1 973a1–973b25

973a20

Dictionary (LSJ)

κώμη, ἡ, A. unwalled village, opp. fortified city (said to be Dor. = Att. δῆμος, Arist. Po. 1448a36, cf. κωμῳδία), Hes. Sc. 18, Hdt. 5.98; opp. πόλις, Pl. Lg. 626c; κατοικῆσθαι κατὰ κώμας Hdt. 1.96; πόλεσιν ἀτειχίστοις καὶ κατὰ κ. οἰκουμέναις formed of scattered villages, Th. 1.5; πόλεως . . κατὰ κ. τῷ παλαιῷ τῆς Ἑλλάδος τρόπῳ οἰκισθείσης ib.10, cf. 3.94; διοικίζεσθαι κατὰ κώμας X. HG 5.2.5; κατὰ κ. κεχωρισμένοι Arist. Pol. 1261a28. II. quarter, ward of a city, διελόμενοι τὴν μὲν πόλιν κατὰ κώμας, τὴν δὲ χώραν κατὰ δήμους Isoc. 7.46, cf. Pl. Lg. 746d.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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