κώμη

kome

unwalled village

Appears 14 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 10
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Book I 4
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626c7
626c7
626c11
627a1
Book V 1
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746d8
Book VII 1
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794a4
Book VIII 3
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848c8
848d1
848e6
Book X 1
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910a5
Critias 2
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118b4
119a5
Minos 1
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320c6
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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475d7

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.

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