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- Ancient Greek · derived fromκομμός“beating”
- English todaykommos
Ancient Greek κομμός (kommós, “beating”), from κόπτω (kóptō, “to beat, strike”). It was used in Ancient Greek theatre.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kommos
Today it means: A set of lines that alternate between an actor (or actors) and the chorus. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κομμός