komastic

komastic adjective: of or relating to a komast.

Adjective

komastic (comparative more komastic, superlative most komastic)

Of or relating to a komast.
- At most victory celebrations, presumably, there was no commissioned ode; and traditional songs could have been found for each of the three contexts—familiar symposiastic and komastic songs as well as victory songs.1988, American Journal of Philology, volume 109, page 193
- In a komastic procession one youth leads another who wears a kidaris and carries a crooked stick; […]1991, Margaret Miller, “Foreigners at the Greek Symposium?”, in William J. Slater, editor, Dining in a Classical Context, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 81

[…] of a vulgar performer in a komastic street parade, and accordingly brands his style of rhetorical accusation as falling beneath acceptable standards of political debate.2004, Stephen Halliwell, “Aischrology, Shame, and Comedy”, in Ineke Sluiter, Ralph M. Rosen, editors, Free Speech in Classical Antiquity...
Thus, what begins as a komastic venture does not end in a symposion, even though the action keeps it firmly in mind.2013, Fiona Hobden, The Symposion in Ancient Greek Society and Thought, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 177:

What does komastic mean?: Komastic means of or relating to a komast.
How do you use komastic in a sentence?: […] of a vulgar performer in a komastic street parade, and accordingly brands his style of rhetorical accusation as falling beneath acceptable standards of political debate.
What part of speech is komastic?: Komastic is an adjective.

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