ε2409Ἐπίκωμος
reveller
[Meaning an] insolent man, fellow-rejoicer. "These things seemed to happen uselessly, as an excessive reveller [sc. might do]." Procopius says [this] about the emperor Theodosius.
Ἐπίκωμος· ὑβριστής, συγχαίρων. ταῦτα δὲ ἀχρεῖα τυγχάνειν ἔδοξεν, ὡς περιττὸς ἐπίκωμος. ὁ Προκόπιός φησι περὶ Θεοδοσίου βασιλέως.
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