קומוס

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comes, possibly via replacing Latin -es with Ancient Greek -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

Noun

קוֹמוֹס • (kómosm

  1. alternative form of קוֹמֵיס
    • a. 425 C.E., Jerusalem Talmud. Berachot, section 9.2:
      כֵּיוָן שֶׁרָאָה דָּוִד כָּךְ שֶׁהוּא אוֹהֵב מָמוֹן מַה עָשָׂה הֶעֱמִידוֹ קוֹמוֹס עַל תֵּיסַבְרִיּוֹת שֶׁלּוֹ.
      When David saw that he loved money, he made him comes of his treasuries.

References

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons