Comus

American  

[koh-muhs] / ˈkoʊ məs /

Or Komos

noun

1. an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.

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Comus British  

/ ˈkəʊməs /

noun

1. (in late Roman mythology) a god of revelry

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Etymology

Origin of Comus

< Latin < Greek kômos revel; akin to comedy

Example Sentences

In 1917, for example, the Comus Soda Fountain on Common Street and St. Charles Avenue advertised an oyster sandwich for 10 cents.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2016

After a spell in the progressive rock outfit Comus, she joined the avant garde band Henry Cow, whose output mixed jazz, prog rock and classical music, much of it improvised.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2013

The Comus Club affair that night drove home the message that we need as many celebrations as we can fit into a lifetime.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2012

Readings at a series of key locations, including the Comus Inn, picked up no sound.

From Washington Post

But now let us ask, in order to redress the balance, what has Dante to show, in kind, against Il Penseroso, L’Allegro, Lycidas, and Comus?

From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred