Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Comissatio

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

COMISSA'TIO (κῶμος, συμπόσιον). A revelling, feasting, or drinking bout, commencing after the coena, and often protracted to a late hour of the night. (Varro, L. L. vii. 89. Liv. xl 13. Cic. Cael. 15. Suet. Tit. 7.) Greek scenes of this nature are frequently represented on fictile vases. (Mus. Borb. v. 51. Millin. Vas. Ant. ii. 58. Tischbein. ii. 55. Wink. Mon. Ined. 200.), in which the lateness of the hour is indicated by the introduction of candelabra, the festivity by the presence of Comus and winged genii, and the debauchery by the mixed company of courtesans, dancing, playing, and singing girls.