A.attendance, care, Hom., etc.; in Il., of care bestowed on horses, 8.186, 23.411; in Od., of care bestowed on men, 8.453, 14.124; also, care bestowed on a garden, “οὐ πρασιή τοι ἄνευ κομιδῆς κατὰ κῆπον” 24.247, cf. 245: hence dat. κομιδῇ used as Adv. (q.v.).
II. carriage, conveyance, esp. of supplies and provisions, “τῶν ἐπιτηδείων τὴν περὶ τὴν Πελοπόννησον κ.” Th.4.27; “ὅθεν ῥᾴδιαι αἱ κ. ὧν προσέδει” Id.6.21, cf. Isoc.11.14, etc.; “λίθων” IG42(1).103.75 (Epid.); gathering in of harvest, τοῦ καρποῦ, καρπῶν κ., X.Cyr.5.4.25, Arist. Pol.1335a21; “σίτου κ.” Plb.5.95.5.
b. Medic., removal, extraction, “ὀδόντων” Sor.2.62 (pl.); ἡ διὰ τομῆς κ. (sc. of stone in bladder) Gal. 1.391.
2. (from Med.) carrying away for oneself, rescue, recovery, “κατὰ Ἑλένης κομιδήν” Hdt.9.73; esp. recovery of a debt, D.38.9, Arist. EN1167b31, Oec.1349a7; “μὴ ἔστω αὐτῷ κ.” PHal.1.259 (iii B.C.).
3. (from Pass.) going or coming, ποιεύμενοι ταύτῃ τὴν κ. endeavouring to pass this way, Hdt.6.95; escape, safe return, “κομιδῆς πέρι . . αὐτῷ μελήσειν ὥστε ἀσινέας ἀπικέσθαι ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα” Id.8.19; οὔτε τις κ. τὸ ὀπίσω φανήσεται ib.108, cf. 4.134, al.; “μένων δ᾽ ὁ θεῖος ἀνὴρ πρίατο μὲν θανάτοιο κομιδὰν πατρός” Pi.P.6.39, cf. A.R.3.1140, 4.1275.
