Comissatio
(from
κῶμος or
κωμάζω,
comissari). A drinking-bout following the
cena (q.
v.), and frequently prolonged into the night. Food was partaken of during the
comissatio, but only as a relish for the wine. Cf. Plaut.
Most. i. 4;
Petron. 65;
Suet. Tit.
7.