Definition of "komast"

The triple repetition of the god's name has a hymnic effect and so in form as well as function these lines are a modification of the standard appeal of the komast to a divinity for help.

1979, David West, Tony Woodman, Creative Imitation and Latin Literature, Cambridge University Press, published 2001, page 55

In later versions of this theme on vases, a komast is occasionally found instead of the protosatyr here.

1994, Eric Csapo, Judith Barringer, The Context of Ancient Drama, University of Michigan Press, published 2005, page 96