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|Definition=κομψή, κομψόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[nice]], [[refined]], [[gentlemanly]], <b class="b3">ἐσμὲν ἅπαντα κομψοὶ ἄνδρες</b> we are perfect [[gentlemen]], Eup.159, cf. Ar.''V.''1317; κ. ἐν συνουσίᾳ Id.''Nu.''649; <b class="b3">τὸ θῆλυ τοὺς πόδας ἔχει κομψοτέρους</b> [[more]] [[delicate]], [[finer]], Arist.''Phgn.''809b9.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[smart]], [[clever]], [[ingenious]], of persons or their words and acts, ὁ πρῶτος εὑρὼν κ. ἦν τραγήματα Alex.185; κ. θεαταί Cratin.169, cf. 307; Θηραμένης ὁ κομψός Ar.''Ra.''967; Σικελὸς κομψὸς ἀνήρ Timocr.6, cf. Pl.''Grg.''493a; <b class="b3">κομψὸς περί τι</b> [[clever]] about... Id.''R.''495d (Sup.), ''Cra.''405d; of a dog's [[instinct]], κομψὸν τὸ πάθος αὐτοῦ τῆς φύσεως Id.''R.''376a; <b class="b3">μὰ γῆν... μὴ 'γὼ νόημα κομψότερον ἤκουσά πω</b> a [[more]] [[ingenious]] [[device]]... Ar.''Av.''195; <b class="b3">τὸ πρᾶγμα κ. [ἐστι]</b> Id.''Th.''93, cf. 460 (lyr., Comp.), Dionys.Com.3.1; especially in a [[sneering]] sense, [[over]]-[[ingenious]], κομψός γ' ὁ κῆρυξ καὶ [[παρεργάτης]] λόγων E.''Supp.''426; <b class="b3">τρίβων γὰρ εἶ τὰ κομψά</b> versed in [[subtleties]], Id.''Rh.''625; μή μοι τὰ κομψὰ ποικίλοι γενοίατο, ἀλλ' ὧν πόλει δεῖ Id.''Fr.''16; [[τὸ κομψόν]] = [[refinement]], [[subtlety]], Arist.''Pol.''1265a12; τῶν ἰατρῶν ὅσοι κ. ἢ περίεργοι Id.''Resp.''480b27; κ. σοφίσματα E.''Fr.'' 188.5; <b class="b3">τοῦτ' ἔχει κομψότατον</b> this is the [[subtlest]] part of it, Pl.''Tht.''171a; <b class="b3">κομψότερος… ὁ λόγος ἢ κατ' ἐμέ</b> = too [[subtle]] for me, Id.''Cra.''429d:—but in Pl. and Arist., usually [[clever]], esp. [[skilful in technique]], with at most a slight [[irony]] (<b class="b3">κομψοὺς Πλάτων οὐ τοὺς πανούργους, ἀλλὰ τοὺς βελτίστους</b> Moer.p.206 P.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> more generally, [[nice]], [[good]], [[pleasant]], πάντων δὲ κομψότατον τὸ τῆς πόας Pl.''Phdr.''230c; <b class="b3">τὰ κομψὰ ταῦτα χλανίσκια</b> that [[nice]] [[suit]] of yours, Aeschin.1.131.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[κομψῶς]] = [[cleverly]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''1016 (lyr.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''399a, etc.: Comp. [[κομψοτέρως]] Isoc. 15.195; [[κομψῶς ἔχειν]] to [[be well]], '[[nicely]]' in [[health]], ''PPar.''18.3 (ii B.C.), cf. PLond. ined.2126 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.; κομψότερον [[σχεῖν]] = to get [[better]] in [[health]], ''Ev.Jo.''4.52, cf. Arr.''Epict.''3.10.13, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''935.5 (iii A.D.): Sup. [[κομψότατα]] = [[nicely]], Ar.''Lys.''89; [[λέγεσθαι]] κομψότατα = [[most cleverly]], Pl.''Tht.''202d.—Chiefly found in Att. Com. and Prose; Trag. only in E. (Orig. sense uncertain; = [[στρεβλός]], Erot. (citing Euripides); = [[στρογγύλος]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]])