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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[fine]], [[elegant]], [[spiritual]], [[cunning]] (Att.).<br />Compounds: Compp., e. g. <b class="b3">περί-κομψος</b> <b class="b2">very fine</b> (Ar.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κομψότης</b> [[nicety]], [[elegance]] (Pl.), <b class="b3">κομψεύομαι</b> (<b class="b3">-εύω</b>) <b class="b2">be spiritual, be smart</b> (Pl.) with <b class="b3">κομψεία</b> (Pl., Luc.), <b class="b3">κόμψευμα</b> (Arist., Luc., Gal.) <b class="b2">smart expression, ingeniousness</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: On <b class="b3">κομψός</b> as idea of style s. H. Wersdörfer Die <b class="b3">φιλοσοφία</b> des Isokrates im Spiegel ihrer Terminologie (Leipzig 1940) S. 105f., 127f. Since long (Bezzenberger-Fick BB 6, 237) connected with Lith. <b class="b2">švánkus</b> [[fine]], [[reasonable]] (cf. Schwyzer 302). Doubts by Chantraine REGr. 58, 90ff., who wants connection with <b class="b3">κομέω</b>, <b class="b3">κομμόομαι</b>, morphologically not quite easy (through <b class="b3">*κομ-σός</b>). On the suffix s. Stang Symb. Oslo. 23, 46ff. - Hardly IE, so prob. Pre-Greek. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[fine]], [[elegant]], [[spiritual]], [[cunning]] (Att.).<br />Compounds: Compp., e. g. <b class="b3">περί-κομψος</b> <b class="b2">very fine</b> (Ar.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κομψότης</b> [[nicety]], [[elegance]] (Pl.), <b class="b3">κομψεύομαι</b> (<b class="b3">-εύω</b>) <b class="b2">be spiritual, be smart</b> (Pl.) with <b class="b3">κομψεία</b> (Pl., Luc.), <b class="b3">κόμψευμα</b> (Arist., Luc., Gal.) <b class="b2">smart expression, ingeniousness</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: On <b class="b3">κομψός</b> as idea of style s. H. Wersdörfer Die <b class="b3">φιλοσοφία</b> des Isokrates im Spiegel ihrer Terminologie (Leipzig 1940) S. 105f., 127f. Since long (Bezzenberger-Fick BB 6, 237) connected with Lith. <b class="b2">švánkus</b> [[fine]], [[reasonable]] (cf. Schwyzer 302). Doubts by Chantraine REGr. 58, 90ff., who wants connection with <b class="b3">κομέω</b>, <b class="b3">κομμόομαι</b>, morphologically not quite easy (through <b class="b3">*κομ-σός</b>). On the suffix s. Stang Symb. Oslo. 23, 46ff. - Hardly IE, so prob. Pre-Greek. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[[κομψός]], ή, όν [[κομέω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> well-dressed, Lat. [[comptus]]; [[hence]], a [[pretty]] [[fellow]], Lat. [[bellus]] [[homo]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[accomplished]], [[elegant]], [[exquisite]], [[refined]], [[dainty]], [[clever]], [[witty]], of persons or [[their]] words and acts, Ar.; κ. [[περί]] τι [[clever]] [[about]] a [[thing]], Plat.; of a dog's [[instinct]], [[exquisite]], [[acute]], Plat.; in a sneering [[sense]], of Sophists who [[refine]] [[overmuch]], [[studied]], [[affected]], Eur., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> adv. [[κομψῶς]], [[elegantly]], [[prettily]], [[daintily]], Ar., Plat., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> κομψότερον ἔχειν to be [[better]] in [[health]], NTest. | |||
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