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  "headword": "κομψός",
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          "definition": "<i>nice, refined, gentlemanly,</i> ἐσμὲν ἅπαντα κομψοὶ ἄνδρες we are perfect <i>gentlemen,</i> Eup. 159, cf. Ar. V. 1317; κ. ἐν συνουσίᾳ Id. Nu. 649; τὸ θῆλυ τοὺς πόδας ἔχει κομψοτέρους <i>more delicate, finer,</i> Arist. Phgn. 809b9.",
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                "quote": "κ. ἐν συνουσίᾳ",
                "ref": "Id. Nu. 649",
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                  "definition": "<i>smart, clever, ingenious,</i> of persons or their words and acts, ὁ πρῶτος εὑρὼν κ. ἦν τραγήματα Alex. 185; κ. θεαταί Cratin. 169, cf. 307; Θηραμένης ὁ κ. Ar. Ra. 967; Σικελὸς κ. ἀνήρ Timocr. 6, cf. Pl. Grg. 493a; κ. περί τι <i>clever</i> about . . , Id. R. 495d ( Sup.), Cra. 405d; of a dogʼs instinct, κ. τὸ πάθος αὐτοῦ τῆς φύσεως Id. R. 376a; μὰ γῆν . . , μὴ ʼγὼ νόημα κομψότερον ἤκουσά πω a <i>more ingenious</i> device . . , Ar. Av. 195; τὸ πρᾶγμα κ. [ἐστι] Id. Th. 93, cf. 460 (lyr., Comp.), Dionys.Com. 3.1; esp. in a sneering sense, <i>over-ingenious,</i> κομψός γʼ ὁ κῆρυξ καὶ παρεργάτης λόγων E. Supp. 426; τρίβων γὰρ εἶ τὰ κομψά versed in <i>subtleties,</i> Id. Rh. 625; μή μοι τὰ κομψὰ ποικίλοι γενοίατο, ἀλλʼ ὧν πόλει δεῖ Id. Fr. 16; τὸ κ. <i>refinement, subtlety,</i> Arist. Pol. 1265a12; τῶν ἰατρῶν ὅσοι κ. ἢ περίεργοι Id. Resp. 480b27; κ. σοφίσματα E. Fr. 188.5; τοῦτʼ ἔχει -ότατον this is the <i>subtlest</i> part of it, Pl. Tht. 171a; κομψότερος . . ὁ λόγος ἢ κατʼ ἐμέ <i>too subtle</i> for me, Id. Cra. 429d:—but in Pl. and Arist., usu. <i>clever,</i> esp. <i>skilful in technique,</i> with at most a slight irony ( κομψοὺς Πλάτων οὐ τοὺς πανούργους, ἀλλὰ τοὺς βελτίστους Moer. p.206P.).",
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                        "quote": "ὁ πρῶτος εὑρὼν κ. ἦν τραγήματα",
                        "ref": "Alex. 185",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-79598",
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                        "quote": "κ. θεαταί",
                        "ref": "Cratin. 169",
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                        "quote": "Θηραμένης ὁ κ.",
                        "ref": "Ar. Ra. 967",
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                        "quote": "Σικελὸς κ. ἀνήρ",
                        "ref": "Timocr. 6",
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                        "quote": "κ. τὸ πάθος αὐτοῦ τῆς φύσεως",
                        "ref": "Id. R. 376a",
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                        "quote": "κομψός γʼ ὁ κῆρυξ καὶ παρεργάτης λόγων",
                        "ref": "E. Supp. 426",
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                        "quote": "μή μοι τὰ κομψὰ ποικίλοι γενοίατο, ἀλλʼ ὧν πόλει δεῖ",
                        "ref": "Id. Fr. 16",
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                        "quote": "τῶν ἰατρῶν ὅσοι κ. ἢ περίεργοι",
                        "ref": "Id. Resp. 480b27",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κ. σοφίσματα",
                        "ref": "E. Fr. 188.5",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>nice, good, pleasant,</i> πάντων δὲ κομψότατον τὸ τῆς πόας Pl. Phdr. 230c; τὰ κ. ταῦτα χλανίσκια that <i>nice</i> suit of yours, Aeschin. 1.131.",
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                        "quote": "πάντων δὲ κομψότατον τὸ τῆς πόας",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 230c",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Adv. - ψῶς <i>cleverly,</i> Ar. Ach. 1016 (lyr.), Pl. Cra. 399a, etc.: Comp. - οτέρως Isoc. 15.195; κ. ἔχειν to be <i>well,</i> ‘nicely’ in health, PPar. 18.3 (ii B.C.), cf. PLond. ined. 2126 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.; κομψότερον σχεῖν to get <i>better</i> in health, Ev.Jo. 4.52, cf. Arr. Epict. 3.10.13, POxy. 935.5 (iii A.D.): Sup. - ότατα <i>nicely,</i> Ar. Lys. 89; λέγεσθαι κομψότατα <i>most cleverly,</i> Pl. Tht. 202d.— Chiefly found in Att. Com. and Prose; Trag. only in E. (Orig. sense uncertain; = στρεβλός, Erot. (citing Euripides); = στρογγύλος, Hsch.)",
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