κομψός
κομψ-ός,
ή,
όν,
2). 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 κ. Ar. Ra. 967 ;
Σικελὸς κ. ἀνήρ Timocr. 6 , cf.
Pl. Grg. 493a ;
κ. περί τι clever about .. ,
Id. R. 495d ( Sup.),
Cra. 405d ; of a dog's instinct,
κ. τὸ πάθος αὐτοῦ τῆς φύσεως Id. R. 376a ;
μὰ γῆν .. , μὴ ’γὼ νόημα κομψότερον ἤκουσά πω a
more ingenious device .. ,
Ar. Av. 195 ;
τὸ πρᾶγμα κ. [ἐστι]
Id. Th. 93 , cf.
460 (lyr., Comp.),
Dionys.Com. 3.1 ; esp. in a sneering sense,
over-ingenious,
κομψός γ’ ὁ κῆρυξ καὶ παρεργάτης λόγων E. Supp. 426 ;
τρίβων γὰρ εἶ τὰ κομψά versed in
subtleties,
Id. Rh. 625 ;
μή μοι τὰ κομψὰ ποικίλοι γενοίατο, ἀλλ’ ὧν πόλει δεῖ Id. Fr. 16 ;
τὸ κ. refinement, subtlety,
Arist. Pol. 1265a12 ;
τῶν ἰατρῶν ὅσοι κ. ἢ περίεργοι Id. Resp. 480b27 ;
κ. σοφίσματα E. Fr. 188.5 ;
τοῦτ’ ἔχει -ότατον this is the
subtlest part of it,
Pl. Tht. 171a ;
κομψότερος .. ὁ λόγος ἢ κατ’ ἐμέ too subtle for me,
Id. Cra. 429d :—but in
Pl. and
Arist., usu.
clever, esp.
skilful in technique, with at most a slight irony (
κομψοὺς Πλάτων οὐ τοὺς πανούργους, ἀλλὰ τοὺς βελτίστους Moer.
p.206 P.).
3). more generally,
nice, good, pleasant,
πάντων δὲ κομψότατον τὸ τῆς πόας Pl. Phdr. 230c ;
τὰ κ. ταῦτα χλανίσκια that
nice suit of yours,
Aeschin. 1.131 .
II). Adv.-
ψῶς cleverly,
Ar. Ach. 1016 (lyr.),
Pl. Cra. 399a , etc.: Comp.-
οτέρως Isoc. 15.195 ;
κ. 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 ,
POxy. 935.5 (iii A.D.): Sup.-
ότατα 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 ,
Hsch.)
ShortDef
well-dressed
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
κομψός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κομψος
URN:
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κομψ-ός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ή</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nice, refined, gentlemanly</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἐσμὲν ἅπαντα κομψοὶ ἄνδρες</span> we are perfect <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gentlemen</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:159" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:159/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eup.</span> 159 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1317" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1317/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 1317 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κ. ἐν συνουσίᾳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:649" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:649/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 649 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ θῆλυ τοὺς πόδας ἔχει κομψοτέρους</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more delicate, finer</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg032:809b:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg032:809b.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phgn.</span> 809b9 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">smart, clever, ingenious</span>, of persons or their words and acts, <span class="quote greek">ὁ πρῶτος εὑρὼν κ. ἦν τραγήματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 185 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ. θεαταί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:169" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:169/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 169 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:307" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:307/canonical-url/"> 307 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Θηραμένης ὁ κ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:967" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:967/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 967 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Σικελὸς κ. ἀνήρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0265.tlg001:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0265.tlg001:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Timocr.</span> 6 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:493a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:493a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 493a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κ. περί τι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">clever</span> about .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:495d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:495d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 495d </a> ( Sup.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:405d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:405d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 405d </a>; of a dog\'s instinct, <span class="quote greek">κ. τὸ πάθος αὐτοῦ τῆς φύσεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:376a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:376a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 376a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μὰ γῆν .. , μὴ ’γὼ νόημα κομψότερον ἤκουσά πω</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more ingenious</span> device .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:195/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 195 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ πρᾶγμα κ. [ἐστι</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 93 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:460" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:460/canonical-url/"> 460 </a> (lyr., Comp.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0445.tlg001:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0445.tlg001:3.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dionys.Com.</span> 3.1 </a>; esp. in a sneering sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">over-ingenious</span>, <span class="quote greek">κομψός γ’ ὁ κῆρυξ καὶ παρεργάτης λόγων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:426" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:426/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 426 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τρίβων γὰρ εἶ τὰ κομψά</span> versed in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">subtleties</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:625" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:625/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 625 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μή μοι τὰ κομψὰ ποικίλοι γενοίατο, ἀλλ’ ὧν πόλει δεῖ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 16 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ κ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">refinement, subtlety</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1265a:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1265a.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1265a12 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἰατρῶν ὅσοι κ. ἢ περίεργοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg037:480b:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg037:480b.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Resp.</span> 480b27 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ. σοφίσματα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 188.5 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">τοῦτ’ ἔχει -ότατον</span> this is the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">subtlest</span> part of it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:171a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:171a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 171a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κομψότερος .. ὁ λόγος ἢ κατ’ ἐμέ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">too subtle</span> for me, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:429d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:429d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 429d </a>:—but in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> </span> and <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span></span>, usu. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">clever</span>, esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">skilful in technique</span>, with at most a slight irony (<span class="foreign greek">κομψοὺς Πλάτων οὐ τοὺς πανούργους, ἀλλὰ τοὺς βελτίστους</span> Moer.<span class="bibl"> p.206 </span> P.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> more generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nice, good, pleasant</span>, <span class="quote greek">πάντων δὲ κομψότατον τὸ τῆς πόας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:230c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:230c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 230c </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ κ. ταῦτα χλανίσκια</span> that <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nice</span> suit of yours, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:131" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:131/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.131 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Adv.-<span class="foreign greek">ψῶς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cleverly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1016" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1016/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 1016 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:399a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:399a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 399a </a>, etc.: Comp.-<span class="itype greek">οτέρως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg019.perseus-grc1:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg019.perseus-grc1:195/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 15.195 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κ. ἔχειν</span> to be <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">well</span>, \'nicely\' in health, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PPar.</span> 18.3 </span> (ii B.C.), cf. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">PLond. ined.</span> <span class="bibl"> 2126 </span> (ii/iii A.D.), etc.; <span class="foreign greek">κομψότερον σχεῖν</span> to get <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">better</span> in health, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Jo.</span> 4.52 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:3:10:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:3:10:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epict.</span> 3.10.13 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 935.5 </span> (iii A.D.): Sup.-<span class="itype greek">ότατα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nicely</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 89 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λέγεσθαι κομψότατα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">most cleverly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:202d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:202d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 202d </a>.— Chiefly found in Att. Com. and Prose; Trag. only in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> </span> (Orig. sense uncertain; = <span class="ref greek">στρεβλός</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Erot.</span> </span> (citing Euripides); = <span class="ref greek">στρογγύλος</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}