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κομψός

kompsos

nice, refined, gentlemanly

Appears 39 times across Plato's dialogues.

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κομψός, ή, όν, A. nice, refined, gentlemanly, ἐσμὲν ἅπαντα κομψοὶ ἄνδρες we are perfect gentlemen, Eup. 159, cf. Ar. V. 1317; κ. ἐν συνουσίᾳ Id. Nu. 649; τὸ θῆλυ τοὺς πόδας ἔχει κομψοτέρους more delicate, finer, Arist. Phgn. 809b9. 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 dogʼs instinct, κ. τὸ πάθος αὐτοῦ τῆς φύσεως Id. R. 376a; μὰ γῆν . . , μὴ ʼγὼ 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 γʼ 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, ἀλλʼ 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; τοῦτʼ ἔχει -ότατον this is the subtlest part of it, Pl. Tht. 171a; κομψότερος . . ὁ λόγος ἢ κατʼ 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.)
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