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κομψός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κομψός κομψή κομψόν

Structure: κομψ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kome/w

Sense

  1. well-dressed, a pretty fellow
  2. accomplished, elegant, exquisite, refined, dainty, clever, witty, clever, exquisite, acute, who refine overmuch, studied, affected
  3. elegantly, prettily, daintily
  4. better in health

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative κομψός κομψή κομψόν
Genitive κομψοῦ κομψῆς κομψοῦ
Dative κομψῷ κομψῇ κομψῷ
Accusative κομψόν κομψήν κομψόν
Vocative κομψέ κομψή κομψόν
DualN/A/V κομψώ κομψᾱ́ κομψώ
G/D κομψοῖν κομψαῖν κομψοῖν
PluralNominative κομψοί κομψαί κομψά
Genitive κομψῶν κομψῶν κομψῶν
Dative κομψοῖς κομψαῖς κομψοῖς
Accusative κομψούς κομψᾱ́ς κομψά
Vocative κομψοί κομψαί κομψά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective κομψός κομψοῦ κομψώτερος κομψωτεροῦ κομψώτατος κομψωτατοῦ
Adverb κομψώς κομψώτερον κομψώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μηχανὴν γὰρ οὔτε καλὴν οὔτε κομψὴν οὔτε δικαίαν οὔτε συμφέρουσαν ηὑρ͂εσ, ἐμὲ ἐκφοβεῖν ὡσ ἀγνοοῦντα τὰ τότε γιγνόμενα, ἵνα μηδὲ ἐγὼ ζητοίην τὰ χρήματα ἀποπέμπεσθαι. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 3 23:2)
  • εἰ δὲ δὴ παρακολουθεῖσ τῷ διοικοῦντι τὰ ὅλα κἀκεῖνον ἐν σαυτῷ περιφέρεισ, ἔτι ποθεῖσ λιθάρια καὶ πέτραν κομψήν; (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 33:1)
  • ὥστε ἄν σοι δοκῇ καὶ ἐνθυμηθῇσ τι τοιοῦτον, κοπρίαν μᾶλλον περιβλέπου κομψήν, ἐν ᾗ πυρέξεισ, ἀποσκέπουσαν τὸν βορέαν, ἵνα μὴ περιψυγῇσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 65:1)

Synonyms

  1. better in health

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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