- κομψότερον
- κομψότερον adv. of the comp. of κομψός (the word Eur. et al.; the comp. in Pla., Crat. 429d; POxy 935, 5 [III A.D.]) better of sick persons: κ. ἔχειν begin to improve J 4:52 (κομψῶς ἔχειν in this sense in Epict. 3, 10, 13; PParis 18, 3; PTebt 414, 10. This use develops as a transferred sense of κομψός ‘nice’ [cp. our ‘N.N. is doing nicely’]. On the comp. cp. POxy 935, 5 θεῶν συνλαμβανόντων ἡ ἀδελφὴ ἐπὶ τὸ κομψότερον ἐτράπη; FBilabel, Badische Papyri 1923 no. 34, 4 [I A.D.] κομψότερον ἔσχεν).—DELG s.v. κομψός. M-M. s.v. κομψῶς.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.