1. κομψός · kompsos — Beekes
fine, elegant, to the point, cunning
The corpus record
κομψ-ός
kompsos
fine, elegant, to the point, cunning
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Distribution
- Letter 9 1 · 8.76/10k
- Cleitophon 1 · 6.46/10k
- Discourses 41 · 5.52/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 2 · 2.84/10k
- Cratylus 5 · 2.8/10k
- Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
- Euthyphro 1 · 1.93/10k
- Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
- De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
- Gorgias 4 · 1.52/10k
- Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
- Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. κομψός · kompsos — Chantraine
«élégant, joli, chic, spirituel, subtil en mauvaise part» (att
3. κομψ-ός · komps-os — LSJ
nice, refined, gentlemanly
Attestations
- κομψόν · kompson Plato, Republic 2.376 (DIORISIS sentence 1252)
- κομψοτέρας · kompsoteras Plato, Republic 3.404 (DIORISIS sentence 1855)
- κομψοὺς · kompsous Plato, Republic 3.405 (DIORISIS sentence 1885)
- κομψούς · kompsous Plato, Republic 3.408 (DIORISIS sentence 1925)
- κομψοί · kompsoi Plato, Republic 5.460 (DIORISIS sentence 3050)
- κομψότατοι · kompsotatoi Plato, Republic 6.495 (DIORISIS sentence 3815)
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