Lexical Summary kompsoteron: well-dressed Original Word: κομψότερονTransliteration: kompsoteron Phonetic Spelling: (komp-sot'-er-on) Part of Speech: Adverb, Comparative Short Definition: well-dressed Meaning: well-dressed Strong's Concordance betterNeuter comparative of a derivative of the base of komizo (meaning, properly, well dressed, i.e. Nice); figuratively, convalescent -- + began to amend. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2866: κομψότερονκομψότερον, neuter comparitive of the adjective κομψός (from κομέω to take care of, tend) neat, elegant, nice, fine; used adverbially, more finely, better: κομψότερον ἔσχεν, to be better, used of a convalescent, John 4:52 (ὅταν ὁ ἰατρός εἴπῃ. κομψως ἔχεις, Epictetus diss. 3, 10, 13; so in Latinbelle habere, Cicero, epistles ad div. 16, 15; (cf. English 'he's doing nicely,' 'he's getting on finely'; and) German er befindet sich hübsch; es geht hübsch mit ihm). The glossary of Hesychius refers to this passage: κομψότερον, βελτιωτερον, ἐλαφροτερον. |
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