Word 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
better
Neuter 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 Latin
belle 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.