- κομψός
- κομψόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `fine, elegant, spiritual, cunning' (Att.).Compounds: Compp., e. g. περί-κομψος `very fine' (Ar.).Derivatives: κομψότης `nicety, elegance' (Pl.), κομψεύομαι (-εύω) `be spiritual, be smart' (Pl.) with κομψεία (Pl., Luc.), κόμψευμα (Arist., Luc., Gal.) `smart expression, ingeniousness'.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: On κομψός as idea of style s. H. Wersdörfer Die φιλοσοφία des Isokrates im Spiegel ihrer Terminologie (Leipzig 1940) S. 105f., 127f. Since long (Bezzenberger-Fick BB 6, 237) connected with Lith. švánkus `fine, reasonable' (cf. Schwyzer 302). Doubts by Chantraine REGr. 58, 90ff., who wants connection with κομέω, κομμόομαι, morphologically not quite easy (through *κομ-σός). On the suffix s. Stang Symb. Oslo. 23, 46ff. - Hardly IE, so prob. Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,910
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.