κομψότερον, 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, Joh_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.

κομψότερον kompsoteron 1x in NT in better health, Joh_4:52

* κομψός , -ή , -όν ( < κομέω , to take care of), well-dressed, elegant, fine; compar . neut., κομψότερον ἔχειν ( cf. κόμψως ἔχειν , Epict., and colloq. Eng., " to be doing finely "): Joh_4:52 .†

κομψῶς (~ κομψότερον ) [page 354] With the adverbial phrase Joh_4:52 κομψότερον ἔσχεν , got better (rather than began to amend AV, RV), cf. P Par 18 .3 κομψῶς ἔχω , p Tebt 11. 414 .10 (ii/A.D.) ἐὰν κομψῶς σχῶ πέμψω [τ ]ῇ θυγατρί σου κοτ̣υ̣λην ἲρις ( a cotyle of orris-root ), and P Oxy VI. 935 .5 (iii/A.D.) θεῶν συνλαμβανόντων ἡ ἀδελφὴ ἐπὶ τ [ὸ ] κομψότερον ἐτράπη , with the assistance of heaven our sister has taken a turn for the better (Edd.). See also Epict. iii. 10. 13 ὅταν ὁ ἰατρὸς εἰσέρχηται , μὴ φοβεῖσθαι τί εἴπῃ , μηδ᾽ ἂν εἴπῃ ῾κομψῶς ἔχεις᾽ , ὑπερχαίρειν : ib . ii. 18. 14 γίγνωσκε ὅτι κομψῶς σοί ἐστι . Κόμψη is found as a woman s name in Preisigke 4119.

κομψός, -ή, -όν (κομέω, to take care of), well-dressed, elegant, fine; compar. neut., κομψότερον ἔχειν (cf. κόμψως ἔχειν, Epict., and colloq. Eng., "to be doing finely"): Jhn.4:52.† (AS)