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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "façonner élégamment, tourner avec art, avec finesse, <i>au pass<\/i>. PLAT. <i>Phædr. 227<\/i> c ; DH. <i>Isocr. 14 ; fig<\/i>. κομψεύειν τι, SOPH. <i>Ant. 324,<\/i> faire un jeu d’esprit sur qqe ch. ;<br\/><br\/><b style='color:darkblue'><i>Moy.<\/i><\/b> montrer de la grâce, de la finesse, de l’esprit, imaginer finement <i>ou<\/i> plaisanter agréablement, PLAT. <i>Rsp. 489<\/i> c, <i>Lach. 197, etc<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Act. seul<\/i>. SOPH. <i>l. c. ; pass. part. pf<\/i>. κεκομψευμένος, PLAT. <i>Phil. 56<\/i> c.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. κομψός.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "<b>refine upon<\/b>, κόμψευέ νυν τὴν δόξαν aye, <b>quibble on<\/b> the word δόξα (referring to the previous line), S. <i>Ant.<\/i> 324; — mostly in <i>Med.<\/i>, <b>to be smart, ingenious<\/b>, ἥδεσθαι κομψευόμενος to be fond <b>of clever inventions<\/b>, Hp. <i>Art.<\/i> 70 (glossed πανουργευόμενος, Erot.); ὁ τοῦτο κομψευσάμενος he who <b>invented<\/b> this <b>subtlety<\/b>, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 489b; πρέπει… σοφιστῇ τὰ τοιαῦτα κομψεύεσθαι Id. <i>La.<\/i> 197d; κ. ὡς… Id. <i>R.<\/i> 436d; <i>pf. Pass.<\/i> in med. sense, αὐτὸ τοῦτο καὶ κεκόμψευται he <b>has advanced<\/b> this <b>dainty paradox<\/b>, Id. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 227c; οἱ τὰ πολιτικὰ κεκομψευμένοι Ph. 1.448. Pass., of things, προσαγώγιον κεκομψευμένον <b>neatly made<\/b>, Pl. <i>Phlb.<\/i> 56c; ὁ λόγος ὑπὸ τῶν τοιούτων κεκόμψευται σχημάτων D.H. <i>Isoc.<\/i> 14."
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                    "description": "<i>artig, zierlich, fein machen, fein u. zierlich wovon sprechen<\/i> ; κόμψευε τὴν δόκησιν Soph. <i>Ant<\/i>. 324. – Gew. im med., <i>witzeln, scherzen<\/i> ; πρέπει σοφιστῇ τὰ τοιαῦτα μᾶλλον κομψεύεσθαι ἢ ἀνδρί Plat. <i>Lach<\/i>. 197d ; ἀλλ' αὐτὸ δὴ τοῦτο καὶ κεκόμψευται <i>Phaedr<\/i>. 227c ; aber pass., προσαγώγιον κεκομψευμένον, <i>fein erfunden, artig, Phil<\/i>. 56c u. öfter bei den Rhett."
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