A.of or for compounding, opp. “διακριτικός, τμῆμα” Pl.Plt.282c, cf. Arist. Top.107b30; “λευκὸν μὲν τὸ διακριτικὸν μέλαν δὲ τὸ ς.” Thphr.Sens.86: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) Pl. l.c. b,c.
II. comparative, “ὑπόθεσις” Plu.2.616d; τὰ ς. (sc. ὀνόματα) comparative degree of adjectives, D.T.635.9, Plu.2.677d, A.D.Synt.58.28. Adv. “-κῶς” D.L.9.75.
III. = μετασυγκριτικός, φάρμακα, opp. χαλαστικά, Gal.2.343: τὰ ς., title of work by Thessalus, Id.10.7.