kompsoteron describes the point at which the child began to improve after the fever left.

The attested use marks improvement in the context of determining when a child's fever began to lift.

1. Improvement after fever · dominant

   In John 4:52, the accusative singular neuter comparative form occurs in the inquiry about the hour at which the child began to improve; the APB renders the clause, "the hour in which he began to improve."

   John 4:52

In the Anselm Project Bible: In John 4:52, the APB presents the clause as the child having "began to improve." This wording confirms the verse context rather than isolating every contribution of the Greek form.