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1 ποικίλος
A many-coloured, spotted, pied, dappled,παρδαλέη Il.10.30
; codd. ( αἰόλον Sch.);δράκων Pi.P.8.46
; ἴυγξ ib.4.214; ;ὄρνιθες Plot.4.4.29
; also of cattle, PCair.Preis.37.9 (iii B.C.), etc.;- ώτερον ταὧ Alex.110.14
, cf. Ath.9.397c; opp. ὁμόχρους, Arist.HA 543a25;κιθῶνες Hdt.7.61
; λίθος Αἰθιοπικὸς π., of the red granite of Syene, Id.2.127, cf. IG42(1).106i96, 113(Epid., iv B.C.); ; in X.An.5.4.32, tattooed.II wrought in various colours, of woven or embroidered stuffs, in Hom. as epith. of πέπλος, Il.5.735, al.;ἱμάς 14.215
; ; ἐν ποικίλοις.. κάλλεσιν βαίνειν, of a rich carpet, A.Ag. 923; ποικίλα, τά, ib. 926, 936, Theoc.15.78; π., τό, a broidered robe, Cratin. 38;ἐπίβλημα π. IG12.387.28
; of Cyprian, Carthaginian, and Sicilian stuffs, Ar.Fr. 611, Hermipp.63.23, Philem.76.4. Adv.-λως, ὑφασμένον Antiph.99
(dub.);στρωμναὶ π. διηνθισμέναι LXXEs.1.6
.2 of metal work, τεύχεα π. χαλκῷ cunningly wrought in bronze, Hes.Sc.[423];θώρηξ Il.16.134
; τεύχεα, ἔντεα, σάκος, δίφρος, κλισμός, etc., 4.432, 10.75, 149, 501, Od.1.132, etc.; butδεσμὸς π.
intricate,8.448
.3 ἡ στοὰ ἡ π. the Painted Hall at Athens, Aeschin.3.186;ἡ π. στοά D.45.17
, 59.94, cf. Paus.1.15.1; also Ποικίλη alone, Id.5.11.6, Luc.DMeretr.10.2; or ἡ Π., Id.Pisc.13, 16, etc.; also π. στοά, at Olympia, Paus.5.21.17; λέσχη π., at Sparta, Id.3.15.8;θρᾶνος π. PCair.Zen.445.5
(iii B.C.).4 of drugs, complicated, Aret.CD1.4.III metaph., changeful, diversified, manifold, ;π. κακῶν ταμιεῖον Democr.149
;- ώτερος αὐτοῦ Πρωτέως Luc.Sacr.5
;ποικίλα ἀντὶ ἁπλοῦ Pl.Tht. 146d
;- ώτερα ποιεῖν τὰ νοσήματα Id.R. 426a
; παντοδαπὰς ἡδονὰς καὶ π. καὶ παντοίως ἐχούσας ib. 559d;οὕτω δὲ π. τί ἐστι τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ παντοδαπόν Id.Prt. 334b
;πηδήσεις ὡς ἔνι -ωτάτας ποιεῖσθαι Arr. Tact.43.3
; π. μῆνες the changing months, Pi.I.4(3).18 (nisi leg. ποικίλα [χθών]); π. εὐεργεσία IG5(2).268.22
(Mantinea, i B.C.). Adv.- λως
in various ways,Hp.
Art.33, Gal.13.91: [comp] Comp. -ωτέρως, θρεπτέον Herod.[voice] Med.in Rh.Mus.58.85; but- ώτερον Sor.Vit.Hp.4
.2 of Art, π. ὕμνος a song of changeful strain or full of diverse art, Pi.O.6.87;ποικίλον κιθαρίζων Id.N.4.14
;δεδαιδαλμένοι ψεύδεσι ποικίλοις μῦθοι Id.O.1.29
; of style,λέξις ποιητικωτέρα καὶ π. Isoc.15.47
([comp] Comp.);σχηματισμοί D.H.Is.3
.3 intricate, complex, εἱλιγμοὶ -ώτατοι, of a labyrinth, Hdt.2.148; of an oracle, Id.7.111 ([comp] Comp.);ὁ θεὸς ἔφυ τι π. E.Hel. 711
; π. νόμος, opp. νοῆσαι ῥᾴδιος, Pl.Smp. 182b; π. μηχάνημα, λόγοι, S.OC 762, Ar.Th. 438; opp. ἁπλούστερος, Arist. Rh. 1416b25;οὐδὲν π. οὐδὲ σοφόν D.9.37
. Adv. -λως, αὐδώμενος speaking in double sense, S.Ph. 130;π. ᾐνιγμένος Ar.Eq. 196
.b of abstruse knowledge, intricate, subtle,εἰδέναι τι π. E.Med. 300
; οὐδὲν π. nothing abstruse or difficult, Pl.Men. 75e, Grg. 491d, etc.c of persons and things, subtle, artful, wily, of Prometheus, Hes.Th. 511, A.Pr. 310; of Odysseus, E.IA 526;π. γὰρ ἁνήρ Ar.Eq. 758
;φύσει π. Plb.8.18.4
;ἀλώπηξ κερδαλέα καὶ π. Pl.R. 365c
; π. λαλήματα, of the Sirens, E.Andr. 937;π. τόξον B.9.43
;βουλεύματα Pi. N.5.28
. Adv. subtly, artfully, E.Ba. 888(lyr.);σοφῶς.. καὶ π. Alex. 110.20
;π. χρώμενοι τοῖς πράγμασιν Plb.4.30.7
.4 changeable, unstable,ὁ εὐδαίμων οὐ π. καὶ εὐμετάβολος Arist.EN 1101a8
; π. ἐλπίδες doubtful hopes, Plb.14.1.5;π. περιστάσεις OGI194.5
(Egypt, i B.C.). Adv. -λως, ἔχειν to be different, X.Mem.2.6.21;δέος π. περιαμύττον τὸν νοῦν Pl.Ax. 365c
: [comp] Comp. - ωτέρως dub. in Epicur.Nat.5G. (Cf. Skt. pimśáti 'dress (meat)', 'adorn', péśas 'shape', 'colour', 'embroidery', Lith. pi[etilde]šti 'draw', 'write', Slav. p[icaron]sati 'write'.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ποικίλος
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