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ποικίλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποικίλος

Structure: ποικιλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. pied, dappled, worked in various colors, parti-colored
  2. changeful, various, varying, variegated
  3. intricate
  4. ambiguous
  5. cunning

Examples

  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἐνεκίσσων τὰ πρόβατα ἐν γαστρὶ λαμβάνοντα, καὶ εἶδον τοῖσ ὀφθαλμοῖσ μου ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ, καὶ ἰδοὺ οἱ τράγοι καὶ οἱ κριοὶ ἀναβαίνοντεσ ἐπὶ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τὰσ αἶγασ διάλευκοι καὶ ποικίλοι καὶ σποδοειδεῖσ ραντοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:10)
  • ἑώρακα τὴν νύκτα καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἐπιβεβηκὼσ ἐπὶ ἵππον πυρρόν, καὶ οὗτοσ εἱστήκει ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ὀρέων τῶν κατασκίων, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἵπποι πυρροὶ καὶ ψαροὶ καὶ ποικίλοι καὶ λευκοί. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 1:8)
  • καὶ ἐν τῷ ἅρματι τῷ τρίτῳ ἵπποι λευκοί, καὶ ἐν τῷ ἅρματι τῷ τετάρτῳ ἵπποι ποικίλοι ψαροί. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 6:3)
  • ἐν ᾧ ἦσαν οἱ ἵπποι οἱ μέλανεσ, ἐξεπορεύοντο ἐπὶ γῆν βορρᾶ, καὶ οἱ λευκοὶ ἐξεπορεύοντο κατόπισθεν αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ ποικίλοι ἐξεπορεύοντο ἐπὶ γῆν νότου, (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 6:6)
  • βαβαῖ, πολλοί γε καὶ ποικίλοι καὶ πάντεσ δακρύοντεσ πλὴν τῶν νεογνῶν τούτων καὶ νηπίων. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 15:2)

Synonyms

  1. changeful

  2. intricate

  3. ambiguous

  4. cunning

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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