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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

  • τί δὲ βουλόμενοσ καὶ ὁ ποικίλοσ οὗτοσ ταῦροσ ὁ Μεμφίτησ προσκυνεῖται καὶ χρᾷ καὶ προφήτασ ἔχει; (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 10:3)
  • καὶ ἐν ταὐτῷ λελουμένοι εἰσεκώμασαν ἡμῖν αὐτεπάγγελτοι Μεγαλώνυμόσ τε ὁ δικοδίφησ καὶ Χαιρέασ ὁ χρυσοτέκτων ὁ κατὰ νώτου ποικίλοσ καὶ ὁ ὠτοκάταξισ Εὔδημοσ. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 9:1)
  • τὰ δ’ ἄλλα ποικίλοσ εἶ καὶ θορύβου πλέωσ τὴν ψυχήν, πρὸσ ἕκαστα τῶν πραττομένων ἐκπεπληγμένοσ, καὶ ἄρτι μὲν εὐδαιμονίζεισ τὸν πλούσιον τοῦ χρυσοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἐλέφαντοσ καὶ τῆσ τοσαύτησ τρυφῆσ, ἄρτι δὲ οἰκτείρεισ σεαυτόν, ὡσ τὸ μηδὲν ὢν εἶτα ζῆν ὑπολαμβάνεισ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 16:1)
  • ποικίλοσ γὰρ ἁνὴρ κἀκ τῶν ἀμηχάνων πόρουσ εὐμήχανοσ πορίζειν. (Aristotle, Agon, strophe2)
  • ποικίλοσ ἀεὶ πέφυκε τοῦ τ’ ὄχλου μέτα. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 4:22)

Synonyms

  1. changeful

  2. intricate

  3. ambiguous

  4. cunning

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