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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

  • ποικίλη δὲ ἦν τῶν εἰσ τοῦτο συλλεγομένων ἡ δέησισ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἀνοσίωσ ὑπ’ ἐκείνου κατεγχειρουμένοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 1:21)
  • ἂν Ζήνων, ἐν τῇ Ποικίλῃ διατρίψω· (Lucian, (no name) 14:3)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τῇ Ποικίλῃ ἀνδριάντα ἰδὼν τὴν χεῖρα ἀποκεκομμένον, ὀψὲ ἔφη Ἀθηναίουσ εἰκόνι χαλκῇ . (Lucian, (no name) 53:1)
  • ^ ὅλωσ γὰρ ποικίλη καὶ παντοδαπή τισ ἦν ἡ θέα. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 16:4)
  • ἄπειμι τοίνυν καὶ τοῖσ ἐν τῇ Ποικίλῃ περιπατοῦσι τῶν φιλοσόφων αὐτὰ ταῦτα εὐαγγελιούμενοσ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 32:4)

Synonyms

  1. changeful

  2. intricate

  3. ambiguous

  4. cunning

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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