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πολύτροπος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύτροπος

Structure: πολυτροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tre/pw

Sense

  1. much turned, much traveled, much wandering
  2. turning many ways
  3. (metaphoric) shifty, versatile, wily
  4. (of diseases) changeful, complicated

Examples

  • τίσ δὲ φέρων θοὸν ἴχνοσ ἐπὶ ζεφυρηίδασ αὔρασ ὑμνοπόλοσ σοφίησ, ἑκατὸν βλεφάροισι πεποιθώσ, τοξεύσει ἑκάτερθε πολύτροπα δήνεα τέχνησ, οἶκον ἰδὼν λάμποντα, περίδρομον, ἄλλον ἐπ’ ἄλλῳ, ἔνθ’ ἵνα καὶ γραφίδων ἱερῶν ὑπὲρ ἄντυγοσ αὐλῆσ ἔστιν ἰδεῖν μέγα θαῦμα, πολύφρονα Κωνσταντῖνον, πῶσ προφυγὼν εἴδωλα θεημάχον ἔσβεσε λύσσην, καὶ Τριάδοσ φάοσ εὑρ͂εν ἐν ὕδασι γυῖα καθήρασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 10 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. turning many ways

  2. shifty

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