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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

  • νῦν δ’ ἄγε μοι τόδε εἰπέ, πολύτροπε Μαιάδοσ υἱέ, ἦ σοί γ’ ἐκ γενετῆσ τάδ’ ἅμ’ ἕσπετο θαυματὰ ἔργα ἠέ τισ ἀθανάτων ἠὲ θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων δῶρον ἀγαυὸν ἔδωκε καὶ ἔφρασε θέσπιν ἀοιδήν; (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 47:3)

Synonyms

  1. turning many ways

  2. shifty

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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