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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

  • ἦν δὲ καὶ πεπαιδευμένοσ ἁπλῶσ, πολυτρόπωσ οὐδὲ περιττῶσ σοφίσμασι καὶ πανουργήμασιν ἀνθρώπων κακοδαιμόνων. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 72:1)
  • πολυτρόπωσ γὰρ οἱ μερισμοὶ γεγένηνται τῆσ χώρασ, ἅτε τῶν νεμομένων αὐτὴν πλειόνων γενομένων καὶ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἄλλοτ’ ἄλλωσ τούτων τοῖσ μὲν φίλοισ χρωμένων, τοῖσ δὲ καὶ πολεμίοισ, ὥστε καὶ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι καὶ χαρίζεσθαι συνέβαινεν ἄλλοισ ἄλλα καὶ οὐ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 24:4)

Synonyms

  1. turning many ways

  2. shifty

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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