II. turning many ways: metaph., shifty, versatile, wily, of Hermes, h.Merc.13,439; “τοῖς ἀσθενέσι καὶ π. θηρίοις” Pl.Plt.291b; and in this sense Plato took the word as applied to Odysseus, Hp.Mi.364e (Sup.), al.; τὸ π. τῆς γνώμης their versatility of mind, Th.3.83; τὸ π., of Alcibiades, Plu.Alc. 24.
2. fickle, “ὅμιλος” Ps.-Phoc.95.
3. of diseases, changeful, complicated, Plu.Num.22; also “πόλεμος τοῖς πάθεσι ποικίλος καὶ ταῖς τύχαις πολυτροπώτατος” Id.Mar.33; “στρατεία” Eun.Hist. p.223D.
III. various, manifold, “ξυμφοραί” Th.2.44; ἐπιθυμίαι, ἐθισμοὶ τῶν λέξεων, Epicur.Fr.471, Nat.28.1 (p.7V.); “κακά” Ph.2.567; “ἔθνη” Plu.Marc.12; “τύχαι” Id.Alc.2; “ὄργια” Lyr.Alex.Adesp.36.3; “τὸ π.” Phld.Sign.26. Adv. “-πως” in many manners, Meno Iatr.20.31, Ph.2.512, Ep.Hebr.1.1, Iamb.Comm.Math.12: Comp., “-ωτέρως καὶ ποικιλωτέρως” Epicur.Nat.5 G.