I.many-coloured, spotted, mottled, pied, dappled, of leopards, fawns, Hom., etc.
II.of robes, wrought in various colours, broidered, Il., etc.; ἐν ποικίλοις κάλλεσιν, of a rich carpet, Aesch.; so, τὰ ποικίλα id=Aesch.
3.ἡ στοὰ ἡ ποικίλη, the Poecile or great hall at Athens adorned with paintings of the battle of Marathon by Polygnotus, Aeschin., etc.
III.metaph. changeful, various, diversified, manifold, Aesch., Plat.;— π. μῆνες the changing months, Pind.
2.of Art, π. ὕμνος a song of changeful strain or full of diverse art, id=Pind.; so, ποικίλον κιθαρίζων id=Pind.