A.of many kinds or forms, πολυειδῆ φθέγγεσθαι utter cries of divers kinds, Th.7.71; opp. μονοειδής, Pl.R.612a; opp. ἁπλοῦς, Id.Phdr.238a codd.; “τὸ δεινὸν . . καὶ π. θρέμμα” Id.R.590a, cf. Phd.80b; λόγος Hippias6; of music, Phld.Mus.p.64K.(Sup.); τὸ π., = πολυειδία, τῶν χρωμάτων Arist.Col. 792b33: Comp. “-έστερος” D.H.Comp.19: Sup. “-έστατος” Ti.Locr.101b. Adv. “-δῶς” D.H.Comp.26, Gal.10.113, Iamb.Myst.1.1, al.
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