A.of or with many folds; esp. of mountains, with many valleys, “πολυπτύχου Οὐλύμποιο” Il.8.411, cf. 20.5, Hes.Th.113; “Ἴδης ἐν κνημοῖσι πολυπτύχου” Il.21.449, cf. 22.171, etc.; χθών, of the mountainous tract of Phocis, E.IT677; of a compress, many times folded, “σπλήν” Hp.Fract.8, etc.
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πολύ-πτυ^χος , ον, (πτύξ, πτυχή)