A.having many tones, “ὄρνιθες” Arist.PA660a34; “κίττα” Plu.2.973c, etc.: neut. pl. as Adv., “πολύφωνα κρῶξαι” Arat.1002.
2. having many voices, “Βοιωτία ἕνεκα χρηστηρίων π. οὖσα” Plu.2.411e; loquacious, talkative, π. ὁ οἶνος ib.715a, cf. Luc.Hist.Conscr.4.
3. manifold in expression, of Homer, D.H.Comp.16 (Sup.), Str.3.2.12; τὸ π., of Plato, Stob.2.7.3f; of Hyperides, -ότερος [τοῦ Δημοσθένους] Longin. 34.1.