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ποικίλος [ι^], η, ον,
A.many-coloured, spotted, pied, dappled,παρδαλέηIl.10.30; “ὄφιςHes.Th.300 codd. (αἰόλον Sch.); “δράκωνPi.P.8.46; ἴυγξ ib.4.214; “νεβρίδεςE.Ba.249; “ὄρνιθεςPlot.4.4.29; also of cattle, PCair.Preis.37.9 (iii B.C.), etc.; “-ώτερον ταὧAlex.110.14, cf. Ath.9.397c; opp. ὁμόχρους, Arist.HA543a25; “κιθῶνεςHdt.7.61; λίθος Αἰθιοπικὸς π., of the red granite of Syene, Id.2.127, cf. IG42(1).106i96, 113(Epid., iv B.C.); “σφαῖραPl.Phd.110b; in X.An.5.4.32, tattooed.
II. wrought in various colours, of woven or embroidered stuffs, in Hom. as epith. of πέπλος, Il.5.735, al.; “ἱμάς14.215; “φᾶροςS.Fr.586; ἐν ποικίλοις . . κάλλεσιν βαίνειν, of a rich carpet, A.Ag.923; ποικίλα, τά, ib.926, 936, Theoc.15.78; π., τό, a broidered robe, Cratin. 38; “ἐπίβλημα π.IG12.387.28; of Cyprian, Carthaginian, and Sicilian stuffs, Ar.Fr.611, Hermipp.63.23, Philem.76.4. Adv. “-λως, ὑφασμένονAntiph.99(dub.); “στρωμναὶ π. διηνθισμέναιLXXEs.1.6.
2. of metal work, τεύχεα π. χαλκῷ cunningly wrought in bronze, Hes.Sc.[423]; “θώρηξIl.16.134; τεύχεα, ἔντεα, σάκος, δίφρος, κλισμός, etc., 4.432, 10.75, 149,501, Od.1.132, etc.; but “δεσμὸς π.intricate, 8.448.
3. στοὰ π. the Painted Hall at Athens, Aeschin.3.186; “ π. στοάD.45.17, 59.94, cf. Paus.1.15.1; also Ποικίλη alone, Id.5.11.6, Luc.DMeretr.10.2; or Π., Id.Pisc.13, 16, etc.; also π. στοά, at Olympia, Paus.5.21.17; λέσχη π., at Sparta, Id.3.15.8; “θρᾶνος π.PCair.Zen.445.5 (iii B.C.).
4. of drugs, complicated, Aret.CD1.4.
b. of abstruse knowledge, intricate, subtle,εἰδέναι τι π.E.Med.300; οὐδὲν π. nothing abstruse or difficult, Pl.Men.75e, Grg.491d, etc.
c. of persons and things, subtle, artful, wily, of Prometheus, Hes.Th. 511, A.Pr.310; of Odysseus, E.IA526; “π. γὰρ ἁνήρAr.Eq.758; “φύσει π.Plb.8.18.4; “ἀλώπηξ κερδαλέα καὶ π.Pl.R.365c; π. λαλήματα, of the Sirens, E.Andr.937; “π. τόξονB.9.43; “βουλεύματαPi. N.5.28. Adv. subtly, artfully, E.Ba.888(lyr.); “σοφῶς . . καὶ π.Alex. 110.20; “π. χρώμενοι τοῖς πράγμασινPlb.4.30.7.
4. changeable, unstable, εὐδαίμων οὐ π. καὶ εὐμετάβολοςArist.EN1101a8; π. ἐλπίδες doubtful hopes, Plb.14.1.5; “π. περιστάσειςOGI194.5 (Egypt, i B.C.). Adv. -λως, ἔχειν to be different, X.Mem.2.6.21; “δέος π. περιαμύττον τὸν νοῦνPl.Ax.365c: Comp. -ωτέρως dub. in Epicur.Nat.5G. (Cf. Skt. pimśáti 'dress (meat)', 'adorn', péśas 'shape', 'colour', 'embroidery', Lith. pi[etilde]šti 'draw', 'write', Slav. p[icaron]sati 'write'.)
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