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πολύτροπος

πολύτροπος, much-turned

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πολύτροπον masculine accusative singular, feminine accusative singular, neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular, neuter accusative singular of πολύτροπος

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πολύ-τροπος, ον, (τρέπω)
  • much-turned, i.e. much-travelled, much-wandering, epith. of Odysseus, Od. 1.1, 10.330.
    • II turning many ways: metaph., shifty, versatile, wily, of Hermes, h.Merc. 13, 439; τοῖς ἀσθενέσι καὶ π. θηρίοις Pl. Plt. 291b; and in this sense Plato took the word as applied to Odysseus, Hp.Mi. 364e (Sup.), al.; τὸ π. τῆς γνώμης their versatility of mind, Th. 3.83; τὸ π., of Alcibiades, Plu. Alc. 24.
      • 2 fickle, ὅμιλος Ps.-Phoc. 95.
      • 3 of diseases, changeful, complicated, Plu. Num. 22; also πόλεμος τοῖς πάθεσι ποικίλος καὶ ταῖς τύχαις πολυτροπώτατος Id. Mar. 33; στρατεία Eun. Hist. p.223 D.
    • III various, manifold, ξυμφοραί Th. 2.44; ἐπιθυμίαι, ἐθισμοὶ τῶν λέξεων, Epicur. Fr. 471, Nat. 28.1 (p.7V.); κακά Ph. 2.567; ἔθνη Plu. Marc. 12; τύχαι Id. Alc. 2; ὄργια Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 36.3; τὸ π. Phld. Sign. 26. Adv. -πως in many manners, Meno Iatr. 20.31, Ph. 2.512, Ep.Hebr. 1.1, Iamb. Comm.Math. 12: Comp., -ωτέρως καὶ ποικιλωτέρως Epicur. Nat. 5 G.

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