ποικίλως
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Adverb from ποικῐ́λ(ος) (poikíl(os)) + -ως (-ōs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /poi̯.kí.lɔːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈki.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈki.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈci.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈci.los/
Adverb
ποικῐ́λως • (poikílōs)
- embroidered in various colours
- ποικίλως ὑφασμένον ― poikílōs huphasménon ― weaved with many colours
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- (metaphorically) in various ways
- intricate, complex
- (metaphorically) unstable, changeable
- ποικίλως αὐδώμενος ― poikílōs audṓmenos ― speaking in double sense
- ποικίλως ἔχειν ― poikílōs ékhein ― to be different
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Further reading
- ποικίλως in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ποικίλως in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈcilos/
- Hyphenation: ποι‧κί‧λως
Adverb
ποικίλως • (poikílos)
- (archaic, learned) in various ways
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