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ποικίλοςηdial.ᾱονadj having a natural intricacyof colour, shade, textureof wild beasts, animal-skins, a tortoise-shelldappled, spotted, mottledHom. S.Ichn. E. Ar. Theoc.of birds, their wingsThgn. Lyr. Ar.of snakesHdt.of a snake concealed in the bosom, w. further connot. cunning or changeable, ref. to a person's characterThgn.of a serpent pictured on a shield, perh. w. further connot. elaborately wroughtPi.of a toad or its breath, fig.ref. to the sound of the aulos, w. further connot. intricatePratin.of a liver-lobe, as used in divinationA.of the earth, flowerswith varied huesPi. Pl. Call.of granitevariegatedHdt.of the Gorgon's head, w.dat.w. locks of serpentsPi. of fabrics, garments, or sim.having an intricacy of colour or patternfr. dyeing, weaving or embroideryrichly patternedHom. Lyr. A. Hdt. E. Pl.of woven decorationselaborate, intricateIl.of tattooed or painted bodiesmulti-colouredX.neut.pl.sb.rich fabrics or tapestriesA. Ar. Men. Theoc. στοὰ ΠοικίληStoa Poikile, Painted Porticoin the Athenian agora, decorated w. painted panelsAeschin. D.of armour, chariots, furniture, or sim.elaboratelyintricately wroughtHom. Hes. Mimn. Sapph. Pi.fr. E.of a golden serpent as a bangle, also w.connot. dappledAlcm. having a structural intricacyin respect of music or languageof a songintricate, elaboratePi.of a nightingale's voiceAr.of a bow aimed by a lover at his beloved, fig.ref. to songsubtly tunedB.of a rhetorical stylevaried, ornateIsoc.having a complexity of formsof a mythical beast, of the gooddiverse, multiformPl.of pleasuresvariedPl.of a meal, a menuelaborateMen. having complexityopp. simplicityof a knotintricate, complex, complicatedOd.of winding passagewaysHdt.of a law, sickness, activity, situationPl. X. Plb.of speech, thought, or sim.abstruse, reconditeHdt. E. Pl. Arist. Plb.changeable or variable over timeof a person's dispositionversatile, adaptableThgn.of divine powercomplex, changeableE.of a person, a dispositionvariable, unstablePl. Arist.of hopesshiftingPlb.pejor., of personscunning, craftyHes. A. E. Ar. Plb.of a foxPl.of schemes, falsehoods, arguments, or sim.Thgn. Pi. B. S. E. Ar. ποικίλονneut.advwith an elaborate melodyref. to playing on the lyrePi. ποικίλωςadvcraftily, cunninglyS. E. Ar. Plb.riddlinglyAr. of a situation, w. ἔχεινbe complexX.

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many-coloured, spotted, mottled, pied, dappled

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ποικίλος

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ποικιλος

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