πολύτροπος
πολύ-τροπος,
ον,(
τρέπω)
A). 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 .
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.
ShortDef
much-turned
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Headword (normalized):
πολύτροπος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πολυτροπος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-85448
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πολύ-τροπος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>,(<span class="etym greek">τρέπω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">much-turned,</span> i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">much-travelled, much-wandering,</span> epith. of Odysseus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:330" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.330/canonical-url/"> 10.330 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">turning many ways</span>: metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shifty, versatile, wily,</span> of Hermes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 13 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:439" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:439/canonical-url/"> 439 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τοῖς ἀσθενέσι καὶ π. θηρίοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:291b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:291b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 291b </a> ; and in this sense Plato took the word as applied to Odysseus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg026:364e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg026:364e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hp.Mi.</span> 364e </a> ( Sup.), al.; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ π. τῆς γνώμης</span> their <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">versatility</span> of mind, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.83 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ π.,</span> of Alcibiades, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg015:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg015:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 24 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fickle,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὅμιλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1605.tlg001:95" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1605.tlg001:95/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ps.-Phoc.</span> 95 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of diseases, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">changeful, complicated,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg005:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg005:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Num.</span> 22 </a>; also <span class="quote greek">πόλεμος τοῖς πάθεσι ποικίλος καὶ ταῖς τύχαις πολυτροπώτατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg031:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg031:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mar.</span> 33 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">στρατεία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2050.tlg002:p.223D" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2050.tlg002:p.223D/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eun.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hist.</span> p.223D. </a> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">various, manifold,</span> <span class="quote greek">ξυμφοραί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.44 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπιθυμίαι, ἐθισμοὶ τῶν λέξεων,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:471" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:471/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 471 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:28:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:28.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.</span> 28.1 </a> (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:p.7V" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:p.7V/canonical-url/"> p.7V. </a>); <span class="quote greek">κακά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:567" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.567/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.567 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔθνη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg022:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg022:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Marc.</span> 12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τύχαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg015:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg015:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὄργια</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lyr.Alex.Adesp.</span> 36.3 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg472:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg472:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sign.</span> 26 </a> . Adv. <span class="quote greek">-πως</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in many manners,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0643.tlg001:20:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0643.tlg001:20.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Meno</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Iatr.</span> 20.31 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:512" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.512/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.512 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg019.perseus-grc1:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg019.perseus-grc1:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Hebr.</span> 1.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg003:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg003:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Iamb.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comm.Math.</span> 12 </a>: Comp., <span class="quote greek">-ωτέρως καὶ ποικιλωτέρως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.</span> 5 </a> G.</div> </div><br><br>'}