ποικίλως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Adverb from ποικῐ́λος (poikílos) +‎ -ως (-ōs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poi̯.kí.lɔːs/ → /pyˈci.los/ → /piˈci.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /poi̯.kí.lɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈki.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈci.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈci.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈci.los/

Adverb

ποικῐ́λως • (poikílōs) (comparative ποικῐλώτερον, superlative ποικῐλώτατα)

1. embroidered in various colours

   ποικίλως ὑφασμένον ― poikílōs huphasménon ― woven with many colours

2. (metaphorically) in various ways
   1. intricate, complex
3. (metaphorically) unstable, changeable

   ποικίλως αὐδώμενος ― poikílōs audṓmenos ― speaking in double sense

   ποικίλως ἔχειν ― poikílōs ékhein ― to be different

Descendants

• → Greek: ποικίλως (poikílos) (learned)

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ποικίλως (poikílōs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈcilos/
• Hyphenation: ποι‧κί‧λως

Adverb

ποικίλως • (poikílos)

1. (archaic, learned) in various ways