ποικίλως
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editAdverb from ποικῐ́λος (poikílos) + -ως (-ōs).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /poi̯.kí.lɔːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈki.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈci.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈci.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈci.los/
Adverb
editποικῐ́λως • (poikílōs) (comparative ποικῐλώτερον, superlative ποικῐλώτατα)
- embroidered in various colours
- ποικίλως ὑφασμένον ― poikílōs huphasménon ― woven with many colours
- (metaphorically) in various ways
- intricate, complex
- (metaphorically) unstable, changeable
- ποικίλως αὐδώμενος ― poikílōs audṓmenos ― speaking in double sense
- ποικίλως ἔχειν ― poikílōs ékhein ― to be different
Descendants
edit- → Greek: ποικίλως (poikílos) (learned)
Further reading
edit- “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
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek ποικίλως (poikílōs).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editποικίλως • (poikílos)
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peyḱ- (mark)
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