ποικίλως
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb 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[edit]
ποικῐ́λως • (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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ποικίλως (poikílōs).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ποικίλως • (poikílos)
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peyḱ- (mark)
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ως
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- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adverbs
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek terms with usage examples
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peyḱ- (mark)
- Greek terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Greek learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
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