ποικίλως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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)

embroidered in various colours
ποικίλως ὑφασμένον ― poikílōs huphasménon ― woven with many colours
(metaphorically) in various ways
1. intricate, complex
(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)

(archaic, learned) in various ways

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