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                    "description": "<b>πολύ·τροπος, ος, ον :<br\/>      1<\/b> qui se tourne en beaucoup de sens, <i>en parl. du poulpe,<\/i> THGN. <i>215 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>p. suite,<\/i> qui erre çà et là, qui parcourt mille lieux divers, OD. <i>1, 1 ; 10, 330 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> <i>fig<\/i>. souple, habile, industrieux, <i>en parl. d’Hermès,<\/i> HH. <i>Merc. 13, 439 ; d’Ulysse,<\/i> PLAT. <i>Hipp. mi. 364<\/i> e, <i>etc. ; en mauv. part,<\/i> fourbe, rusé, PLAT. <i>Pol. 291, d’où subst. :<\/i> τὸ π. esprit de ruse, PLUT. <i>Alc. 24 ; ou<\/i> mobilité d’humeur, versatilité, THC. <i>3, 83 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      4<\/b> très divers, très varié, THC. <i>2, 44 ;<\/i> PLUT. <i>Marc. 12, Alc. 2<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>•<i> Sup<\/i>. -ώτατος, PLUT. <i>Mar. 33<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. π. τρέπω.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "ον, (&lt; τρέπω) <b>much-turned<\/b>, i.e.<br\/><b>much-travelled, much-wandering<\/b>, epith. of Odysseus, <i>Od.<\/i> 1.1, 10.330.<br\/><b>turning many ways<\/b>; <i>metaph<\/i>, <b>shifty, versatile, wily<\/b>, of Hermes, <i>h.Merc.<\/i> 13, 439; τοῖς ἀσθενέσι καὶ π. θηρίοις Pl. <i>Plt.<\/i> 291b; and in this sense Plato took the word as applied to Odysseus, <i>Hp. Mi.<\/i> 364e (Sup.), al. ; τὸ π. τῆς γνώμης their <b>versatility<\/b> of mind, Th. 3.83; τὸ π., of Alcibiades, Plu. <i>Alc.<\/i> 24.<br\/><b>fickle<\/b>, ὅμιλος Ps.-Phoc. 95. of diseases, <b>changeful, complicated<\/b>, Plu. <i>Num.<\/i> 22; also πόλεμος τοῖς πάθεσι ποικίλος καὶ ταῖς τύχαις πολυτροπώτατος Id. <i>Mar.<\/i> 33; στρατεία Eun. <i>Hist.<\/i> p. 223D.<br\/><b>various, manifold<\/b>, ξυμφοραί Th. 2.44; ἐπιθυμίαι, ἐθισμοὶ τῶν λέξεων, Epicur. <i>Fr.<\/i> 471, <i>Nat.<\/i> 28.1 (p. 7V.); κακά Ph. 2.567; ἔθνη Plu. <i>Marc.<\/i>. 12; τύχαι Id. <i>Alc.<\/i> 2; ὄργια <i>Lyr.Alex.Adesp.<\/i> 36.3; τὸ π. Phld. <i>Sign.<\/i> 26. Adv. -πως <b>in many manners<\/b>, Meno <i>Iatr.<\/i> 20.31, Ph. 2.512, Ep. Hebr. 1.1, Iamb. <i>Comm. Math.<\/i> 12; Comp., πολυτροπωτέρως καὶ ποικιλωτέρως Epicur. <i>Nat.<\/i> 5 G."
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                    "description": "<i>viel hin- u. hergewendet, viel herumgetrieben, in der Welt herumgeworfen<\/i>, Beiname des Odysseus, <i>Od<\/i>. 1.1, 10.330, mit dem Nebenbegriffe des daraus sich ergebenden Listig- u. Verschlagenseins, vgl. <font color='green'>Voß<\/font> <i>mythol. Briefe<\/i> I p. 102 u. <font color='green'>Wolf<\/font>s <i>Anal<\/i>. 3 p. 145 ; <i>viel gewandt, listig<\/i> ist es <i>H.h. Merc<\/i>. 13, 439 ; Thuc. 3.83 ; ἐν πολυτρόποις ξυμφοραῖς ἐπίστανται τραφέντες, 2.44 ; τοῖς ἀσθενέσι καὶ πολυτρόποις θηρίοις, Plat. <i>Polit<\/i>. 291b ; πολυτροπώτατος, <i>Hipp. min<\/i>. 364c ; übh. <i>vielfältig, mannichfaltig<\/i>, wie man es schon bei Thuc. a.a.O. nehmen kann, Sp., wie Plut."
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