πολύτροπος

English (LSJ)

ον, (τρέπω)

   A much-turned, i.e. much-travelled, much-wandering, epith. of Odysseus, Od.1.1, 10.330.    II turning many ways: metaph., shifty, versatile, wily, of Hermes, h.Merc.13,439; τοῖς ἀσθενέσι καὶ π. θηρίοις Pl.Plt.291b; and in this sense Plato took the word as applied to Odysseus, Hp.Mi.364e (Sup.), al.; τὸ π. τῆς γνώμης their versatility of mind, Th.3.83; τὸ π., of Alcibiades, Plu.Alc. 24.    2 fickle, ὅμιλος Ps.-Phoc.95.    3 of diseases, changeful, complicated, Plu.Num.22; also πόλεμος τοῖς πάθεσι ποικίλος καὶ ταῖς τύχαις πολυτροπώτατος Id.Mar.33; στρατεία Eun.Hist. p.223D.    III various, manifold, ξυμφοραί Th.2.44; ἐπιθυμίαι, ἐθισμοὶ τῶν λέξεων, Epicur.Fr.471, Nat.28.1 (p.7V.); κακά Ph.2.567; ἔθνη Plu.Marc.12; τύχαι Id.Alc.2; ὄργια Lyr.Alex.Adesp.36.3; τὸ π. Phld.Sign.26. Adv. -πως in many manners, Meno Iatr.20.31, Ph.2.512, Ep.Hebr.1.1, Iamb.Comm.Math.12: Comp., -ωτέρως καὶ ποικιλωτέρως Epicur.Nat.5 G.