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|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">ποικῐλῶ</b> Choerob.in <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>2.250: aor. 1 inf. <b class="b3">ποικῖλαι</b> (δια-) <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.9</span>; part. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ποικίλας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>412</span>, <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span>442<span class="title">A</span> 206 (ii B.C.): pf. πεποίκιλκα <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>4</span>:—Pass., pf. <b class="b3">πεποίκιλμαι</b>, v. infr.: (ποικίλος):—<b class="b2">work in various colours, work in embroidery</b>, πώλους ἐν ἀνθοκρόκοισι πήναις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>470</span>(lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>224</span>(lyr.); ἐν αὐτῷ [τῷ φάρει] π. γῆν <span class="bibl">Pherecyd.Syr.2</span>; of any elaborate work, <b class="b3">ἐν δὲ χορὸν ποίκιλλε</b> <b class="b2">with cunning workmanship he wrought</b> a <b class="b3">χορός</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.590</span>; ἀναθήματα π. <span class="bibl">Emp.23.1</span>; ἐν πετάλοις στεφανώματα π. <span class="bibl">Man.2.325</span>: metaph., ποικίλλεται γαῖα πολυστέφανος <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>104A. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">embroider</b> garments, etc., <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> l.c.; μίτρα καναχηδὰ πεποικιλμένα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>8.15</span>: metaph., <b class="b2">diversify, vary</b>, ἀνθρώπων βίον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>339</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>927e</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>23</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἱππικαῖς τάξεσι τὰς πορείας</b> <b class="b2">vary</b> the order of march with troops of horse, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>4.3</span>; π. ταῖς συλλαβαῖς <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Cra.</span>394a</span>; τρόπους <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>12</span>, al.; σχημάτων μεταβολαῖς π. τοὺς λόγους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Is.</span>3</span>; ἁρμονίαν <span class="bibl">Nicom.<span class="title">Harm.</span>11</span>; <b class="b3">π. εἴδη δυσκολίας . . παντοδαπά</b> <b class="b2">produces various</b> kinds, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>87a</span>:—Pass., [πολιτεία] ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον ποικίλον πᾶσιν ἄνθεσι πεποικιλμένον, οὕτω . . πᾶσιν ἤθεσιν πεποικιλμένη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>557c</span>; οὐκ ἐπαύξεται ἡ ἡδονή, ἀλλὰ μόνον ποικίλλεται <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.</span>18</span>; τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐκεῖ τὸ ποικιλθὲν ἐν λόγοις τοῖς ἄστροις <span class="bibl">Plot. 2.1.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of style, <b class="b2">embellish, adorn</b>, βαιὰ π. <b class="b2">tell with art and elegance</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.77</span>; of imaginative constructions, πολλά <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.Sacr.</span>1</span>; κάλλιστα τοῖς ὀνόμασι π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>235a</span>; οὐδὲν ξυνίημ' ὧν σὺ π. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1121</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">412</span>:—Pass., Σπάρτη πεποίκιλται τρόπους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>187</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> intr., <b class="b2">vary, change</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.92</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Coac.</span>182</span>; <b class="b3">πολλὰ ποικίλλει χρόνος</b> <b class="b2">makes</b> many <b class="b2">changes</b>, <span class="bibl">Men.593.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">speak equivocally, mince matters</b>, μηδὲν π. πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>218c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>863e</span>.</span>