ποικιλία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[marking with various colours]], [[embroidering]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>373a</span>,<span class="bibl">401a</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span> 12.338.24,48; [[tapestry]], [[weaving]], PTeb.703.93. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in pl., [[pieces of embroidery]], γραφαὶ καὶ π. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.8.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">being marked with various colours, striped, spotted</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>518b16</span>, <span class="bibl">564a26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[varied aspect]], [[diversity]], γινομένης π. ἐπὶ τῶν νοσημάτων <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.8</span>; of the stars, ἡ περὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>529d</span>; π. χρωμάτων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 110d</span>; Σικελικὴν π. ὄψου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>404d</span>; ἔστι περὶ τὴν ἐργασίαν [τῶν μελιττῶν]… πολλὴ π. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>623b26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">539a3</span>; πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">Plb.9.22.10</span>; τῆς πολιτείας <span class="bibl">Id.6.3.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in literary style, music, etc., [[variety]], [[intricacy]], [[ornamentation]], αἱ περὶ τὴν λέξιν π. <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span> 11</span>,al.; ἡ π. τῆς λύρας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>812d</span>; opp. [[μονῳδία]], Plu.2.7b. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[versatility]], [[subtlety]], mostly in bad sense, π. πραπίδων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>27</span>(lyr.); ταῦτ' ἐδεῖτο λόγου τινὸς ἢ ποικιλίας <span class="bibl">D.29.1</span>: in Surgery, οὔτετομὴ οὔτε καῦσις οὔτε ἄλλη π. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>62</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[complexity]] of a subject, <span class="bibl">Sor. 1.2</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=ποικῐλία, ἡ, [[ποικίλλω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a marking with [[various]] colours, embroidering, [[embroidery]], Plat.: in pl. pieces of broidery, Xen.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[varied]] [[aspect]], [[diversity]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[versatility]], [[subtlety]], [[craft]], Dem.