πολυφυής

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πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced

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Full diacritics: πολυφῠής Medium diacritics: πολυφυής Low diacritics: πολυφυής Capitals: ΠΟΛΥΦΥΗΣ
Transliteration A: polyphyḗs Transliteration B: polyphyēs Transliteration C: polyfyis Beta Code: polufuh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (φυή)

   A divided into many, manifold, Arist.HA493a1.

German (Pape)

[Seite 676] ές, vielartig, mannichfaltig; Arist. H. A. 1, 11; Theophr.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πολῠφυής: -ές, (φυὴ) ὁ εἰς πολλὰ διῃρημένος, πολυμερής, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 1. 11, 12· πρβλ. διφυής.

Greek Monolingual

-ές, ΝΑ
αυτός που έχει πολλαπλή φύση, πολυειδής, πολύμορφος, πολυποίκιλος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πολυ- + -φυής (< φυή ή φύος, τὸ < φύομαι «φυτρώνω»), πρβλ. ευ-φυής, μεγαλο-φυής].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

πολυφῠής: разделенный на много частей: τὸ πολυφυὲς (τοῦ σώματος) οὖλον Arst. разделенная (на множество зубных луночек) часть рта (называется) десной.