πολύπτωτος
οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions
English (LSJ)
ον, (πτῶσις)
A with or in many cases, σχῆμα, a rhetorical figure, employment of the same word in various cases, Hermog.Id.1.12, Eust.349.39; σχηματισμός Id.105.26; τὸ π. alone, Quint.Inst.9.3.37, Longin.23.1 (pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 670] mit oder in vielen Fällen, Casus, Gramm.; τὸ πολ., Quinctil. 9, 3, 36, eine rhetorische Figur; vgl. Longin. 23, 1
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πολύπτωτος: -ον, (πτῶσις) ὁ πολλὰς πτώσεις ἔχων, «πολύπτωτος ἐστὶ σχηματισμὸς τὸ πάντων καὶ πάντεσσι καὶ πᾶσι (κρατεῖν, ἀνάσσειν)» Εὐστ. 105. 26· ― τὸ πολύπτωτον, ῥητορικὸν σχῆμα, πρβλ. Quintil. 9. 3, 36, Λογγῖν. 23. 1, Εὐστ. 349, 40.
