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|Definition=ον, (τρέπω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[much-turned]], i.e. <b class="b2">much-travelled, much-wandering</b>, epith. of Odysseus, <span class="bibl">Od.1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">10.330</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[turning many ways]]: metaph., [[shifty]], [[versatile]], [[wily]], of Hermes, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>13</span>,<span class="bibl">439</span>; τοῖς ἀσθενέσι καὶ π. θηρίοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>291b</span>; and in this sense Plato took the word as applied to Odysseus, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hp.Mi.</span>364e</span> (Sup.), al.; <b class="b3">τὸ π. τῆς γνώμης</b> their [[versatility]] of mind, <span class="bibl">Th.3.83</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>., of Alcibiades, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[fickle]], ὅμιλος <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc.95</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of diseases, [[changeful]], [[complicated]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Num.</span>22</span>; also πόλεμος τοῖς πάθεσι ποικίλος καὶ ταῖς τύχαις πολυτροπώτατος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mar.</span>33</span>; στρατεία <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">Hist.</span> p.223D.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[various]], [[manifold]], ξυμφοραί <span class="bibl">Th.2.44</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιθυμίαι, ἐθισμοὶ τῶν λέξεων</b>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>471</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nat.</span>28.1</span> (<span class="bibl">p.7V.</span>); κακά <span class="bibl">Ph.2.567</span>; ἔθνη <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span>12</span>; τύχαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Alc.</span>2</span>; ὄργια <span class="title">Lyr.Alex.Adesp.</span>36.3; τὸ π. <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>26</span>. Adv. -πως [[in many manners]], <span class="bibl">Meno <span class="title">Iatr.</span>20.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.512</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Hebr.</span>1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span>12</span>: Comp., -ωτέρως καὶ ποικιλωτέρως <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>5</span> G.</span>