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