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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ποικίλος (poikílos) + μῆτις (mêtis) + -ης (-ēs)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poi̯.ki.lo.mɛ̌ː.tɛːs/ → /py.ci.loˈmi.tis/ → /pi.ci.loˈmi.tis/
Noun
ποικῐλομήτης • (poikilomḗtēs) m (genitive ποικῐλομήτου); first declension
- (Epic) one full of tricks and wiles (epithet of Odysseus and sometimes of Zeus and Hermes)
Declension
Further reading
- “ποικιλομήτης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ποικιλομήτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ποικιλομήτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ποικιλομήτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press