πολύ-τροπος,ον, (τρέπω)
A. much-turned,i.e.much-travelled, much-wandering,epith. of Odysseus, Od. 1.1 , 10.330 .
II. turning many ways: metaph.,shifty, versatile, wily,of Hermes, h.Merc. 13 , 439 ; τοῖς ἀσθενέσι καὶ π. θηρίοις
Pl. Plt. 291b
; and in this sense Plato took the word as applied to Odysseus, Hp.Mi. 364e ( Sup. ), al.;τὸ π. τῆς γνώμηςtheirversatilityof mind, Th. 3.83 ;τὸ π.,of Alcibiades, Plu. Alc. 24 .
2. fickle,
ὅμιλος
Ps.-Phoc. 95
.
3. of diseases, changeful, complicated,
Plu. Num. 22 ; also πόλεμος τοῖς πάθεσι ποικίλος καὶ ταῖς τύχαις πολυτροπώτατος
Id. Mar. 33
; στρατεία
Eun. Hist. p.223D.