ποικ-ίλλω,
future ποικῐλῶ Choerob.in [[ “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 2.250: ] Refs]aorist 1 infinitive ποικῖλαι (δια-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ποικίλας [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 412, “Inscription Délos” 442 A 206 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πεποίκιλκα [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 4:] Refs 1st c.BC+] —passive, perfect πεποίκιλμαι, see below: (ποικίλος):—work in various colours, work in embroidery, πώλους ἐν ἀνθοκρόκοισι πήναις [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 470 (Lyric poetry), compare “IT” 224 (Lyric poetry); ἐν αὐτῷ [τῷ φάρει] π. γῆν 6th c.BC: Pherecydes Syrius Philosophus 2 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; of any elaborate work, ἐν δὲ χορὸν ποίκιλλε with cunning workmanship he wrought a χορός, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.590; ἀναθήματα π. 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 23.1; ἐν πετάλοις στεφανώματα π. 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.325: _metaphorically_, ποικίλλεται γαῖα πολυστέφανος “Lyrica Adespota” 104A. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 embroider garments, etc., [[ “Inscription Délos” [same place]; μίτρα καναχηδὰ πεποικιλμένα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, diversify, vary, ἀνθρώπων βίον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 339, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 927e, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἱππικαῖς τάξεσι τὰς πορείας vary the order of march with troops of horse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 4.3; π. ταῖς συλλαβαῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 394a; τρόπους 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 12, +others; σχημάτων μεταβολαῖς π. τοὺς λόγους [prev. author] “Is.” 3; ἁρμονίαν 2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Harmonicum Enchiridium - Musici Scriptores Graeci” 11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. εἴδη δυσκολίας.. παντοδαπά produces various kinds, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 87a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [πολιτεία] ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον ποικίλον πᾶσιν ἄνθεσι πεποικιλμένον, οὕτω.. πᾶσιν ἤθεσιν πεποικιλμένη [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 557c; οὐκ ἐπαύξεται ἡ ἡδονή, ἀλλὰ μόνον ποικίλλεται 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 18; τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐκεῖ τὸ ποικιλθὲν ἐν λόγοις τοῖς ἄστροις 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.1.7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]