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διαποικίλλω

diapoikillo

variegate, adorn with variety

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Where it lives

Evagoras 1 · 2.18/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

διαποικίλλω · diapoikillō — LSJ

variegate, adorn with variety, to be dappled, to be blended of various

variegate, adorn with variety, mostly metaph., τοῖς διαιτήμασι Hp. Vict. 3.68; ποίησιν Isoc. 9.9; literally, δ. τι ἀργύρῳ καὶ χρυσῷ Plu. Sert. 14:—Pass., μέλανι δ., to be dappled, Arist. HA 503b5: metaph., δ. ἐκ . . to be blended of various sorts, Pl. Lg. 693d, cf. 863a; ἀπάταις τὰ πολλὰ δ. τοῦ πολέμου Plu. Lys. 7, cf. Iamb. Myst. 7.3.

In the wild

διαποικῖλαι · diapoikilai Isocrates, Evagoras 9 (DIORISIS sentence 16)
διαπεποικιλμέναι · diapepoikilmenai Plato, Laws 693
διαπεποίκιλται · diapepoikiltai Plato, Laws 863

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