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καταποικίλλω

katapoikillo

deck with various colours

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Where it lives

Against the Sophists 1 · 7.55/10k
Euthyphro 1 · 1.93/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k

What it meant

καταποικίλλω · katapoikillō — LSJ

deck with various colours, in divers modes, mottle

deck with various colours or in divers modes, mottle, τὸ σῶμα Pl. Ti. 85a; θάλαμος, ὃν αἱ χάριτες κατεποίκιλαν Men.Rh. p.407S.; διττὰ ὑφάσματα Ph. 2.226:—Pass., ὑπὸ τῶν γραφέων τὰ ἱερὰ ἡμῖν καταπεποίκιλται Pl. Euthphr. 6c; ὀροφὴ ἀστέρας καταπεποικιλμένη D.S. 1.47.

metaph., of style, κ. τὸν λόγον Isoc. 13.16, Phld. Rh. 1.167S.; also κ. τὰ γεγενημένα, of historians, Agath. Praef. p.136D.

In the wild

καταποικῖλαι · katapoikilai Isocrates, Against the Sophists 16 (DIORISIS sentence 31)
καταπεποίκιλται · katapepoikiltai Plato, Euthyphro 6
καταποικίλλει · katapoikillei Plato, Timaeus 85 (DIORISIS sentence 813)

Where it came from

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