ποικίλλω

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ποικίλλω (poikíllō).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈci.lo/
  • Hyphenation: ποι‧κίλ‧λω

Verb

ποικίλλω • (poikíllo) (imperfect ποίκιλλα, past ποίκιλα, p‑past ποικίλθηκα, ppp ποικιλμένος)

  1. (transitive) to variegate (to change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour)
  2. (transitive) to vary (to institute a change in, from a current state; to modify)
  3. (intransitive) to vary (to display differences)
    Synonym: διαφέρω (diaféro)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ ποικίλλω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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