ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΟΣ, πολυτροπος
POLYTROPOS, polytropos
Sounds Like: po-LY-tro-pos
Translations: many-sided, versatile, resourceful, ingenious, manifold, much-traveled, a many-sided, a versatile
From the root: ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective formed from 'πολύς' (polys), meaning 'much' or 'many', and 'τρόπος' (tropos), meaning 'turn', 'way', or 'manner'. It describes someone or something that has many turns, ways, or facets. It can refer to a person who is versatile, resourceful, or ingenious, capable of adapting to many situations or having many skills. It can also describe something that is manifold or diverse in its nature.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G4186 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:31
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 8:142
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΝΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΟΙΣ — in many ways, in manifold ways, in various ways
- ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΟΙ — versatile, resourceful, ingenious, much-traveled, wandering
- ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΟΙΣ — many-sided, versatile, manifold, various, of many turns, much-traveled
- ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΟΝ — manifold, various, much-turned, versatile, ingenious, a manifold, a various
- ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΩ — versatile, manifold, various, much-travelled, (in) many ways, (in a) varied manner
- ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΩΝ — of many-sided, of versatile, of manifold, of various, of many turns, of much-traveled
- ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΩΣ — in many ways, in various ways, in diverse manners, diversely
- ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΩΤΑΤΗ — most versatile, most resourceful, most cunning, most manifold, a most versatile one
- ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΩΤΕΡΩΝ — more versatile, more resourceful, more manifold, more varied, more wandering
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