πολύπτυχος

polyptychos

of

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πολύπτυχος, ον, (πτύξ, πτυχή) A. of or with many folds; esp. of mountains, with many valleys, πολυπτύχου Οὐλύμποιο Il. 8.411, cf. 20.5, Hes. Th. 113; Ἴδης ἐν κνημοῖσι πολυπτύχου Il. 21.449, cf. 22.171, etc.; χθών, of the mountainous tract of Phocis, E. IT 677; of a compress, many times folded, σπλήν Hp. Fract. 8, etc. II. folded many times, with many leaves, δέλτοι Luc. Am. 44; γραμματεῖον Poll. 4.18.
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