varius: multiplex: multiformis: omnis generis. (The words are found in this connection and order.) multiplex variusque, or varius et multiplex: dispar (unequal: ☞ multimodus, multifarius occur only in late writers). When various opinions were given, cum sententiis variaretur (Liv.): Various persons, nonnulli; complures (☞ but not plures): a various reading, *lectio varia; *lectionis varietas; *scripturae discrepantia (☞ but not lectio diversa, lectionis diversitas = an entirely opposite reading): to adopt a various reading, *aliam scripturam, lectionem recipere, sequi. Vid: also, CHANGEABLE.