ἐπιπλοκή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[plaiting together]], <b class="b3">ῥίζαι κατ' ἐπιπλοκὴν δασεῖαι</b> [[matted]] roots, Dsc.4.187; <b class="b3">ἐπιπλοκαὶ ἀτόμων</b> [[entanglements]], Ph.2.489: metaph., τῶν αἰτίων πρὸς ἄλληλα Plot.3.1.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[union]], [[intercourse]], πρὸς ἀλλήλους Plb.5.37.2; τῶν βαρβάρων Str.14.2.28; εἰς τοὺς τόπους Plb.2.12.7 (but <b class="b3">ἐ. εἰς Πελοπόννησον</b> [[intermeddling]] with the affairs of P., Id.4.3.3): c. dat., Phld.''Ir.''p.47 W.; [[connection]] of people with one another, ''Stoic.''3.90, 161 (pl.); <b class="b3">φίλων ἐπιπλοκαὶ ἑστιατικαί</b> friendly relations.., ib.254; [[sexual intercourse]], D.S.4.9, Plu.''Sol.''20 (pl.), etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[combination]] of styles, in plural, D.H.''Dem.''37, Hermog.''Stat.'' 5; [[concatenation]] of cause with effect, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.293,265.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[complexity]], [[confusion]], [[muddle]], τοῦ βίου Men.16.8D.; <b class="b3">ἐ. σοφιστικαί</b> [[involved arguments]], Alex.Aphr.''in Metaph.''270.30.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. Gramm., [[insertion]] of a letter, Ath.7.324d, Hdn.Gr.2.928; [[combination]], [[στοιχείων]], [[λέξεων]], A.D.''Synt.''3.11, 4.10.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. [[alloying]] of metals, Ps.Democr. p.54B.<br><span class="bld">c</span>. [[mixed nature]] of disease, Gal.''Sect.Intr.''6; especially of fevers, Id.7.370, al.<br><span class="bld">6</span>. in Metre, [[conversion]] of rhythms by change in order of syllables, Mar. Vict.p.63K.; also, a [[group]] of [[rhythm]]s thus related, <b class="b3">ἐ. δυαδικὴ τετράσημος, τρίσημος</b>, ibid., cf. Juba ib.p.94K., Sch.Heph.p.110C., al.