ἐπιπλοκή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><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]], <span class="bibl">Ph.2.489</span>: metaph., τῶν αἰτίων πρὸς ἄλληλα <span class="bibl">Plot.3.1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[union]], [[intercourse]], πρὸς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Plb.5.37.2</span>; τῶν βαρβάρων <span class="bibl">Str.14.2.28</span>; εἰς τοὺς τόπους <span class="bibl">Plb.2.12.7</span> (but <b class="b3">ἐ. εἰς Πελοπόννησον</b> [[intermeddling]] with the affairs of P., <span class="bibl">Id.4.3.3</span>): c. dat., Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.47 W.; [[connection]] of people with one another, <span class="title">Stoic.</span>3.90, 161 (pl.); <b class="b3">φίλων ἐπιπλοκαὶ ἑστιατικαί</b> friendly <b class="b2">relations . .</b>, ib.254; [[sexual intercourse]], <span class="bibl">D.S.4.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>20</span> (pl.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. [[combination]] of styles, in pl., <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>37</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Stat.</span> 5</span>; [[concatenation]] of cause with effect, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.293</span>,<span class="bibl">265</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span>. [[complexity]], [[confusion]], [[muddle]], τοῦ βίου <span class="bibl">Men.16.8D.</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. σοφιστικαί</b> [[involved arguments]], <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">in Metaph.</span>270.30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span>. Gramm., [[insertion]] of a letter, <span class="bibl">Ath.7.324d</span>, Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.928</span>; [[combination]], [[στοιχείων]], [[λέξεων]], <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>3.11</span>, <span class="bibl">4.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span>. [[alloying]] of metals, Ps.<span class="bibl">Democr. p.54B.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span>. [[mixed nature]] of disease, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Sect.Intr.</span>6</span>; esp. of fevers, Id.7.370, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span>. in Metre, [[conversion]] of rhythms by change in order of syllables, Mar. Vict.p.63K.; also, [[a group of]] [[rhythms thus related]], <b class="b3">ἐ. δυαδικὴ τετράσημος, τρίσημος</b>, ibid., cf. Juba ib.p.94K., Sch.Heph.p.110C., al.</span>