καταπλέκω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[entwine]], [[plait]], [<b class="b3">φλοῦν</b>] <b class="b3">φορμοῦ τρόπον κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.98</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in Anatomy, Pass., perh. [[inosculate]], [[anastomose]], in aor. <b class="b3">-επλάκην</b> [ᾰ], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Oss.</span>18</span> (aor. part. Pass. -πλεκεῖσι Hsch.); also, to [[be entwined]], [[matted]], <span class="bibl">Sor.1.88</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> [[twine round]], τὰ εὐώνυμα μέρη <span class="bibl">Meno <span class="title">Iatr.</span>16.16</span>; [[compose]], τὸν ὄσχεον <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.63</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[implicate]], κ. τινὰ προδοσίῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.128</span> (as v.l.):—Pass., <b class="b3">πόλεμος… καταπεπλεγμένος τῇ ποικιλίᾳ</b> in the variety of its events, [[complicated]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Po.</span>1459a34</span>; to [[be involved]], ἐν τούτῳ ψεῦδος κατεπέπλεκτο <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span> 2.71</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. dat. pers., [[entangle]], [[involve in contradictions]], POxy. 1673.20 (ii A. D.), 903.35 (iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[finish twining]]: hence metaph., [[bring to an end]], <b class="b3">τὴν ζόην, τὴν ῥῆσιν</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.205</span>, <span class="bibl">8.83</span>.</span>