intrico

τούτου δὲ συμβαίνοντος ἀναγκαῖον γίγνεσθαι πάροδον καὶ τροπὰς τῶν ἐνδεδεμένων ἄστρων → but if this were so, there would have to be passings and turnings of the fixed stars

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

in-trīco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. in-tricor,
I to entangle, perplex, embarrass (mostly ante- and post-class.).
I Of persons: Chrysippus intricatur hoc modo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Gell. 6, 2: lenonem intricatum dabo, will entangle, embarrass him, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 9.—
II Of things: ita intricavit hanc rem temeritas, Afran. ap. Non. 8, 27: peculium, Dig. 15, 1, 21.

intrīcō, ātum, āre (tricæ), tr., embrouiller, empêtrer, embarrasser : Pl. Pers. 457 ; Cic. d. Gell. 6, 2