ἐπιπλοκή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

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