implecto
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
implecto: (inpl-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. in-plecto,
I to plait, wind, or twist into, to wind or twist among, to interweave, interlace, entwine (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usually in the part. perf.).
I Lit.: multae hirudines dentibus (crocodili) implectuntur, App. Mag. p. 278: inplexis ita principiis, Lucr. 3, 33: dracones quaternos quinosque inter se cratium modo implexos, Plin. 8, 13, 13, § 35: capillus horrore implexus atque impeditus, App. Mag. p. 276; cf. in a Greek construction, caeruleos implexae crinibus angues Eumenides, Verg. G. 4, 482: manibus implexis, Sen. Ben. 1, 3; cf. App. M. 3, p. 135.—*
II Trop.: vidua implexa luctu continuo, implicated, involved, entangled, Tac. A. 16, 10, v. Orell. ad h. l.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
implectō,¹³ plexī, plexum, ĕre, tr.,
1 entrelacer [surtout employé au part. implexus ] : Lucr. 3, 33 ; Plin. 8, 35 ; [poét.] implexa crinibus angues Virg. G. 4, 482, ayant des serpents entrelacés dans ses cheveux
2 [fig.] mêler à, enlacer dans : vidua implexa luctu continuo Tac. Ann. 16, 10, veuve toujours enveloppée de deuil
