πολυπλεκής

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ἔστι γὰρ τὸ ἔλαττον κακὸν μᾶλλον αἱρετὸν τοῦ μείζονος → the lesser of two evils is more desirable than the greater

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Full diacritics: πολυπλεκής Medium diacritics: πολυπλεκής Low diacritics: πολυπλεκής Capitals: ΠΟΛΥΠΛΕΚΗΣ
Transliteration A: polyplekḗs Transliteration B: polyplekēs Transliteration C: polyplekis Beta Code: poluplekh/s

English (LSJ)

πολυπλεκές, = πολύπλεκτος (tangled, with many convolutions, much-tangled), δεσμοί Nonn. D. 42.452.

Greek Monolingual

-ές, ΜΑ
μσν.
πολύ περίπλοκοςπολυπλεκεστέρα μοχθηρία», Μιχ. Ακομ.)
αρχ.
πλεγμένος πολλές φορές («πολυπλεκεῖς δεσμοί», Νόνν.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πολυ- + -πλεκής (< πλέκος, τὸ «πλέγμα»), πρβλ. συμπλεκής].