περιπλοκή

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   A twining round, interlacing, Arist.HA540b4; περιπλοκαὶ γυναικῶν Plb.2.56.7, cf. Luc.Alex.39, etc.; περιπλοκῆς δεῖται [ὁ κιττός] Plu.2.649c.    b in the philos. of Epicurus, interlacing of atoms, Ep.1p.8U., 2p.44U. (pl.), al.; περιπλοκὴν περιπλέκεσθαι Arist.Fr.208.    II metaph., of one wrestling in argument, Ph.1.199.    2 entanglement, complication, POxy.533.10 (ii/iii A. D.).    3 intricacy, περιπλοκὰς λόγων circumlocutions, E.Ph.494, cf. Hermog.Meth.8; περιπλοκὰς λίαν ἐρωτᾷς Antiph.74.1; τί οὖν . . π. λέγεις; Strato Com.1.35; χωρὶς -πλοκῆς λέγειν τἀληθῆ M.Ant.12.1.