πολυπλεκής

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Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)

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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)

ές, = sq., A 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. συμ-πλεκής].