καταπλέκω

English (LSJ)

   A entwine, plait, [φλοῦν] φορμοῦ τρόπον κ. Hdt.3.98.    b in Anatomy, Pass., perh. inosculate, anastomose, in aor. -επλάκην [ᾰ], Hp.Oss.18 (aor. part. Pass. -πλεκεῖσι Hsch.); also, to be entwined, matted, Sor.1.88.    c twine round, τὰ εὐώνυμα μέρη Meno Iatr.16.16; compose, τὸν ὄσχεον Paul.Aeg.6.63.    2 metaph., implicate, κ. τινὰ προδοσίῃ Hdt.8.128 (as v.l.):—Pass., πόλεμος . . καταπεπλεγμένος τῇ ποικιλίᾳ in the variety of its events, complicated, Arist. Po.1459a34; to be involved, ἐν τούτῳ ψεῦδος κατεπέπλεκτο S.E.M. 2.71.    3 c. dat. pers., entangle, involve in contradictions, POxy. 1673.20 (ii A. D.), 903.35 (iv A. D.).    II finish twining: hence metaph., bring to an end, τὴν ζόην, τὴν ῥῆσιν, Hdt.4.205, 8.83.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1370] verknüpfen, verflechten; ἔδοξε μὴ καταπλέξαι Τιμόξεινον προδοσίῃ, ihn in den Verdacht des Verraths verwickeln, Her. 8, 128; Ὅμηρος τὸν πόλεμον ποιῶν καταπεπλεγμένον τῇ ποικιλίᾳ Arist. poet. 23; ἐν τούτῳ καὶ ψεῦδος κατεπέπλεκτο S. Emp. adv. rhet. 71. – Uebertr., fertig flechten, vollenden, endigen, εὖ τὴν ζόην Her. 4, 205, τὴν ῥῆσιν, die Rede schließen, 8, 83.