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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">entwine, plait</b>, [<b class="b3">φλοῦν</b>] <b class="b3">φορμοῦ τρόπον κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.98</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in Anatomy, Pass., perh. <b class="b2">inosculate, anastomose</b>, in aor. <b class="b3">-επλάκην</b> [ᾰ], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Oss.</span>18</span> (aor. part. Pass. -πλεκεῖσι Hsch.); also, <b class="b2">to be entwined, matted</b>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.88</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">twine round</b>, τὰ εὐώνυμα μέρη <span class="bibl">Meno <span class="title">Iatr.</span>16.16</span>; <b class="b2">compose</b>, τὸν ὄσχεον <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.63</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">implicate</b>, κ. τινὰ προδοσίῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.128</span> (as v.l.):—Pass., <b class="b3">πόλεμος… καταπεπλεγμένος τῇ ποικιλίᾳ</b> in the variety of its events, <b class="b2">complicated</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Po.</span>1459a34</span>; <b class="b2">to be involved</b>, ἐν τούτῳ ψεῦδος κατεπέπλεκτο <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span> 2.71</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. dat. pers., <b class="b2">entangle, involve in contradictions</b>, POxy. 1673.20 (ii A. D.), 903.35 (iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">finish twining</b>: hence metaph., <b class="b2">bring to an end</b>, <b class="b3">τὴν ζόην, τὴν ῥῆσιν</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.205</span>, <span class="bibl">8.83</span>.</span>