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