entangle
From LSJ
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἐμπλέκειν, P. συμποδίζειν. Met., see snare.
he is entangled in the pierced straps: V. σὺν δ' ἑλίσσεται τμητοῖς ἱμᾶσι (Sophocles, Electra 746).
be entangled with: Met., P. and V. συμπλέκεσθαι (dat.), ἐμπλέκεσθαι (dat.), V. συζυγῆναι (2nd aor. pass. of συζευγνύναι).
