twine
τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν → to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics (Plato, Protagoras 342e6)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
thread: Ar. and V. κλωστήρ, ὁ, V. μίτος, ὁ, P. νῆμα, τό; see string.
verb transitive
P. and V. πλέκειν, συμπλέκειν, ἐμπλέκειν, V. ἑλίσσειν, εἱλίσσειν.
cast around: P. and V. περιβάλλειν, V. ἀμφιβάλλειν; see embrace.
twining my hands about your knee: V. ἑλίξας ἀμφὶ σὸν χεῖρας γόνυ (Euripides, Phoenissae 1622).
twined in each other's arms: V. ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισιν ἀμφικείμενοι (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1620).
lay hold of her twining your arms about her: V. λάβεσθέ μοι τῆσδ' ἀμφελίξαντες χέρας (Euripides, Andromache 425).
their bodies twined with twisted withes: V. στρεπταῖς λύγοισι σῶμα συμπεπλεγμένοι (Euripides, Cyclops 225).
twined with thronging snakes: V. πεπλεκτανημένος πυκνοῖς δράκουσι (Aesch., Choe. 1049).
