twine
twine
subs.
Thread: Ar. and V. κλωστήρ, ὁ, V. μί̆τος, ὁ, P. νῆμα, τό ; see string.
subs.
Thread: Ar. and V. κλωστήρ, ὁ, V. μί̆τος, ὁ, P. νῆμα, τό ; see string.
twine
v. trans.
P. and V. πλέκειν, συμπλέκειν, ἐμπλέκειν, V. ἑλίσσειν, εἱλίσσειν.
Cast around: P. and V. περῐβάλλειν, V. ἀμφῐβάλλειν ; see embrace.
Twining my hands about your knee: V. ἑλίξας ἀμφὶ σὸν χεῖρας γόνυ (Eur. Phoen. 1622).
Twined in each other’s arms: V. ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ἀμφικείμενοι (Soph. O. C. 1620).
Lay hold of her twining your arms about her: V. λάβεσθέ μοι τῆσδʼ ἀμφελίξαντες χέρας (Eur. And. 425).
Their bodies twined with twisted withes: V. στρεπταῖς λύγοισι σῶμα συμπεπλεγμένοι (Eur. Cycl. 225).
Twined with thronging snakes: V. πεπλεκτανημένος πυκνοῖς δράκουσι (Aesch. Choe. 1049).
v. trans.
P. and V. πλέκειν, συμπλέκειν, ἐμπλέκειν, V. ἑλίσσειν, εἱλίσσειν.
Cast around: P. and V. περῐβάλλειν, V. ἀμφῐβάλλειν ; see embrace.
Twining my hands about your knee: V. ἑλίξας ἀμφὶ σὸν χεῖρας γόνυ (Eur. Phoen. 1622).
Twined in each other’s arms: V. ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ἀμφικείμενοι (Soph. O. C. 1620).
Lay hold of her twining your arms about her: V. λάβεσθέ μοι τῆσδʼ ἀμφελίξαντες χέρας (Eur. And. 425).
Their bodies twined with twisted withes: V. στρεπταῖς λύγοισι σῶμα συμπεπλεγμένοι (Eur. Cycl. 225).
Twined with thronging snakes: V. πεπλεκτανημένος πυκνοῖς δράκουσι (Aesch. Choe. 1049).
TWINE
v. Transitively circumvolvere: circumplicare.
Intransitively se circumvolvere (e.g. arboribus): circumvolvi: circumplecti. To train vines so that they may twine round the props vites erigere ut claviculis suis adminicula complectantur or apprehendant (after Cic. N.D. 2 27 120): the vine twines itself about everything vitis claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur.
v. Transitively circumvolvere: circumplicare.
Intransitively se circumvolvere (e.g. arboribus): circumvolvi: circumplecti. To train vines so that they may twine round the props vites erigere ut claviculis suis adminicula complectantur or apprehendant (after Cic. N.D. 2 27 120): the vine twines itself about everything vitis claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur.
twine (subs.): v. STRING .
twine (v.):
A. Trans.: circumvolvo, 3, circumplĭco, 1: v.WIND , TWIST . T.d, tortĭlis.
B. Intrans.: to t. roundor about:
1. circumvolvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 (with refl. pron.): a plant t.ing about trees, herba arboribus c. se, Plin. 16, 44, 92. Pass. refl., serpents t.d about each other, serpentes circumvolutae sibi ipsae, id. 10, 62, 82.
2. circumplector, plexus, 3: to t. about a tree, arborem c., Plin. 19, 4, 22.
3. complector, 3: the vine t.s about everything which it touches with its hand-like tendrils, vitis claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta c., Cic. Sen. 15, 52.
A. Trans.: circumvolvo, 3, circumplĭco, 1: v.
B. Intrans.: to t. round
1. circumvolvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 (with refl. pron.): a plant t.ing about trees, herba arboribus c. se, Plin. 16, 44, 92. Pass. refl., serpents t.d about each other, serpentes circumvolutae sibi ipsae, id. 10, 62, 82.
2. circumplector, plexus, 3: to t. about a tree, arborem c., Plin. 19, 4, 22.
3. complector, 3: the vine t.s about everything which it touches with its hand-like tendrils, vitis claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta c., Cic. Sen. 15, 52.