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πλοκή

πλοκή, a twining: anything woven, a web

πλοκ-ή, ἡ,
  • twining, twisting, Epich. 171; οὐ δέχεται π. do not admit of being made into a web, Arist. GA 783a12; ἡ τοῦ δικτύου π. ib. 734a20; σχοινίων πλοκαί Dsc. 3.148; βρόχου Heraclas ap. Orib. 48.1.1, al.
    • II anything twisted or woven, web, E. IT 817 (pl.), Pl. Lg. 849c; mesh, θώραξ τὴν π. λεπτότατος PGiss. 47.7 (ii A.D.).
      • 2 histological structure, Gal. UP 1.9.
    • III metaph., complication of a dramatic plot, opp. λύσις, Arist. Po. 1456a9; π. δραματική Plu. Sollert. 2.973e, etc.
        • b interweaving, [ἐπιτιμήσεως καὶ παραμυθίας] Hermog. Meth. 36.
        • c αἱ τῶν σχηματισμῶν π., of rhet. figures, D.H. Th. 29, cf. Alex. Fig. 2.22 tit., Phoeb. Fig. p.55 S.; π. καὶ ποιότητες Phld. Rh. 1.165 S.; contortions of speech, Thphr. Char. 1.7.
        • d construction of a syllogism, π. τοῦ συλλογισμοῦ Phld. Rh. 2.89 S., cf. Ammon. in APr. 67.30, Eustr. in EN 336.4.
      • 2 web of deceit. πλοκὰς πλέκειν E. Ion 826, cf. IA 936, PMonac. 6.53 (vi A.D.).
    • IV harmony, in Music, Mart.Cap. 9.958.

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