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πολύπλοκος

πολύπλοκος, much-tangled, thick-wreathed

πολύ-πλοκος, ον, (πλέκω)
  • tangled, σπεῖραι E. Med. 481; καμπαί, of the labyrinth, Trag.Adesp. 34; of the brain, with many convolutions, Erasistr. ap. Gal. 5.603, cf. Gal. UP 8.13.
      • 2 metaph., tangled, complex, θηρίον Τυφῶνος -ώτερον Pl. Phdr. 230a; -ωτάτη ἡ ἐν ὅπλοις τάξις X. Lac. 11.5; μέτρα μολπᾶς Simm. 26.20; πεσσῶν μορφαί E. IA 197 (lyr.). Adv. -κως D.H. Th. 54: neut. as Adv., φωνὴ πολύπλοκον ἠχοῦσα cj. in Thphr. Sign. 40.
        • b of the poulp, crafty, Thgn. 215; of persons and thoughts, subtle, acute, tortuous, οὔπω . . ἤκουσα -ωτέρας γυναικός Ar. Th. 435 (lyr.); π. νόημα ib. 463 (lyr.); -πλοκοι μεθόδων παραλογισμοί LXX Es. 8(16).13; ὑπόδοξοι καὶ π. Phld. D. 1.16; π. ἔννοιαι Luc. DMort. 20[10].8, cf. Eun. Hist. p.218 D. (Comp.).
        • c complex, φύσις, opp. ἁπλῆ, Herm. in Phdr. p.186 A.

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