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συμπλέκω

συμπλέκω, to twine

συμπλέκ-ω, 2 aor. Pass. συνεπλάκην [ᾰ] and συνεπλέκην (v. infr. II.1 and 2):—
  • twine or plait together, συνδεῖν καὶ σ. Pl. Plt. 309b; στέφανον Plu. Eum. 6; σὺν δʼ ἀναμὶξ πλέξας ἶριν having twined the iris therewith, AP 4.1.9 (Mel.); ἄτριον κερκίδι Theoc. 18.34; τὼ χεῖρε ἐς τοὐπίσω ξυμπλέκοντες joining their hands behind them, Th. 4.4; σ. τινὶ τὰς χεῖρας join hands, become intimate with one, Plb. 2.45.2, cf. 47.6; so σ. σπέρμα καὶ γάμους τέκνων E. Fr. 326.5: abs., πλάταισιν ἐσχάταισι σ. perh. binding the whole together, Id. IA 292 (lyr.):—Pass., to be twined together, plaited, ἐκ τῶν θαλλῶν Din. 1.18; ἡ ψυχὴ διὰ τὸ συμπεπλέχθαι πρὸς τὸ σῶμα Arist. de An. 406b28, cf. Placit. 1.7.31; πρὸς ἄλληλα Pl. Ti. 80c; λύγοισι σῶμα συμπεπλεγμένοι E. Cyc. 225; ὅταν συμπλᾰκῇ [τὰ στελέχη] when they are twisted together, Thphr. CP 5.5.4; ἴχνη συμπεπλεγμένα tracks entangled, crossing in different directions, opp. ὀρθά, X. Cyn. 5.6.
      • 2 combine notions logically under one term, σ. εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ κίνησιν καὶ ἀριθμόν Arist. de An. 409b11, cf. EN 1119b30; join words so as to form a proposition, σ. τὰ ῥήματα τοῖς ὀνόμασι Pl. Sph. 262d, cf. Tht. 202b:—Pass., ἔκ τινος Id. R. 533c; of words, opp. ἁπλῶς λέγεσθαι (to be used singly), Arist. Ph. 195b15, cf. Metaph. 1014a13; κατηγορίαι συμπεπλεγμέναι complex, opp. ἁπλαῖ, Id. APr. 49a8, cf. Int. 16a23, PA 643b30; περὶ τοῦ -πεπλεγμένου on the compound sentence, title of work by Chrysipp., Stoic. 2.68.
      • 3 more generally, εὖ τοῖς ὀνόμασι σ. τοὺς νόμους mix up or interweave the laws with rhetorical ornament, D. 58.41; σ. τὰς πίστεις τῶν ἀσθενῶν τοῖς προτεινομένοις combines the proof of the weak points with . ., D.H. Rh. 8.5; cf. συμπλοκή; σ. πράξεις connect, involve them in mutual relations, Plb. 5.105.4, D.S. 16.42; [συμπτώματα] Gal. 18(2).157; but σ. ἀλλήλαις τὰς πράξεις mix them up, confuse them in a narrative, Plb. 5.31.4, cf. Vett.Val. 352.27; ἑτερογενῆ σημεῖα συμπλέκων Gal. 16.747.
      • 4 mix ingredients, Sor. 1.77, Gal. 12.647:—Pass., Arist. Ph. 189b5, Philum. ap. Orib. 45.29.59.
    • II Pass., of persons wrestling, to be intertwined, locked together (cf. σύμπλεγμα), συμπλεκέντος Γωβρύεω τῷ Μάγῳ Hdt. 3.78, cf. Gal. 15.124: generally of combatants, to be engaged in close fight, συμπλακέντες διαγωνίζεσθαι D. 9.51, cf. Plb. 1.28.2, Luc. Symp. 44; σ. τοῖς πολεμίοις Plb. 3.69.13; πρὸς τὴν οὐραγίαν Id. 4.11.7; of a ship, to be entangled with her opponent, Hdt. 8.84, Plb. 1.23.6: metaph., to be at grips with, συμπλακέντα τῇ Σκυθῶν ἐρημίᾳ (i. e. Euathlus) Ar. Ach. 704; συμπεπλέγμεθα ξένῳ we are entangled or engaged with him, E. Ba. 800, cf. Aeschin. 2.153; περὶ τὸ βῆμα τῷ Περικλεῖ Plu. Per. 11; of war, ἐπειδὰν ὅμορος πόλεμος συμπλακῇ D. 2.21; of disputes, etc., to be involved in, λοιδορίαις σ. Pl. Lg. 935c; ταῖς μάχαις, τοῖς πολιτικοῖς πράγμασιν, Phld. Mus. p.27 K., Rh. 1.11 S., cf. BGU 1011 iii 7 (iii B.C.); σ. τοῖς Στωικοῖς Luc. Symp. 30; σ. καὶ μεμψιμοιρεῖν Plb. 18.8.3.
      • 2 of sexual intercourse, Θέτιδι συμπλακείς S. Fr. 618; συμπλέκεσθαι ἀλλήλοις to be locked together, Pl. Smp. 191a, cf. e; in Arist. of animals, HA 541b3, 542a16.
      • 3 Astrol., enter into combination, τῇ Σελήνῃ ὁ τοῦ Διὸς σ. Vett.Val. 120.2.

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