ἐπιπλοκή,ἡ,
A. plaiting together,ῥίζαι κατ' ἐπιπλοκὴν δασεῖαι mattedroots, Dsc. 4.187 ;ἐπιπλοκαὶ ἀτόμων entanglements, Ph. 2.489 : metaph., τῶν αἰτίων πρὸς ἄλληλα
Plot. 3.1.2
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2. .union, intercourse, πρὸς ἀλλήλους
Plb. 5.37.2
; τῶν βαρβάρων
Str. 14.2.28
; εἰς τοὺς τόπους
Plb. 2.12.7
(butἐ. εἰς Πελοπόννησον intermeddlingwith the affairs of P., Id. 4.3.3 ): c. dat., Phld. Ir. p.47 W.;connexionof people with one another, Stoic. 3.90 , 161 (pl.);φίλων ἐπιπλοκαὶ ἑστιατικαίfriendlyrelations . ., ib. 254 ;sexual intercourse, D.S. 4.9 , Plu. Sol. 20 (pl.), etc.
3. .combinationof styles, in pl., D.H. Dem. 37 , Hermog. Stat. 5 ;concatenationof cause with effect, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.293 , 265 .
4. .complexity, confusion, muddle, τοῦ βίου