twining, twisting,
πλοκ-ή,ἡ,
A. twining, twisting,
Epich. 171 ;οὐ δέχεται π.do not admitof being made into a web,
Arist. GA 783a12 ;ἡ τοῦ δικτύου π.ib. 734a20 ; σχοινίων πλοκαί
Dsc. 3.148
;βρόχουHeraclasap. Orib. 48.1.1 , al.
II. anything twistedorwoven, 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.,complicationof a dramatic plot, opp.λύσις,
Arist. Po. 1456a9 ; π. δραματική
Plu. 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. ;contortionsof speech, Thphr. Char. 1.7 .
d. constructionof 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 .
