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συμπλέκ-ω, 2
aor.
Pass.
συνεπλάκην [ᾰ] andσυνεπλέκην(v. infr. 11.1 and 2 ):—
A. twineorplait together,συνδεῖν καὶ ς. Pl. Plt. 309b ; στέφανον
Plu. Eum. 6
;σὺν δ' ἀναμὶξ πλέξας ἶριν having twinedthe iris therewith, AP 4.1.9 ( Mel. ); ἄτριον κερκίδι
Theoc. 18.34
;τὼ Χεῖρε ἐς τοὐπίσω ξυμπλέκοντες joiningtheir hands behind them, Th. 4.4 ;ς. τινὶ τὰς Χεῖρας join hands, become intimatewith one, Plb. 2.45.2 , cf. 47.6 ; so ς. σπέρμα καὶ γάμους τέκνων
E. Fr. 326.5
: abs.,πλάταισιν ἐσχάταισι ς. perh.bindingthe wholetogether, 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
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; λύγοισι σῶμα συμπεπλεγμένοι
;ὅταν συμπλᾰκῇ [τὰ στελέχη] when theyare twisted together, Thphr. CP 5.5.4 ;ἴχνη συμπεπλεγμέναtracksentangled, crossing in different directions, opp.ὀρθά, X. Cyn. 5.6 .
2. combinenotions logically under one term, ς. εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ κίνησιν καὶ ἀριθμόν
, cf. EN 1119b30 ;joinwords so as to form a proposition, ς. τὰ ῥήματα τοῖς ὀνόμασι
, cf. Tht. 202b :— Pass. , ἔκ τινος
; 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 -πεπλεγμένουon thecompound sentence, title of work by Chrysipp., Stoic. 2.68 .
3. more generally,εὖ τοῖς ὀνόμασι ς. τοὺς νόμους mix uporinterweavethe laws with rhetorical ornament, D. 58.41 ;ς. τὰς πίστεις τῶν ἀσθενῶν τοῖς προτεινομένοις combinesthe proof of the weak points with . . , D.H. Rh. 8.5 ; cf.συμπλοκή; ς. πράξεις connect, involvethemin mutual relations, Plb. 5.105.4 , D.S. 16.42 ; [συμπτώματα] Gal. 18(2).157 ; butς. ἀλλήλαις τὰς πράξεις mixthemup, confusethem in a narrative, Plb. 5.31.4 , cf. Vett.Val. 352.27 ; ἑτερογενῆ σημεῖα συμπλέκων
4. mixingredients, Sor. 1.77 , Gal. 12.647 :— Pass. , Arist. Ph. 189b5 , Philum. ap. Orib. 45.29.59 .
Pass. , of persons wrestling,to be intertwined, locked together(cf.σύμπλεγμα) , συμπλεκέντος Γωβρύεω τῷ Μάγῳ
, cf. Gal. 15.124 : generally of combatants,to be engaged in close fight, συμπλακέντες διαγωνίζεσθαι
, cf. Plb. 1.28.2 , Luc. Symp. 44 ; ς. τοῖς πολεμίοις
; of a ship,to be entangledwith 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 entangledorengaged withhim, E. Ba. 800 , cf. Aeschin. 2.153 ; περὶ τὸ βῆμα τῷ Περικλεῖ
; of war, ἐπειδὰν ὅμορος πόλεμος συμπλακῇ
; of disputes, etc.,to be involved in,λοιδορίαις ς. Pl. Lg. 935c ;ταῖς μάχαις, τοῖς πολιτικοῖς πράγμασιν, Phld. Mus. p.27K. , Rh. 1.11S. , cf. BGU 1011 iii 7
(iii B.C.); ς. τοῖς Στωικοῖς
2. of sexual intercourse, Θέτιδι συμπλακείς
;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 .
References Pl. Plt. 309b Plu. Eum. 6 AP 4.1.9 Mel. Theoc. 18.34 Th. 4.4 Plb. 2.45.2 47.6 E. Fr. 326.5 Id. IA 292 Din. 1.18 Arist. de An. 406b28 Placit. 1.7.31 Pl. Ti. 80c E. Cyc. 225 Thphr. CP 5.5.4 X. Cyn. 5.6 Arist. de An. 409b11 EN 1119b30 Pl. Sph. 262d Tht. 202b Id. R. 533c Arist. Ph. 195b15 Metaph. 1014a13 Id. APr. 49a8 Int. 16a23 PA 643b30 Stoic. 2.68 D. 58.41 D.H. Rh. 8.5 Plb. 5.105.4 D.S. 16.42 Gal. 18(2).157 Plb. 5.31.4 Vett.Val. 352.27 Gal. 16.747 Sor. 1.77 Gal. 12.647 Arist. Ph. 189b5 Philum. Orib. 45.29.59 Hdt. 3.78 Gal. 15.124 D. 9.51 Plb. 1.28.2 Luc. Symp. 44 Plb. 3.69.13 Id. 4.11.7 Hdt. 8.84 Plb. 1.23.6 Ar. Ach. 704 E. Ba. 800 Aeschin. 2.153 Plu. Per. 11 D. 2.21 Pl. Lg. 935c Phld. Mus. p.27K. Rh. 1.11S. BGU 1011 iii 7 Luc. Symp. 30 Plb. 18.8.3 S. Fr. 618 Pl. Smp. 191a Arist. HA 541b3 542a16 Vett.Val. 120.2 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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