ἐμπλέκ-ω,
Epic dialect ἐνιπλέκω, perfect ἐμπέπλεχα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὀστέων φύσιος” 17, ἐμπέπλεκα 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.352 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], variant in Hp.[same place]: future passive ἐμπλᾰκήσομαι [[ LXX.Pro.28.18 ] LXX]:—plait or weave in, entwine, χεῖρα ἐ. entwine one's hand in another's clothes, so as to hold him, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 262; εἰς ἀρκυστάταν μηχανὰν ἐμπλέκειν παῖδα [prev. work] 1421 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ καλλίστῃ τέχνῃ τοὔνομα ἐ. connect the name with.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 244c; ποιηταὶ τοιαῦτα ἐμπλέκοντες καὶ συγκυκῶντες [prev. author] “Lg.” 669d; ἐ. τὴν ἡδονὴν εἰς τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1153b15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποίῃ ἐνιπλέξω σε (i.e. ἀοιδῇ); [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 29; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς φιλίαν τινός 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.7.11 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, to be entangled in a thing, πλεκταῖσιν αἰώραισιν ἐμπεπλεγμένην [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1264; ἡνίαισιν ἐμπλακείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1236; ἐν δεσμοῖσιν ἐμπεπλεγμένη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1032; εἰς δίκτυον ἄτης ἐμπλεχθήσεσθε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1079 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, to be involved, ἐν πόνοις, ἐν κακοῖς ἐμπλακῆναι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 814e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.112; εἰς ἀσχολίας βαθυτέρας τῶν ἐγκυκλίων 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.35U.; εἰς τὰ κατὰ τὴν Σικελίαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.17.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; form a connexion with, ἔθνει [[ [prev. author] 24.6.1; γυναικὶ ἐμπλακείς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.2; εἴς τινα Vett. Val. 118.4 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of troops, to be incorporated with hoplites, [[ 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 6.1; but also ἐμπλεκέντες τινί ] Refs 1st c.BC+]having had a scuffle with.., [[ PTeb. 39.17 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]