περιπλέκ-ω,
aorist 2 participle passive περιπλεκείς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 157 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— twine or fold round, π. τινὶ τὰ σκέλη περὶ τὴν γαστέρα [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 31 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; embrace, ταῖς χερσὶν τοὺς πόδας τινός [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.54 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; τινα [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 45 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—middle, hug one another, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 1:—used by 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only in passive, fold oneself round, embrace, with dative, [ἱστῷ] περιπλεχθείς [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.313; γρηῒ περιπλέχθη 23.33; περιπλάκηθι τῷ λοιπῷ πατρί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 930 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀμφὶ γόνασι π. [[ Timaeus Grammaticus [same place]; περιπλέκονται ἀλλήλοις οἱ ὄφεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 718a27, compare “HA” 550a12; δεσμὰ π. τινί 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 17.1: _absolutely_, [δίκτυον] εὖ μάλα περιπλεκόμενον] Refs 4th c.BC+] close folding, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.10; τὰ στοιχεῖα.. περιπλεκόμενα γεννᾶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 325a34 (also with _accusative_ _cognate_, περιπλέκεσθαι περιπλοκήν] Refs 5th c.BC+], of atoms, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 208); περιπλακεῖσα συκῆ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.5.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically, embrace an idea, [[ 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 35.258 (assuming variant). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 twine round with something, τὰ νέα φυτά [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.15.6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]