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πλέκω
πλέκω to plait, twine, twist, weave, braid, Il., etc. : Med., πεῖσμα πλεξάμενος having twisted me a rope, Od.:—Pass., κράνεα πεπλεγμένα of basket-work, Hdt.; σειραὶ πεπλεγμέναι ἐξ ἱμάντων Hdt. metaph. to plan, devise, contrive, like ῥάπτειν, ὑφαίνειν, mostly of tortuous means, πλ. δόλον Aesch.; μηχανάς Eur.; παντοίας παλάμας Ar. of Poets, πλ. ὕμνον, ῥήματα Pind.; πλ. λόγους Eur. in Pass. to twist oneself round, Aesch.

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to plait, twine, twist, weave, braid

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πλέκω to plait, twine, twist, weave, braid, Il., etc. : Med., πεῖσμα πλεξάμενος having twisted me a rope, Od.:—Pass., κράνεα πεπλεγμένα of basket-work, Hdt.; σειραὶ πεπλεγμέναι ἐξ ἱμάντων Hdt. metaph. to plan, devise, contrive, like ῥάπτειν, ὑφαίνειν, mostly of tortuous means, πλ. δόλον Aesch.; μηχανάς Eur.; παντοίας παλάμας Ar. of Poets, πλ. ὕμνον, ῥήματα Pind.; πλ. λόγους Eur. in Pass. to twist oneself round, Aesch.
IDX:
26351
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n26383
Key:
ple/kw

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