ἐμπλέκω?
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration: emplekō
Principal Part:
ἐμπλέκω
ἐμπλέξω
Structure:
ἐμ
(Prefix)
+
πλέκ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to plait or weave in, to entwine, in, to be entangled in
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- οὐ γὰρ ἐμπλέκειν πλοκὰς ἐγὼ παρέξω σῷ πόσει τοὐμὸν δέμας. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 1:10)
- κἀδόκει τοῖς μὲν οὔ, τοῖς δ ἐς ἀρκυστάταν μηχανὰν ἐμπλέκειν παῖδα τὰν Τυνδαρίδ ὁ μητροφόντας δράκων. (Euripides, episode, lyric 1:11)
- ἐπειδὰν ἀφεθῶσιν, εὐθὺς ἀναζητούσας τὸ ἴχνος, καὶ οὐδ᾿ εἰ πάντες ἀποκαλοῖεν, οὐκ ἄν ποτε τοῦτο ἀπολειπούσας, οὐδ᾿ εἰ πολλαὶ μὲν φωναὶ πανταχόθεν φέροιντο, πολλαὶ δὲ ὀσμαὶ ἀπό τε τῶν καρπῶν καὶ ἀνθῶν ἐμπλέκοιντο, πολὺ δὲ πλῆθος ἀνθρώπων τε καὶ ἄλλων ζῴων φαίνοιτο καὶ ἴχνη τὰ μὲν ἵππων, τὰ δὲ βοῶν, τὰ δὲ προβάτων - οὐδὲν οὔτε ὁρᾷ τούτων οὔτε αἰσθάνεται αὐτῶν οὐδενός, ἀλλὰ ἐκεῖνο πανταχόθεν ἐκλέγει τὸ ἴχνος κἀκείνῳ ἕπεται, μέχρις ἂν εὑρ´ῃ τε καὶ ἀναστήσῃ τὸν λαγών, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα κατέχει διώκουσα, δἰ ὁποίων ἄν ποτε ἰῄ χωρίων, καὶ οὔτε πεδίον οὔτε ὄρος οὔτε τὰ λίαν τραχέα οὔτε χαράδρα ἢ ῥεῦμα ἀποκωλύει αὐτήν, πολλούς τινας δρόμους τοῦ λαγὼ θέοντος καὶ πειρωμένου ἐξαπατᾶν: (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 26:1)
- ἦν γὰρ τὸ προκείμενον αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς πρὸς Ῥωμαίους εὐνοίας ἀλλοτριοῦν τὸν δῆμον, εἰς δὲ τὴν τοῦ Περσέως φιλίαν ἐμπλέκειν, καθ ὅσον οἱοί῀ τ ἦσαν. (Polybius, Histories, book 27, chapter 7 11:1)
Synonyms
-
to plait or weave in
Derived
- ἀναπλέκω (to enwreath, to braid one's hair, closely engaged)
- διαπλέκω (to interweave, to weave together, plait)
- ἐπιπλέκω (to wreathe into, to be interwoven with)
- καταπλέκω (to entwine, plait, to implicate)
- παραπλέκω (to braid or weave in)
- περιπλέκω (to twine or enfold round, to fold oneself round, close folding)
- πλέκω (to plait, twine, twist)
- προσπλέκω (to connect with, to cling to, be implicated with)
