περιπλέκω

peripleko

twine

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 2
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Book V 2
Chapter 4 540a33–540b5

540b1

Chapter 18 549b29–550b21

550a12
Generation of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 7 718a17–34

718a27
On Generation and Corruption 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 8 324b25–326b28

325a34

Dictionary (LSJ)

περιπλέκω, aor. 2 part. Pass. περιπλεκείς Tim. Pers. 157:— A. twine or fold round, π. τινὶ τὰ σκέλη περὶ τὴν γαστέρα Luc. Anach. 31; embrace, ταῖς χερσὶν τοὺς πόδας τινός D.H. 8.54; τινα Call. Epigr. 45 :—Med., hug one another, Luc. Anach. 1 :—used by Hom. only in Pass., fold oneself round, embrace, c. dat., [ἱστῷ] περιπλεχθείς Od. 14.313; γρηῒ περιπλέχθη 23.33; περιπλάκηθι τῷ λοιπῷ πατρί E. Fr. 930; ἀμφὶ γόνασι π. Tim. l.c.; περιπλέκονται ἀλλήλοις οἱ ὄφεις Arist. GA 718a27, cf. HA 550a12; δεσμὰ π. τινί Luc. DDeor. 17.1 : abs., [δίκτυον] εὖ μάλα περιπλεκόμενον close folding, X. Mem. 3.11.10; τὰ στοιχεῖα . . περιπλεκόμενα γεννᾶν Arist. GC 325a34 (also c. acc. cogn., περιπλέκεσθαι περιπλοκήν, of atoms, Id. Fr. 208); περιπλακεῖσα συκῆ Thphr. CP 5.5.3: metaph., embrace an idea, Iamb. VP 35.258 (s. v.l.). 2. twine round with something, τὰ νέα φυτά Thphr. CP 5.15.6. 3. mix drugs, Philum. ap. Aët. 5.78 (Act. and Pass.). II. complicate, entangle, τὸν λόγον Luc. Herm. 81, cf. Gal. 5.339; περιπεπλεγμένον intricate, involved, Pl. Plt. 265c; περιπεπλ. φιλία, of a flatterer, Plu. 2.62d. 2. wrap up in words, i. e. in circumlocutory and indirect phrases, αἰσχυνόμενος δὲ π. τὴν συμφοράν Com.Adesp. 576; οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅπως δυνήσομαι π. Aeschin. 1.52; ἐμπλέκοντες καὶ περιπλέκοντες καὶ οὐθὲν βουλόμενοι λέγειν ἐφεξῆς D.Chr. 11.24; σαφῶς, μηδὲν περιπλέκων Gal. 8.948, cf. Arr. Epict. 2.19.27, Hermog. Meth. 8, D.C. 63.20.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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