πλέξαι

πλέκω

plait: aor imperat mid 2nd sg

πλέκω

plait: aor inf act

πλέξαῑ, πλέκω

plait: aor opt act 3rd sg

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to braid, to knit, to wind, to twine' (Il.).

Other forms: ( πλεγνύμενος Opp.), aor. πλέξαι (Il.), pass. πλεχθῆναι (Od.), πλακῆναι (IA.), innovation πλεκῆναι (Tim. Pers.), fut. πλέξω, pass. πλεχθήσομαι, πλακήσομαι, perf. πέπλοχα (Hp., Att.), also πέπλεχα (Hp.), - εκα (Call.), midd. pass. πέπλεγμαι (IA.),

Compounds: Often w. prefix, esp. περι-, ἐν(ι)-, συν-.

Derivatives: Many derivv. A. With ε-grade: 1. πλεκτός ( σύμ-, εὔ-πλέκω etc.) `braided, knit' (Il.; Ammann Μνήμης χάριν 1, 17). 2. πλεκτή f. `winding, knitwear, rope, fish trap' (A., E., Pl.; on the formation Frisk Eranos 43, 222). 3. πλεκτάνη f. `wattling, sling, winding' (IA.); enlargement of πλεκτή after δρεπάνη a.o. like βοτάνη to βοτόν (Schwyzer 490; cf. Benveniste Origines 108), with - άνιον (Eub.), - ανάομαι (A.), - ανόομαι (Hp.) `to be twined round'. 4. πλέγμα ( ἔμ-, σύμ-πλέκω a.o.) n. `plait, wattling a.o.' (IA.) with - μάτιον (Arist.), - ματεύεσθαι ἐμπλέκεσθαι H. 5. πλέκος n. `wattling, basketwork' (Ar.). 6. πλέξις ( περί-, ἔμ-, σύμ-πλέκω) f. `braiding, twining around etc.' (Pl., Arist.) with - είδιον (Suid.), ( περι-, συμ-)πλεκτικός `belonging to braiding etc.' (Pl.; Chantraine Études 135). 7. πλέκτρα n. pl. `wattling' (Samos IV<sup>a</sup>). 8. πλέκωμα = δράγμα (sch.). 9. ἐμπλέκ-της, f. - τρια `braider (m\/f) of hair' ( Gloss., EM). 10. ( περι-, ἐμ-)πλέγδην `entwined, interwoven' (hell.). 11. ἀμφι-, περι-, συμ-πλεκ-ής `id.' (Nonn., Orph.; verbal adj. after the ς-stems) with περιπλέκ-εια f. (Jamb.). 12. Desider. πλεξείω (Hdn. Epim.). -- B. With ο-grade: 1. πλόκος m. `twine, lock, wreath, collar' (Pi., trag.); adj. διά-, σύμ-πλέκω (AP, Nonn.) from δια-, συμ-πλέκω; πλόκιον n. `necklace' (hell. inscr. a.o.), ἐμ-πλέκω `hair slide etc.' (hell.), also (pl.) = ἑορτη παρὰ Άθηναίοις H.; πλόκ-ιμος `suited for braiding' (Thphr.; Arbenz 20, Strömberg Theophrastea 171), διαπλόκ-ινος `braided' (Str.), περιπλοκ-άδην `in a close embrace' (AP); πλοκ-ίζομαι `to let one's hair be braided' (Hp.). 2. πλοκή f. (Epich., Arist.) `plait, fabric, intertwining, complication etc.', very often from the prefixcompp. ( περι-, ἐμ-, κατα-, συμ- etc.) in diff. senses (IA.). From πλοκή or πλόκος: πλοκάς f. `hair plait, lock' (Pherecr.; after γενειάς a.o.); πλοκεύς m. `hair braider' (Epich., Hp.; Bosshardt 47). 3. πλόκαμος m. `lock of hair' (ep. poet. Ξ176) with - ίς, - ῖδος f. `id.' (hell.); unbound from ἐυπλοκάμιδες ( Άχαιαί Od.) after ἐυκνήμιδες ( Άχαιοί): κνημίς (Leumann Hom. Wörter 122f.); πλόκαμα τὰ περιόστεα νεῦρα H., - ώδεα τὸν οὖλον βόστρυχον H. 4. πλόκανον n. `braiding, knitwear etc.' (Pl., X.); after ξόανον, ὄργανον etc. -- 5. πλοχμός, most pl. - οί m. `locks of hair' (P 52, A. R., AP), suffix - σμο-(Schwyzer 493); connection to the σ-stem in rare πλέκος (prob. innovation) not credible; note however the s-deriv. in the Germ. word for `flax', OHG flahs, OE fleax n. (PGm. * flahsa-).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [834] *pleḱ- `twine'

Etymology: The thematic root-present πλέκω, on which the whole system including the nouns can have been built (on the aorist πλέξαι Schwyzer 754; πλακῆναι etc. then analog. innovations), has outside Greek no exact correspondence. However, in Lat. an intensive deverbative in plicō, - āre `fold (together)' (for * plecō after the far more usual compp. ex-plicō etc.), partly in Lat., Germ., perh. also in Slav. a t-enlargement in Lat. plectō = Germ., e.g. OHG flehtan ' flechten', Slav., e.g. OCS pletǫ, plesti `συρράπτειν', Russ. pletú, plestí (-tь) `twine', also `lie, cut up'. An isolated verbal noun has been retained in Skt. praśnaḥ m. `turban, headband' (IE *ploḱ-no-s); on further possible representatives in Indo-Iran. Mayrhofer s. v. -- Further forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 97f., Pok. 834f., W.-Hofmann s. 1. plectō and plicō, Ernout-Meillet s. plectō; Slav. forms in Vasmer s. pletú.

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κατα-πλήσσω, [dialect] Att. [suff] κατά-ττω, [tense] fut.

A

- ξω D.21.194

:— strike down, τινὸς εἰς τὴν κατακλεῖδα [ ξίφος] PMag.Par. 1.300: usu. metaph., strike with amazement, astound, terrify,

κατέπλησσεν ἐπὶ τὸ φοβεῖσθαι Th.2.65

;

ὁ φόβος κ. τὰς ψυχάς X.Cyr.3.1.25

;

καταπλήξειν ᾤετο τὸν δῆμον D.

l. c.; κ. τοὺς ἀκροατάς, of orators, Arist.Rh. 1408a25; - πλῆξαί τινα τῇ προδοσίῃ tax him with his treachery, Hdt.8.128 (v.l. -πλέξαι); browbeat, bully, POxy.237 viii 10 (ii A. D.):—[voice] Med.,

- πλήξασθαι τοὺς ὑπεναντίους Plb.3.89.1

, cf. D.S. 11.77, Jul.Or.6.191a, etc.:—[voice] Pass., to be panic-stricken, astounded, most freq. in [tense] aor.2 and [tense] pf. ([tense] pres., Eup.159.10),

κατεπλήγη φίλον ἦτορ Il.3.31

;

- πλαγῆναι τῷ πολέμῳ Th.1.81

;

τῷ πλήθει Id.4.10

;

μὴ -πέπληχθε ἄγαν Id.7.77

: c. acc.,

πάνυ τοῦτ' ἐπαινῶ καὶ -πλήττομαι Eup.

l.c.;

τὴν ἀπειρίαν τὴν αὑτοῦ -πεπλῆχθαι Isoc.Ep.4.11

; μηδὲν -πλαγέντες τὸν Φίλιππον Decr. ap. D.18.185;

- πεπλῆχθαι τὸν βίον Id.37.43

codd.;

- πεπληγμένοι τὸν στόλον Plb.1.20.6

; to be amazed at,

τὴν ἀπαθίαν τινῶν Phld.Sto.Herc.339.7

: later intr. in [tense] pf. - πέπληγα, [tense] plpf.

- πεπλήγη App.Mith.19

, Paus.10.22.2, Luc.DMeretr.13.2: esp. in part.,

- πεπληγότες τὸ τῶν Ῥωμαίων τάχος D.H.6.25

, etc.; τὸ περιδεὲς καὶ -πεπληγός abject terror, Plu.Comp.Pel.Marc.1.

ἀρᾰρίσκω (redupl. form of [ροοτ ] αρ,

A join, fit together), only [tense] impf.

ἀράρισκε Od.14.23

, Theoc.25.103: the tenses in use (from Αρω) are mostly poet., v. infr.

A trans.:—[dialect] Ion. [tense] aor. 1

ἦρσα Il.14.167

([etym.] ἐπ-), [dialect] Ep.

ἄρσα Od.21.45

, imper.

ἄρσον 2.289

, pl.

ἄρσετε A.R.2.1062

, part.

ἄρσας Il.1.136

(also inf. ἀράραι· ἁρμόσαι, πλέξαι, Hsch.): [tense] aor. 2 ἤρᾰρον, [dialect] Ion. ἄρᾰρον, inf. ἀρᾰρεῖν, part. ἀρᾰρών (but ἄρᾰρον is used intr. in Il.16.214, Od.4.777, Simon.41; while for ἄρηρεν, in trans. sense (Od.5.248), ἄρασσεν is the true reading;

ἐς οὐρανὸν ἤραρεν ὄσσε Orph.A. 984

is by confusion with αἴρω:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.

ἄρσομαι Lyc.995

acc. to Sch. (possibly fr. αἴρω): [tense] aor. I ἠρσάμην, part.

ἀρσάμενος Hes.Sc. 320

: [ per.] 3pl. [tense] aor. 2 opt. (in pass. sense)

ἀραροίατο A.R.1.369

: [tense] pf. subj.

ἀρήρεται Hes.Op. 431

([etym.] προς-):—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf. part. ἀρηρεμένος or

- έμενος A.R.3.833

, al.; later incorrectly written

ἀρηράμενος Q.S.2.265

, Opp.C.2.384, etc.: [tense] aor. I ἤρθην, only [ per.] 3pl. ἄρθεν, for ἤρθησαν, Il.16.211:—join together, fasten, οἱ δ' ἐπεὶ ἀλλήλους ἄραρον βόεσσι when they had knitted themselves one to another with their shields, Il.12.105 (in [voice] Pass.,

μᾶλλον δὲ στίχες ἄρθεν 16.211

);

ἄγγεσιν ἄρσον ἅπαντα

pack up,

Od.2.289

.

II fit together, construct,

ὅτε τοῖχον ἀνὴρ ἀράρῃ πυκινοῖσι λίθοισιν Il.16.212

:—[voice] Med.,

ἀρσάμενος παλάμῃσι Hes. Sc. 320

.

2

μνηστῆρσιν θάνατον καὶ Κῆρ' ἀραρόντες

having prepared, contrived,

Od.16.169

.

III fit, equip, furnish with a thing,

νῆ' ἄρσας ἐρέτῃσιν 1.280

; καὶ πώμασιν ἄρσον ἅπαντας fit all [the jars] with covers, 2.353, cf. A.R.2.1062; καὶ ἤραρε θυμὸν ἐδωδῇ furnished, i.e. satisfied, his heart with food, Od.5.95:—in [voice] Pass., esp. [tense] pf. part., fitted, furnished with,

πύλας ἀρηρεμένας σανίδεσσι A.R.1.787

.

2 please, gratify,

ἐμέ γ' ἁ στονόεσσ' ἄρᾰρεν φρένας S.El. 147

(lyr.); ἁ Νεμέα ἄρᾱρε Nemea smiled on [him], Pi.N.5.44.

IV make fitting or pleasing, ἄρσαντες κατὰ θυμόν (sc. τὸ γέρας), Il.1.136.

B intr.:—[tense] pf. ἄρᾱρα with [tense] pres. sense, [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. ἄρηρα, part. ἀρᾱρώς, ἀρηρώς, Hom., Trag., and late Prose (except that X. has

προσαραρέναι HG4.7.6

), [dialect] Ep. fem. part.

ἀρηρυῖα Hes.Th. 608

, and metri gr.

ἀρᾰρυῖα Hom.

,

εὖ ἀρᾰρός Opp.H.3.367

: [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. [tense] plpf. ἀρήρειν or ἠρήρειν, with [tense] impf. sense, Il.10.265, 12.56, etc.:— [voice] Med. only [tense] aor. 2 part. sync. ἄρμενος, η, ον, also ος, ον Hes.Op. 786 (cf. however ἀρηρεμένος): on [tense] aor. 2 used intr. v. supr.A.1:—to be joined closely together,

ἀρηρότες

in close order,

Il.13.800

;

ἄραρον κόρυθές τε καὶ ἀσπίδες 16.214

; ἑξείης ποτὶ τοῖχον ἀρηρότες [πίθοι] piled close against the wall, Od.2.342: c. dat. instr.,

κόλλῃσιν ἀρηρότα Emp.96.4

; in Tactics, ἀραρός, τό, = ὀμφαλός (q. v.), Ascl.Tact.2.6, etc.

2 abs., to be fixed,

φρεσὶν ᾗσιν ἀρηρώς Il.10.553

;

θυμὸς ἀρηρώς Theoc.25.113

;

ἄρᾱρε φέγγος

shines for ever,

Pi.N.3.64

;

ἄραρεν ἥδε γ' ὠλένη

is fixed,

A.Pr.60

: or metaph.,

θεῶν.. οὐκέτι πίστις ἄραρε E.Med. 414

(lyr.); ὡς ταῦτ' ἄραρε ib. 322; τὸ σόν τ' ἄραρε is fixed, ib. 745: abs.,

ἄραρε

it is fixed, my mind is made up,

Id.Or. 1330

, Men.Epit. 185;

τὸ ἀραρὸς ἦθος

steadfastness,

J.AJ14.12.3

;

δόγματα ἀραρότα D.Chr.12.56

; also of persons,

ἀραρὼς τὴν γνώμην

steadfast,

Plu. Dio32

; [θεοὶ] ἀραρότες τοῖς κρίμασιν Hierocl.p.48 A.;

τοῖς λογισμοῖς ἀ. Id.p.51

A.

II fit well or closely, ζωστὴρ ἀρηρώς a close-fitting belt, Il.4.134; πύλαι εὖ, στιβαρῶς ἀραρυῖαι, 7.339, 12.454;

σανίδες πυκινῶς ἀ. 21.535

; fit or be fitted to a thing, ἔγχος παλάμηφιν ἀρήρει fitted the hands, Od.17.4; κόρυθα κροτάφοις ἀραρυῖαν, κνημῖδες ἐπισφυρίοις ἀραρυῖαι, Il.13.188, 19.370; κυνέη ἑκατὸν πολίων πρυλέεσσ' ἀραρυῖα fitting a hundred champions, i.e. large enough for them, 5.744; also with Preps.,

κυνέη ἐπὶ κροτάφοις ἀραρυῖα Od.18.378

, Hes.Sc. 137;

ὄφρ' ἂν.. δούρατ' ἐν ἁρμονίῃσιν ἀρήρῃ Od.5.361

; κεραυνὸς ἐν κράτει ἀ. fit emblem in victory, Pi.O.10(11).83; ἀνθρώποισιν ἀρηρότα μυθίζεσθαι befitting men, Orph.A. 191.

III to be fitted, furnished with a thing, [

τάφρος] σκολόπεσσιν ὀξέσιν ἠρήρει Il.12.56

;

πόλις πύργοις ἀραρυῖα 15.737

;

ζώνη θυσάνοις ἀραρυῖα 14.181

: hence, furnished, endowed with,

χαρίτεσσιν ἀραρώς Pi.I.2.19

;

ἔθνεα θνητῶν παντοίαις ἰδέῃσιν ἀρηρότα Emp.35.17

;

κάλλει ἀραρώς E.El. 948

;

πολλῇσιν ἐπωνυμίῃσιν ἀρηρώς D.P.28

.

IV to be fitting, agreeable, pleasing, (cf. ἀρέσκω ) once in Hom., ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἤραρεν ἡμῖν it fitted our temper well, Od.4.777;

ἄκοιτιν ἀρηρυῖαν πραπίδεσσι Hes. Th. 608

.

V syncop. [tense] aor. 2 part. [voice] Med. ἄρμενος, η, on (ος, ον Id.Op. 786), fitting, fitted or suited to (cf. ἀρμένως), c. dat., ἱστὸν.. καὶ ἐπίκριον ἄρμενον αὐτῷ fitted or fastened to the mast, Od.5.254 (cf. ἄρμενα, τά);

τροχὸν ἄρμενον ἐν παλάμῃσιν Il.18.600

;

πέλεκυν.. ἄ. ἐν π. Od.5.234

.

2 fit, meet,

μάλα γάρ νύ οἱ ἄρμενα εἶπεν Hes.Sc. 116

: rarely c. inf., ἡμέρα κούρῃσι γενέσθαι ἄρμενος a day meet for girls to be born, Id.Op. 786.

3 prepared, ready, χρήματα δ' εἰν οἴκῳ πάντ' ἄ. ποιήσασθαι ib. 407;

ἄ. πάντα παρεῖχον Id.Sc.84

, cf. Thgn.275;

ἄ. ἐς τόδε ἔργον A.R.4.1461

;

ἄ. ἐς πόλεμόν τε καὶ ἐν νήεσσι μάχεσθαι Hermonax 1.3

, cf. 8.

4 agreeable, welcome, ἄρμενα πράξαις, = εὖ πράξας, Pi.O.8.73;

ἐν ἀρμένοις θυμὸν αὔξων Id.N.3.58

; so of men,

ἄ. ξείνοισιν Pl.Epigr.6

. (Cf. Lat. arma, armus, artus, Goth. arms, etc.)