A.tangled, “σπεῖραι” E.Med.481; καμπαί, of the labyrinth, Trag.Adesp.34; of the brain, with many convolutions, Erasistr. ap. Gal.5.603, cf. Gal.UP8.13.
2. metaph., tangled, complex, “θηρίον Τυφῶνοσ-ώτερον” Pl.Phdr.230a; “-ωτάτη ἡ ἐν ὅπλοις τάξις” X.Lac.11.5; “μέτρα μολπᾶς” Simm.26.20; “πεσσῶν μορφαί” E.IA197 (lyr.). Adv. “-κως” D.H.Th.54: neut. as Adv., φωνὴ πολύπλοκον ἠχοῦσα cj. in Thphr.Sign.40.