A.twining, twisting, Epich.171; οὐ δέχεται π. do not admit of being made into a web, Arist.GA783a12; ἡ τοῦ δικτύου π. ib.734a20; “σχοινίων πλοκαί” Dsc.3.148; βρόχου Heraclasap. Orib.48.1.1, al.
II. anything twisted or woven, web, E.IT817 (pl.), Pl. Lg.849c; mesh, “θώραξ τὴν π. λεπτότατος” PGiss.47.7 (ii A.D.).
2. histological structure, Gal.UP1.9.
III. metaph., complication of a dramatic plot, opp. λύσις, Arist.Po.1456a9; “π. δραματική” Plu.2.973e, etc.
b. interweaving, [ἐπιτιμήσεως καὶ παραμυθίας] Hermog. Meth.36.
c. αἱ τῶν σχηματισμῶν π., of rhet. figures, D.H.Th.29, cf. Alex.Fig.2.22 tit., Phoeb.Fig.p.55 S.; “π. καὶ ποιότητες” Phld.Rh. 1.165 S.; contortions of speech, Thphr.Char.1.7.
d. construction of a syllogism, “π. τοῦ συλλογισμοῦ” Phld.Rh.2.89 S., cf. Ammon. in APr.67.30, Eustr.in EN336.4.
IV. harmony, in Music, Mart.Cap.9.958.