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συμπλέκω 1

I.to twine or plait together, Plat.; τινί with a thing, Theocr.; συμπλέκοντες τὼ χεῖρε εἰς τοὐπίσω joining their hands behind them, Thuc.
II.Pass. to be twined together, entwined, entangled, Eur.; ἴχνη συμπεπλεγμένα tracks entangled, crossing in different directions, Xen.
2.of persons wrestling, to be locked together with another, c. dat., Hdt.: generally, to be engaged in close fight, Dem.: of a ship, to be entangled with her opponent, Hdt.:—then, metaph. to be entangled in, τῇ Σκυθῶν ἐρημίᾳ συμπλακῆναι Ar.; συμπεπλέγμεθα ξένῳ we are entangled or engaged with him, Eur.; of war, to be engaged in, Dem.
III.intr. in Act., = Pass., Eur.

1 fut. ξω

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