I. To plait, braid, interweave (rare; mostly in the part. perf. and poet.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: plico, flecto, necto].
A. Lit.: “crines plexueris,” Vulg. Judic. 16, 13: “coronam de spinis,” id. Matt. 27, 29: “plexa colligata significat ex Graeco, cui nos etiam praepositionem adicimus, cum dicimus perplexa,” Fest. p. 230 Müll.: “plexae coronae,” Lucr. 5, 1399: “flores plexi,” Cat. 64, 284: “colligationes,” Vitr. 10, 1.—
B. Trop.: ple-xus , a, um, P. a., involved, intricate, entangled, ambiguous (ante-class.): plexa, non falsa autumare dictio Delphis solet, Pac. ap. Non. 237, 4.—
M. To twist, bend, turn: “monstrabat vitulus quo se pacto plecteret,” Phaedr. 5, 9, 3 dub. (al. flecteret).