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διαπλέκω

diapleko

weave, plait

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Where it lives

Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
Enneads 7 · 0.33/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

διαπλέκω · diaplekō — LSJ

weave, plait, to try, twist, wind, plait oneʼs, interwoven

weave, plait, σάνδαλα h.Merc. 80; opp. διαλύω, Hdt. 4.67; τὰ τὸν ὄσχεον διαπλέκοντα σώματα Paul.Aeg. 6.62: metaph., θρῆνον δ. Pi. P. 12.8; ἀγὰν πάγχυ δ. to try every twist, wind all ways, ib. 2.82:—Med., διαπλέξασθαι κόμας plait oneʼs hair, Aristaenet. 1.25: —Pass., ψυχὴ διαπλακεῖσα interwoven [with matter] . ., Pl. Ti. 36e, cf. Plot. 1.1.3.

II finish the web of

metaph., διαπλέξαντος τὸν βίον εὖ finish the web of oneʼs life, Hdt. 5.92.ζʹ; δ. βίοτον λιπαρῷ γήραϊ Pi. N. 7.99; ἁμέραν prob. in Alcm. 23.38; ἀσκητικόν τινα βίον Pl. Lg. 806a, cf. Com.Adesp. 231: without βίον, δ. ζῶν ἡδέως Ar. Av. 754.

In the wild

διαπλέκειν · diaplekein Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 581)
διαπλέκων · diaplekōn Herodotus, Histories 4.67.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4482)
διαπλέξαντος · diaplexantos Herodotus, Histories 5.92F.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5998)
διαπλέκειν · diaplekein Plato, Laws 806
διαπλακεῖσα · diaplakeisa Plato, Timaeus 36 (DIORISIS sentence 240)
διέπλεξεν · dieplexen Plato, Timaeus 78 (DIORISIS sentence 738)

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