Liddell-Scott-Jones

περιπλέκω (periplekō) to twist ^G:V

περιπλέκω-ω,

aorist 2 participle passive περιπλεκείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— twine or fold round, π. τινὶ τὰ σκέλη περὶ τὴν γαστέρα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; embrace, ταῖς χερσὶν τοὺς πόδας τινός [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τινα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—middle, hug one another, [Refs 8th c.BC+] only in passive, fold oneself round, embrace, with dative, [ἱστῷ] περιπλεχθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀμφὶ γόνασι π. [περιπλέκωονται ἀλλήλοις οἱ ὄφεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 718a27, compare “HA” 550a12; δεσμὰ π. τινί 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 17.1: \_absolutely\_, [δίκτυον] εὖ μάλα περιπλεκόμενον">Refs 4th c.BC+] close folding, [περιπλέκωεσθαι περιπλοκήν">Refs 5th c.BC+], of atoms, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically, embrace an idea, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

__2 twine round with something, τὰ νέα φυτά [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 mix drugs, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II complicate, entangle, τὸν λόγον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; περιπεπλεγμένον intricate, involved, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περιπεπλ. φιλία, of a flatterer, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 wrap up in words, i. e. in circumlocutory and indirect phrases, αἰσχυνόμενος δὲ π. τὴν συμφοράν [Refs]; οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅπως δυνήσομαι π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐμπλέκοντες καὶ περιπλέκωοντες καὶ οὐθὲν βουλόμενοι λέγειν ἐφεξῆς [περιπλέκωων 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.948, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.19.27, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ μεθόδου δεινότητος” 8, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 63.20. ">Refs 1st c.AD+]