From plektavnh
plektavnh
plektavnh »a±1/4, hJ , ( plevkw ) anything twined or wreathed, a coil, wreath, spire, of serpents, Aesch. ; pl. kapnou` a wreath of smoke, Ar.
II. in pl. the meshes of a spiders web, Luc .; metaph. , aiJ tw`n lovgwn plektavnai tortuous speeches, Id.
plekthv
plekthv , hJ , properly fem. of plektov" :
1.
a coil, wreath,
Aesch.
2.
a twisted rope, cord, string,
Eur.
plektikov"
plektikov" , hv, ovn , ( plevkw ) of plaiting, tevcnai Plat.
plektov"
plektov" , hv, ovn , ( plevkw ) plaited, twisted, Hom ., Hes. , etc. ; p. stevgai wicker mansions, of the Scythian vans, Aesch. ; plekth; Aijguvptou paideiva the twisted taskwork of Egypt, i.e. ropes of biblus, Eur.
2. wreathed, a[nqh Aesch .; stevfano" Eur.
plevkw, PLE vKW, plevkw
PLE vKW : f. plevxw : aor. I e[plexa : pf. pevpleca :— Med. , aor. I ejplexavmhn :— Pass. , f. plecqhvsomai : aor. I ejplevcqhn ; but aor. 2 ejplavkhn »a±1/4 : pf. pevplegmai :— to plait, twine, twist, weave, braid, Il., etc. :— Med. , pei`sma plexavmeno" having twisted me a rope, Od.:— Pass. , kravnea peplegmevna of basket-work, Hdt .; seirai; peplegmevnai ejx iJmavntwn Id.
II. metaph. to plan, devise, contrive, like rJavptein, uJfaivnein , mostly of tortuous means, pl. dovlon Aesch .; mhcanav" Eur .; pantoiva" palavma" Ar.
2.
of Poets,
pl. u{mnon, rJhvmata
Pind
.;
pl. lovgou"
Eur.
3.
in
Pass.
to twist oneself round,
Aesch.
pleonavzw
pleonavzw , f. avsw : pf. pass. -asmai : ( plevon ):— to be more, esp. to be more than enough, be superfluous, Arist.
II. of persons, to go beyond bounds, take or claim too much, Dem .: —c. dat. to presume upon, th`/ eujtuciva/ Thuc .: of a writer, to be lengthy, tedious, Lat. multus sum , Strab.
2.
pleonavzein tinov"
to have an excess of, abound in
a thing,
Arist.
III.
c. acc.
to state at a larger amount,
Strab
.:
—Pass.
to be exaggerated,
Thuc.
pleonavki"
pleonavki" »a±1/4 , Adv. ( plevwn ) more frequently, oftener, Plat .: several times, frequently, Arist.
pleonach`
pleona±ch` , ( plevwn ) Adv. in many points of view, Plat.
pleonacw`"
pleona±cw`" , ( plevwn ) Adv. in various ways, Arist.