ἐμ-πλοκή, ἡ,
I
1. braiding, κόμης Str. 17.3.7, cf. Nic. Dam. p.2 D., [1Pe 3:3].
2. scuffle, PRyl. 124.28 (i A. D.), 150.12 (i A. D.).
II interweaving, Epicur. Nat. 1420 (dub.); entanglement, Plu. 2.916d (pl.); of the matted roots of trees, Ph.Byz. Mir. 1.5 (pl.); τόποις ἐμπλοκὰς ἔχειν, of districts, to run into one another, Str. 13.4.12.
III Math., κατ’ ἐμπλοκήν, = cross ἐμπλέγδην, Iamb. in Nic. p.124P., al.
G1708 — ἐμπλοκή
(see ἐν, III. 3), ἐμπλοκῆς, ἡ, (ἐμπλέκω), an interweaving, braiding, a knot: τριχῶν (Lachmann omits), an elaborate gathering of the hair into knots, Vulg.capillatura, (A. V. plaiting), [1Pe 3:3] (κόμης, Strabo 17, p. 828).