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πολύπλοκος

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Gloss: crafty

Transliteration: poluplokos

Strong’s: G8856

1. much-tangled, thick-wreathed , of a serpent's coils, (Euripides); of the polypus, with tangled, twisting arms , (Theognis Elegiacus)
2. metaphorically much-twisting, complex, intricate , [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Euripides">Refs 5th c.BC</a>, <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Xenophon Historicus">5th/4th c.BC</a>, <date>variant dates<author>Anthology Palantina</author></date> (ML)
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