πλεκτάνη

A. anything twined or wreathed, coil, wreath, ὄφεων πλεκτάναισι περίδρομον κύτος Id. Th. 495; flame-wreath, Id. Fr. 281.3; π. καπνοῦ wreath of smoke, Ar. Av. 1717.

II. pl., arms of the poulp or octopus, tentacles, Alex. 187.2, Eub. 150.7, Diph. 34, Arist. HA 524b1, PA 685b4, Thphr. HP 8.8.4,9.13.6; of the ναυτίλος 11, Arist. HA 622b10; also of the antennae of the καρίς, Dsc. 4.77.

III. pl., meshes of a spider's web, Luc. Musc.Enc. 5: metaph., αἱ τῶν λόγων π. Id. Vit.Auct. 22.

IV. Medic., mastoid growth in the uterus, Diocl.Fr. 27, Eudem. and Praxag. ap. Gal. 2.890.

2. Fallopian tubes, Ruf. Onom. 194.

3. plexus of veins, Hp. Oss. 14.