πολύπλοκος

A. tangled, σπεῖραι E. Med. 481; καμπαί, of the labyrinth, Trag.Adesp. 34; of the brain, with many convolutions, Erasistr. ap. Gal. 5.603, cf. Gal. UP 8.13.

2. metaph., tangled, complex, θηρίον Τυφῶνος‐ώτερον Pl. Phdr. 230a; ‐ωτάτη ἡ ἐν ὅπλοις τάξις X. Lac. 11.5; μέτρα μολπᾶς Simm. 26.20; πεσσῶν μορφαί E. IA 197 (lyr.). Adv. ‐κως D.H. Th. 54: neut. as Adv., φωνὴ πολύπλοκον ἠχοῦσα cj. in Thphr. Sign. 40.

b. of the poulp, crafty, Thgn. 215; of persons and thoughts, subtle, acute, tortuous, οὔπω . . ἤκουσα ‐ωτέρας γυναικός Ar. Th. 435 (lyr.); π. νόημα ib.463 (lyr.); ‐πλοκοι μεθόδων παραλογισμοί LXX Es. 8(16).13; ὑπόδοξοι καὶ π. Phld. D. 1.16; π. ἔννοιαι Luc. DMort. 10.8, cf. Eun. Hist. p.218 D.(Comp.).

c. complex, φύσις, opp. ἁπλῆ, Herm. in Phdr. p.186A.