plait
plait
v. trans.
P. and V. πλέκειν, ἐμπλέκειν, συμπλέκειν.
v. trans.
P. and V. πλέκειν, ἐμπλέκειν, συμπλέκειν.
plait
subs.
Plait of hair: Ar. and V. πλόκᾰμος, ὁ, V. πλόκος, ὁ ; see curl.
subs.
Plait of hair: Ar. and V. πλόκᾰμος, ὁ, V. πλόκος, ὁ ; see curl.
PLAIT
s. sinus: ruga (ruga PROP. a plait pucker rumple projecting when the garment has been folded; sinus a crease).
s. sinus: ruga (ruga PROP. a plait pucker rumple projecting when the garment has been folded; sinus a crease).
v. texere (as a weaver to put together artificially): nectere (to entwine together; ☞ plectere occurs only in the participle plexus in the sense of plaited; and that in the poets): to plait garlands of flowers serta e floribus facere: to plait ivy in the hair hedera religare crines (poetical): to plait the hair comam in gradus formare or frangere; comere caput in gradus: (☞ not capillos colligere in nodum which = to draw the hair together into a knot): to plait a garment plicare; sinuare.
plait (subs.):
I. A fold: plĭcātūra, rūga: v.FOLD (II.).
II. A lock of hair plaited: perh. *crinis intextus.
I. A fold: plĭcātūra, rūga: v.
II. A lock of hair plaited: perh. *crinis intextus.
plait (v.): perh. intexo 3: v. TO WEAVE , INTERWEAVE . (Necto, to twist, to twine: v. TO ENTWINE .)