LSJ
Pass., to be entangled in, ἐν ἕρκεσι Hdt. 7.85; τῷ ἀγκίστρῳ, of fish, Ael. NA 15.1; abs., οἱ δὲ ἐμπαλας σόμενοι κατέρρεον entangled one with another, Th. 7.84. — Act. ἐμπαλάξαι· ἐμπλέξαι, Hsch. (Cf. ἐμπελάζω III.)
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)