(v. a.P. a.) : plĕcto, xi and xŭi, xum, 3, v. a.root plek-; Gr. πλέκω, πλοκή; Lat. plicin sim-plic-is, im-plic-o, etc.; cf. 3. plaga.
* To plait, braid, interweave (rare; mostly in the part. perf. and poet.; not in Cic. or Caes.; syn.: plico, flecto, necto].
* Lit.: crines plexueris,Vulg. Judic. 16, 13: coronam de spinis,id. Matt. 27, 29: plexa colligata significat ex Graeco, cui nos etiam praepositionem adicimus, cum dicimus perplexa,Fest. p. 230 Müll.: plexae coronae,Lucr. 5, 1399: flores plexi,Cat. 64, 284: colligationes,Vitr. 10, 1.
* To twist, bend, turn: monstrabat vitulus quo se pacto plecteret,Phaedr. 5, 9, 3 dub. (al. flecteret).

(verb) : plēcto, ĕre, πλήττω
* To beat, punish; in class. lang. usually in pass., to be punished, suffer punishment, be beaten.
* Act. (post-class; syn. punio): capite aliquem plectere,Cod. Just. 9, 20, 7: quae sibi ignoscunt et plectunt deum, Aus. Idyll. 6 praef.
* Pass.
* Lit.: Venusinae Plectantur silvae,Hor. C. 1, 28, 26: ego plectar pendens,Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 43: tergo plecti,Hor. S. 2, 7, 105; id. Ep. 1, 2, 14. ut in suo vitio quisque plectatur, Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 46: ut in judiciis culpa plectatur,id. Clu. 2, 5: jure igitur plectimur,id. Off. 2, 8, 28: multis in rebus neglegentiā plectimur,because of negligence,id. Lael. 26, 85: inscia quod crimen viderunt lumina, plector,Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 49.—With gen.: insimulationis falsae plecti,App. Mag. p. 274, 14. —With abl.: morte plectendum est (sc. peccatum),Vulg. Deut. 21, 22.
* Transf., in gen., to blame: cavit, ne quā in re jure plecteretur,Nep. Att. 116.

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