1. much-tangled, thick-wreathed , of a serpent's coils, (Euripides); of the polypus, with tangled, twisting arms , (Theognis Elegiacus)

2. metaphorically much-twisting, complex, intricate , [Refs 5th c.BC, 5th/4th c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)