entangle Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. impĕdio, 4 (strictly, by the feet)2. irrētio, 4 (as in a net)3. implĭco, 14. illăqueo, 1II. Fig. • entangle: I. Lit.: 1. impĕdio, 4 (strictly, by the feet): to e. one's legs in any thing, crura aliqua re im., Ov. Met. 12, 392: Pl. 2. irrētio, 4 (as in a net): soil e.d with roots (forming a sort of net-work), solum irretitum, Col. 3, 11, ad init. (more freq. fig.: v. infr.). 3. implĭco, 1: v. to entwine. Esp. in p. part.: e.d in the meshes (of Mars and Venus), impliciti laqueis, Ov. A. A. 2, 580. 4. illăqueo, 1: v. to ensnare. II. Fig.: Phr.: to e. a person in his speech, aliquem loquentem irretire, Cic. Acad. 2, 29, 94; in sermone capere, Vulg. Matt. xxii. 15: to get inextricably e.d, in inexplicabiles laqueos incidere, Quint. 5, 10, 101; involvere se laqueis [insidiosae interrogationis], Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 7.