intrico

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

in-trīco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. in-tricor], to entangle, perplex, embarrass (mostly ante- and post-class.).

I Of persons: Chrysippus intricatur hoc modo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Gell. 6, 2: lenonem intricatum dabo, will entangle , embarrass him , Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 9.—

II Of things: ita intricavit hanc rem temeritas, Afran. ap. Non. 8, 27: peculium, Dig. 15, 1, 21.