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θαλάμη

θαλάμη, a lurking-place, den, hole, cave

θᾰλᾰμ-η, ἡ,
  • lurking-place, den, lair, πουλύποδος θαλάμης ἐξελκομένοιο Od. 5.432, cf. Arist. HA 599b15, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.315b; of the σωλήν and polypus, Arist. HA 535a17, 549b32; of the nest of the fish φωλίς, ib. 621b9; of the Theban dragonʼs den, E. Ph. 931 (pl.); of the cave of Trophonius, Id. Ion 394 (pl.); of the grave, Id. Supp. 980 (anap., pl.); of the hive or nest of bees, in pl., AP 6.239 (Apollonid.), 9.404 (Antiphil.); cj. in E. Ba. 561 (v. θάλαμος II).
      • 2 of cavities in the body, Hp. de Arte 10 (pl.); ventricle of the heart, Arist. Somn.Vig. 458a17; of the pores of sponges, Id. HA 548a28; the nostrils, Poll. 2.79; αὕτη τῶν κοιλιῶν ἡ οἷον θ. of the (Galenic) optic thalamus, Gal. UP 16.3; of recesses in the cranial bones, ib. 11.3; of the eye-socket, Steph. in Hp. 1.93D.
    • II = θάλαμος III, Luc. Nav. 2.

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