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λαβύρινθος

λαβύρινθος, a labyrinth

λᾰβύρινθ-ος [ῠ], ὁ,
  • labyrinth or maze, a large building consisting of numerous halls connected by intricate and tortuous passages: in Egypt, Hdt. 2.148, cf. Str. 17.1.37; in Crete, Call. Del. 311, D.S. 1.61: pl., σπήλαια καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς οἰκοδομητοὶ λαβύρινθοι Str. 8.6.2; name of a building at Rome, IG 14.1093; also at Miletus, Milet. 7.56, Supp.Epigr. 4.446 (iii/ii B. C., pl.).
      • 2 prov. of tortuous questions or arguments, ὥσπερ εἰς λ. ἐμπεσόντες, οἰόμενοι ἤδη ἐπὶ τέλει εἶναι περικάμψαντες πάλιν ὥσπερ ἐν ἀρχῇ . . ἀνεφάνημεν ὄντες Pl. Euthd. 291b; λαβυρίνθων σκολιώτερα D.H. Th. 40; λόγοι λαβυρίνθοις ὅμοιοι Luc. Bis Acc. 21; λόγων λαβύρινθοι Id. Icar. 29; of ant-hills, Gal. UP 1.3; of the rete mirabile Galeni, Id. 5.608; of Lycophronʼs poem. AP 9.191; as name of a philosopher, Luc. Symp. 6.
    • II any wreathed or coiled up body, εἰνάλιος λ. the twisted sea-snail, AP 6.224 (Theodorid.); ἐκ σχοίνων λ. bow-net of rushes, Theoc. 21.11.

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