λαβύρινθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[labyrinth]] or [[maze]], a large building consisting of numerous halls connected by intricate and tortuous passages: in Egypt, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.148</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.37</span>; in Crete, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>311</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.61</span>: pl., σπήλαια καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς οἰκοδομητοὶ λαβύρινθοι <span class="bibl">Str.8.6.2</span>; name of a building at Rome, <span class="title">IG</span>14.1093; also at Miletus, <span class="title">Milet.</span>7.56, <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.446 (iii/ii B. C., pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> prov. of tortuous questions or arguments, ὥσπερ εἰς λ. ἐμπεσόντες, οἰόμενοι ἤδη ἐπὶ τέλει εἶναι περικάμψαντες πάλιν ὥσπερ ἐν ἀρχῇ… ἀνεφάνημεν ὄντες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>291b</span>; λαβυρίνθων σκολιώτερα <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Th.</span>40</span>; λόγοι λαβυρίνθοις ὅμοιοι Luc.Bis Acc.21; λόγων λαβύρινθοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Icar.</span>29</span>; of ant-hills, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>1.3</span>; of the [[rete mirabile Galeni]], Id.5.608; of Lycophron's poem. <span class="title">AP</span>9.191; as name of a philosopher, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Symp.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[any wreathed]] or [[coiled up body]], <b class="b3">εἰνάλιος λ</b>. the twisted [[sea-snail]], AP6.224 (Theodorid.); <b class="b3">ἐκ σχοίνων λ</b>. [[bow-net]] of rushes, <span class="bibl">Theoc.21.11</span>.</span>