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|lshtext=<b>lăbyrinthus</b>: i, m., = [[λαβύρινθος]] | |lshtext=<b>lăbyrinthus</b>: i, m., = [[λαβύρινθος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[labyrinth]], a [[building]] [[with]] [[many]] [[winding]] passages; e. g. [[that]] built by [[Psammetichus]] on Lake Mœris, in Middle [[Egypt]], and containing 3000 chambers, Mel. 1, 9, 5; Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84; [[but]] esp. [[that]] built by Dædalus, [[near]] [[Gnossus]], in [[Crete]], id. 36, 13, 19, § 85; Sen. Ep. 44, 6; Ov. M. 8, 159; Juv. 1, 53; Verg. A. 5, 588.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., a [[maze]], [[tangle]], [[bewildering]] [[intricacy]]: [[inextricabilis]] negotii, Sid. Ep. 2, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence,<br /> <b>A</b> lăbyrinthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a [[labyrinth]], labyrinthine: [[flexus]], Cat. 64, 114.—<br /> <b>B</b> lăbyrinthĭcus, a, um, adj., of a [[labyrinth]], labyrinthine, [[intricate]]: viae, Sid. Ep. 9, 13: quaestionum [[insolubilitas]], id. ib. 11, 4. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lăbyrinthus: i, m., = λαβύρινθος,
I a labyrinth, a building with many winding passages; e. g. that built by Psammetichus on Lake Mœris, in Middle Egypt, and containing 3000 chambers, Mel. 1, 9, 5; Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84; but esp. that built by Dædalus, near Gnossus, in Crete, id. 36, 13, 19, § 85; Sen. Ep. 44, 6; Ov. M. 8, 159; Juv. 1, 53; Verg. A. 5, 588.—
B Trop., a maze, tangle, bewildering intricacy: inextricabilis negotii, Sid. Ep. 2, 5.—
II Hence,
A lăbyrinthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a labyrinth, labyrinthine: flexus, Cat. 64, 114.—
B lăbyrinthĭcus, a, um, adj., of a labyrinth, labyrinthine, intricate: viae, Sid. Ep. 9, 13: quaestionum insolubilitas, id. ib. 11, 4.
