σπήλαιον
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
English (LSJ)
τό,
A grotto, cavern, Pl.R.514a, 515a, 539e, Moschio Trag. 6.5, Satyr.Vit.Eur.Fr.39 ix 6, Apoc.6.15, etc.; σ. λῃστῶν den of robbers, LXX Je.7.11, Ev.Matt.21.13; of a grave, Supp.Epigr.7.160 (Palmyra, i A.D.), 166 (ibid., ii A.D.), Ev.Jo.11.38. 2 privy parts, LXX Hb. 2.15 (pl.). 3 place behind the scenes in a theatre, Poll.4.124.
German (Pape)
[Seite 921] τό, wie σπῆλυγξ, Höhle; Plat. Rep. VII, 514 a ff; Luc. u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σπήλαιον: τό, (σπέος) ὡς τὸ σπήλυγξ, Λατιν. spelaeum, Πλάτ. Πολ. 514Α, 515Α, 539Ε. 2) παρὰ τοῖς Ἑβδ. (Ἀββ. Β΄, 15), φαίνεται ὅτι σημαίνει τὰ κρύφια μέλη ἢ αἰδοῖα. 3) τόπος ὄπισθεν τῆς σκηνῆς ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ, Πολυδ. Δ΄, 124.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
caverne, grotte, cavité.
Étymologie: σπέος ; cf. σπῆλυγξ.
English (Strong)
neuter of a presumed derivative of speos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort: cave, den.
English (Thayer)
σπηλαίου, τό (σπέος (cavern; cf. Curtius, § 111)), a cave (den): Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others; the Sept. for מְעָרָה.)
