λαβυρινθώδης
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English (LSJ)
ες,
A labyrinthine, contorted, ἀστράγαλος Arist.HA499b25; οἴκημα Procop.Arc. 4: metaph., δόξα Ph.1.192; ἐρωτήσεις Luc.Fug.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 2] ες, einem Labyrinth ähnlich, ἀστράγαλος, vielfach gewunden, Arist. H. A. 2, 1, ἱμάντος λ. περιστροφή, Poll. 9, 118; worin man sich leicht verirren u. verwirren kann, καὶ δυσέκλυτος δόξα, Philo; ἐρώτησις, Luc. fugit. 10.
