φωλεύω
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)
A lurk in a hole or den, of lizards, Arist.HA503b27; of bears, ib.579a26; of hedgehogs, ibId.29; of πορφύραι, ib.547a15; of wasps and hornets, ib.628a8, 629a14; of beetles (in dung), ib.552a17; of certain birds, ib.542b21; of serpents, κνώδαλα φωλεύοντα Theoc.24.85, cf. Nic. Th.394; of a lion, Babr.92.5; of a mouse, Id.108.2; τὰ φωλεύοντα hibernating animals, Arist.GA783b11, Thphr.HP1.1.3; of suspended animation, Arist.Fr.43; of disease, lurk, ἐν σπλάγχνοισι Aret.SD1. 8, cf. 2.1; of hidden fire, Stoic.2.187; of the womb, Hp.Ep.23.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1321] und φωλέω, in einem Lager od. in einer Höhle liegen, sich darin verbergen, bes. von wilden Thieren, im Lager liegen u. den Winterschlaf halten; Arist. H. A. 8, 13; κνώδαλα φωλεύοντα Theocr. 24, 38. – Uebh. sich verbergen, im Hinterhalt auf der Lauer liegen, φωλεύοντα ἐν μυχῷ ψάμμον Luc. de dips. 3; vom Löwen Babr. 92, 5.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φωλεύω: διαμένω ἐν τῇ φωλεᾷ μου, ἐπὶ σαυρῶν, Ἀριστ. περὶ τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 2. 11, 11· ἐπὶ ἄρκτων, αὐτόθι 6. 30, 2· ἐπὶ ἀκανθοχοίρων, αὐτόθι· ἐπὶ ἰχθύων τινῶν, αὐτόθι 5. 15, 7· ἐπὶ σφηκῶν καὶ ἀγριομελισσῶν, αὐτόθι 9. 41, 4 καὶ 42, 4· ἐπὶ κανθάρων (ἐν τῇ κόπρῳ) αὐτόθι 5. 19, 18· ἐπὶ φυτῶν τινων, αὐτόθι 5. 9, 3· κ. ἀλλ.· ἐπὶ ὄφεων, κνώδαλα φωλεύοντα Θεόκρ. 24. 83, πρβλ. Νικ. Θηρ. 394· ἐπὶ τοῦ λέοντος, Βαβρ. 93. 5· καθόλου, διαμένω κεκρυμμένος, Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 38, Ἀρετ. περὶ Αἰτ. Χρον. Παθ. 1. 8· πρβλ. φωλάς.
