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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[lurkingplace]], [[den]], [[lair]], πουλύποδος θαλάμης ἐξελκομένοιο Od.5.432, cf.Arist.''HA'' 599b15, Numen. ap. Ath.7.315b; of the [[σωλήν]] and polypus, Arist.''HA'' 535a17, 549b32; of the [[nest]] of the fish [[φωλίς]], ib.621b9; of the Theban dragon's [[den]], E.''Ph.''931 (pl.); of the [[cave]] of Trophonius, Id.''Ion'' 394 (pl.); of the [[grave]], Id.''Supp.''980 (anap., pl.); of the [[hive]] or [[nest]] of bees, in plural, ''AP''6.239 (Apollonid.), 9.404 (Antiphil.); cj. in E.''Ba.''561 (v. [[θάλαμος]] ''ΙΙ'').<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[cavities]] in the body, Hp.''de Arte'' 10(pl.); [[ventricle]] of the heart, Arist.''Somn.Vig.''458a17; of [[the pores]] of sponges, Id.''HA''548a28; [[the nostrils]], Poll.2.79; <b class="b3">αὕτη τῶν κοιλιῶν ἡ οἷον θ.</b> of the (Galenic) optic [[thalamus]], Gal.''UP''16.3; of [[recesses]] in the cranial bones, ib.11.3; of the eye-[[socket]], Steph.''in Hp.''1.93D.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[θάλαμος]] ''III'', Luc. ''Nav.''2.