λαβύρινθος
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], ὁ,
A labyrinth or maze, a large building consisting of numerous halls connected by intricate and tortuous passages: in Egypt, Hdt.2.148, cf. Str.17.1.37; in Crete, Call.Del.311, D.S.1.61: pl., σπήλαια καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς οἰκοδομητοὶ λαβύρινθοι Str.8.6.2; name of a building at Rome, IG14.1093; also at Miletus, Milet.7.56, Supp.Epigr.4.446 (iii/ii B. C., pl.). 2 prov. of tortuous questions or arguments, ὥσπερ εἰς λ. ἐμπεσόντες, οἰόμενοι ἤδη ἐπὶ τέλει εἶναι περικάμψαντες πάλιν ὥσπερ ἐν ἀρχῇ . . ἀνεφάνημεν ὄντες Pl.Euthd.291b; λαβυρίνθων σκολιώτερα D.H.Th.40; λόγοι λαβυρίνθοις ὅμοιοι Luc.Bis Acc.21; λόγων λαβύρινθοι Id.Icar.29; of ant-hills, Gal.UP1.3; of the rete mirabile Galeni, Id.5.608; of Lycophron's poem. AP9.191; as name of a philosopher, Luc.Symp.6. II any wreathed or coiled up body, εἰνάλιος λ. the twisted sea-snail, AP6.224 (Theodorid.); ἐκ σχοίνων λ. bow-net of rushes, Theoc.21.11.
