φωλάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=άδος, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[lurking in a hole]], <b class="b3">ἀραχναίη, σίλφη</b>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.233 (Eryc.), <span class="bibl">251</span> (Even.), etc.: of the bear, [[lying torpid in its cave]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.115</span>, <span class="title">Hymn.Is.</span>46; metaph., of a [[shy]] maiden (opp. [[πόρνη]]), φωλάδα παρθενικήν <span class="title">AP</span>11.34 (Phld.); <b class="b3">ἀγκύρας φωλάδας</b>, of anchors [[buried in the sand]], ib.<span class="bibl">10.2</span> (Antip.Sid.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> as Subst., a mollusc [[that makes holes in stones]], [[Lithodomus]], <span class="bibl">Ath. 3.88a</span>: Hsch. has [[φωλαΐδες]], from a confusion of [[φωλάδες]] and [[φωλίδες]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[full of holes]] or [[lurking places]], πέτρη <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>1.163</span>; ὕλη <span class="bibl">6.270</span>, <span class="bibl">22.116</span>; <b class="b3">ἔκθορε φωλάδος κοίτης</b>, of a lion, <span class="bibl">Babr.82.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">φωλάς· εἶδος νόσου</b> (i.e. = [[φωλεία]] <span class="bibl">1</span>), Suid.</span>