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|Definition=[ῠ], ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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, ''IG''14.1093; also at Miletus, ''Milet.''7.56, ''Supp.Epigr.''4.446 (iii/ii B. C., pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[proverb|prov.]] of [[tortuous]] [[question]]s or arguments, ὥσπερ εἰς λαβύρινθον 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.''UP''1.3; of the [[rete mirabile Galeni]], Id.5.608; of Lycophron's poem. ''AP''9.191; as name of a [[philosopher]], Luc.''Symp.''6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> any [[wreathed]] or [[coiled up]] [[body]], [[εἰνάλιος]] λαβύρινθος = the [[twisted]] [[sea-snail]], AP6.224 (Theodorid.); <b class="b3">ἐκ σχοίνων λ.</b> [[bow-net]] of rushes, Theoc.21.11.