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lăbўrinthus

lăbўrinthus · m

a labyrinth, a building with many winding passages

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What it meant

lăbўrinthus — Lewis & Short

lăbўrinthus, i, m., = labu/rinqos,

I a labyrinth, a building with many winding passages; e. g. that built by Psammetichus on Lake Mœris, in Middle Egypt, and containing 3000 chambers, Mel. 1, 9, 5; Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84; but esp. that built by Dædalus, near Gnossus, in Crete, id. 36, 13, 19, § 85; Sen. Ep. 44, 6; Ov. M. 8, 159; Juv. 1, 53; Verg. A. 5, 588.—

B Trop., a maze, tangle, bewildering intricacy: inextricabilis negotii, Sid. Ep. 2, 5.—

II Hence,

A lăbўrinthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a labyrinth, labyrinthine: flexus, Cat. 64, 114.—

B lăbўrinthĭcus, a, um, adj., of a labyrinth, labyrinthine, intricate: viae, Sid. Ep. 9, 13: quaestionum insolubilitas, id. ib. 11, 4.

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