λαβύρινθος
λᾰβύρινθ-ος [ῠ],,
A). labyrinth or maze, a large building consisting of numerous halls connected by intricate and tortuous passages: in Egypt, , cf. 2.148 ; in Crete, 17.1.37 Del. 311 , : pl., 1.61 σπήλαια καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς οἰκοδομητοὶ λαβύρινθοι ; name of a building at Rome, 8.6.2 IG 14.1093 ; 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 Euthd. 291b ; λαβυρίνθων σκολιώτερα Th. 40 ; λόγοι λαβυρίνθοις ὅμοιοι Bis Acc. 21 ; λόγων λαβύρινθοι Icar. 29 ; of ant-hills, UP 1.3 ; of the rete mirabile Galeni, ; of Lycophron's poem. 5.608 AP 9.191 ; as name of a philosopher, Symp. 6 .