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lăbyrinthus | lăbyrinthēus, a, um | lăbyrinthĭcus, a, um (noun M) : λαβύρινθος
* A labyrinth, a building with many winding passages; e. g. that built by Psammetichus on Lake Moeris, in Middle Egypt, and containing 3000 chambers, Mel. 1, 9, 5; Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84; but esp. that built by Daedalus, near Gnossus, in Crete, id. 36, 13, 19, § 85; Sen. Ep. 44, 6; Ov. M. 8, 159; Juv. 1, 53; Verg. A. 5, 588.
* Trop., a maze, tangle, bewildering intricacy: inextricabilis negotii,Sid. Ep. 2, 5.
* Hence
* Adj., of or belonging to a labyrinth, labyrinthine: flexus,Cat. 64, 114.
* Adj., of a labyrinth, labyrinthine, intricate: viae,Sid. Ep. 9, 13: quaestionum insolubilitas,id. ib. 11, 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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