θᾰλᾰ́μ-η,ἡ,
A. lurkingplace, den, lair, πουλύποδος θαλάμης ἐξελκομένοιο
Od. 5.432
, cf. Arist. HA 599b15 , Numen. ap. Ath. 7.315b ; of theσωλήνand polypus, Arist. HA 535a17 , 549b32 ; of thenestof the fishφωλίς, ib. 621b9 ; of the Theban dragon'sden, E. Ph. 931 (pl.); of thecaveof Trophonius, Id. Ion 394 (pl.); of thegrave, Id. Supp. 980 (anap., pl.); of thehiveornestof bees, in pl., AP 6.239 ( Apollonid. ), 9.404 ( Antiphil. ); cj. in E. Ba. 561 (v. θάλαμος
11
).
2. ofcavitiesin the body, Hp. de Arte 10 (pl.);ventricleof the heart, Arist. Somn.Vig. 458a17 ; ofthe poresof sponges, Id. HA 548a28 ;the nostrils, Poll. 2.79 ;αὕτη τῶν κοιλιῶν ἡ οἷον θ. of the (Galenic) opticthalamus, Gal. UP 16.3 ; ofrecessesin the cranial bones, ib. 11.3 ; of the eye-socket, Steph. in Hp. 1.93D.
II.
= θάλαμος
111 , Luc. Nav. 2 .