σπήλαιον, τό,
grotto, cavern, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 514a, 515a, 539e, 4th c.BC: Moschio Tragicus Trag. 6.5, 1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus “Vit.Eur.fragment” 39 ix 6, NT.Rev.6.15, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]; σ. λῃστῶν den of robbers, [[ LXX.Jer.7.11, NT.Matt.21.13 ] LXX+NT]; of a grave, [[ Supp.epigram 7.160 (Palmyra, 1st c.AD), 166 ([prev. passage], 2nd c.AD), NT.John.11.38. ] NT+1st c.AD+]
__2 privy parts, [[ LXX.Hab.2.15 (_plural_). ] LXX]
__3 place behind the scenes in a theatre, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.124. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]