Labyrinthus

Latin-English

lăby̆rinth|us, -ī. (la.biˈrin.tus) masc.

1. A labyrinth.

[Greek λαβύρινθος labyrinthos.]

Loci

• αʹ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.11:

Deinde Arsinoës ac iam dicta Memphis, inter quam et Arsinoiten nomon in Libyco turres quae pyramides vocantur, et labyrinthus, in Moeridis lacu nullo addito ligno exaedificatus, et oppidum Crialon.

Next, [the town of] Arsinoë and Memphis, already mentioned; between it and the Arsinoite nome, towards the Libyan, the towers called the Pyramids, and the Labyrinth on Lake Moeris, which was constructed without any wood; and the town of Crialon.