φωλάς

A. lurking in a hole, ἀραχναίη, σίλφη, AP 9.233 (Eryc.), 251 (Even.), etc.: of the bear, lying torpid in its cave, Theoc. 1.115, Hymn.Is. 46; metaph., of a shy maiden (opp. πόρνη), φωλάδα παρθενικήν AP 11.34 (Phld.); ἀγκύρας φωλάδας, of anchors buried in the sand, ib.10.2 (Antip.Sid.).

2. as Subst., a mollusc that makes holes in stones, Lithodomus, Ath. 3.88a: Hsch. has φωλαΐδες, from a confusion of φωλάδες and φωλίδες.

II. full of holes or lurking places, πέτρη Nonn. D. 1.163; ὕλη 6.270, 22.116; ἔκθορε φωλάδος κοίτης, of a lion, Babr. 82.3.

III. φωλάς· εἶδος νόσου (i.e. = φωλεία 1), Suid.