ἀποφώλιος

A. = ἀνεμώλιος, μάταιος, empty, vain, idle, Hom. only in Od., νόον ἀποφώλιός ἐσσι 8.177; οὐκ ἀποφώλια εἰδώς 5.182; οὐκ ἀ. ἦα οὐδὲ φυγοπτόλεμος 14.212; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀ. εὐναὶ ἀθανάτων are not barren, 11.249; νέκυς ἀ. Opp. C. 3.447; ἀποφώλια μητιόων Man. 6.565; ῥέξουσ’ ἀποφώλια Orac. ap. Jul. Ep. 89; of the Minotaur, ξύμμικτον εἶδος κἀποφώλιον τρέφος a monstrous, hybrid birth, E. Fr. 996; in Nic. Al. 524 στομίων ἀ. ἆσθμα is expld. by Sch. χαλεπόν, but perh. there is a play on φωλεύοντα(φωλεός, cf. Eust.) which occurs just before. (Perh. from ἀποφεῖν (q.v.), cf. ἁμαρτωλός : ἁμαρτεῖν; Hsch. has ἀποφώλια· ἀποφίλια (i.e. ‐φύλια).)