θαλάμη

A. lurkingplace, den, lair, πουλύποδος θαλάμης ἐξελκομένοιο Od. 5.432, cf.Arist. HA 599b15, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.315b; of the σωλήν and polypus, Arist. HA 535a17, 549b32; of the nest of the fish φωλίς, ib.621b9; of the Theban dragon's den, E. Ph. 931 (pl.); of the cave of Trophonius, Id. Ion 394 (pl.); of the grave, Id. Supp. 980 (anap., pl.); of the hive or nest of bees, in pl., AP 6.239 (Apollonid.), 9.404 (Antiphil.); cj. in E. Ba. 561 (v. θάλαμος 11).

2. of cavities in the body, Hp. de Arte 10(pl.); ventricle of the heart, Arist. Somn.Vig. 458a17; of the pores of sponges, Id. HA 548a28; the nostrils, Poll. 2.79; αὕτη τῶν κοιλιῶν ἡ οἷον θ. of the (Galenic) optic thalamus, Gal. UP 16.3; of recesses in the cranial bones, ib.11.3; of the eye-socket, Steph. in Hp. 1.93D.

II. = θάλαμος 111, Luc. Nav. 2.