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  "headword": "ὕσπληξ",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "ὕσπλᾱκος",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "ὕσπληξιν",
        "ref": "Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.588f",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "ὑσπλήγεσσι",
        "ref": "AP 6.259",
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          "definition": "<i>snare</i> or <i>gin</i> of a bird-catcher, Theoc. l.c.; <i>wolf-trap,</i> Hsch.; also <i>the part of a springe or noose trap which slips down when touched,</i> Dionys. Av. l.c., cf. 3.13; = ῥόπτρον, Hsch.; = πάσσαλος, κρίκος κεράτινος, Id., Sch. Pl. Phdr. 254e.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>twisted strand,</i> the untwisting of which releases motive power in an automaton (cf. στρέβλη I.2), Hero Aut. 2.8 (also, a <i>piece of wood made to rise or fall</i> by this or similar means, ib. 6, cf. 24.4); ψυχὴ ἀνθρώπου μυρίαις ὁρμαῖς οἷον ὕσπληξιν ἐντεταμένη Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.588f; [ τὸ θερμὸν] ἀθροῖσαν ἑαυτὸ καὶ οἷον συνεσπειραμένον γεγονός, . . σφοδρᾷ τῇ φορᾷ χρώμενον καὶ οἷον ἀπὸ ὕσπληγος ἐξαλλόμενον Gal. 7.623; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ ὕ. ἀναπεσών throwing himself back as from a ὕ., i. e. violently, Pl. Phdr. 254e; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ ὕ. θέοντες, i.e. running at top speed, Luc. Cat. 4.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ψυχὴ ἀνθρώπου μυρίαις ὁρμαῖς οἷον ὕσπληξιν ἐντεταμένη",
                        "ref": "Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.588f",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ θερμὸν] ἀθροῖσαν ἑαυτὸ καὶ οἷον συνεσπειραμένον γεγονός, . . σφοδρᾷ τῇ φορᾷ χρώμενον καὶ οἷον ἀπὸ ὕσπληγος ἐξαλλόμενον",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>contrivance</i> (of uncertain nature, but prob. on the principle of ὕ. I or 2; = Lat. transenna, Gloss.) for starting a race, <i>starting-machine</i> ( κυρίως τὸ μηχάνημα τὸ ἀποκροῦον τὸν κανόνα τοῦ δρομέως Sch. D.P. 121; cf. σχαστηρία I), ὕσπληγος ἀγκῶνας τρεῖς παραστάδας ὑσπλήγων τέτταρας καὶ κίονας δύο, σύριγγας τῶν ὑ. δύο, in a list of wooden objects, Inscr.Délos 1400.9 (ii B. C.), cf. 1409 BA ii43 (ii B. C.); ὕσπληγα λαμπαδίειον (for the torch-race) IG ΙΙ(2).203 B 96 ( Delos, iii B. C.); ἀφέσεις τὰς ἀπὸ τῶν ὑσπλήγων τοῦ Παναθηναϊκοῦ σταδίου ib. 2(2).1035.50 (i B. C.); ἔπεσεν ἡ ὕ. Luc. Tim. 20; τῆς ὕ. εὐθὺς καταπεσούσης Id. Cal. 12; ἑστᾶσιν ὥσπερ ἐφʼ ὕσπληγος ἐξορμᾶν ἕτοιμοι J. BJ 3.5.4 (v.l. ὑφʼ ὕσπληγος); διήκει πρὸ αὐτῶν καλῴδιον ἀντὶ ὕσπληγος Paus. 6.20.11; χαλῶσιν αἱ ὕ. ib. 13; ἀθρόα δʼ ὕσπληξ πάντα (sc. τὰ ἅρματα) διὰ στρεπτοῦ τείνα [τʼ ἔ]χουσα κάλω· [ἦ] μέγʼ ἐπαχήσασα θοὰς ἐξήλασε πώλους Inscr.Perg. l.c.; ψόφος ἦν ὕσπληγος ἐν οὔασιν, i.e. the race had just started, AP 11.86, cf. Plu. Praec. 2.804e; ἔσχαστο ἡ ὕ. Hld. 4.3; ψαλιδωτὰς ἱππαφέσεις διὰ μιᾶς ὕ. ἅμα πάσας ἀνοιγομένας D.H. 3.68: metaph., κἀπὸ γῆς ἐσχάζοσαν ὕσπληγας were loosing the <i>starting-machine</i> from land, i. e. were starting out from land, Lyc. 22.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔπεσεν ἡ ὕ.",
                        "ref": "Luc. Tim. 20",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῆς ὕ. εὐθὺς καταπεσούσης",
                        "ref": "Id. Cal. 12",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg013.perseus-grc2:12"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἑστᾶσιν ὥσπερ ἐφʼ ὕσπληγος ἐξορμᾶν ἕτοιμοι",
                        "ref": "J. BJ 3.5.4",
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-146207",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "διήκει πρὸ αὐτῶν καλῴδιον ἀντὶ ὕσπληγος",
                        "ref": "Paus. 6.20.11",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔσχαστο ἡ ὕ.",
                        "ref": "Hld. 4.3",
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                        "quote": "ψαλιδωτὰς ἱππαφέσεις διὰ μιᾶς ὕ. ἅμα πάσας ἀνοιγομένας",
                        "ref": "D.H. 3.68",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "D.P. 121, cf. Eust. ad loc.; ὕσπληγας ὑποφήνας τῶν κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν λόγων setting <i>limits</i> to . . , dub. in metrod. Herc. 831.11.",
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                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>gate,</i> CIG l.c.",
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                },
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                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "μάστιξ, Herm. in Phdr. p.170A., Hsch., Suid.; = ὑστριχίς I, Eust.ad D.P. 121 (deriving it from ὗς and πλήσσω).",
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