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  "headword": "φέρτατος",
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          "definition": "<i>bravest, best,</i> πολὺ φ. Il. 1.581, etc.; μέγα φ. 16.21, cf. Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 25, etc.: c. dat. modi, χερσίν τε βίηφί τε φ. ἦσαν Od. 12.246; περὶ δʼ ἔγχει Ἀχαιῶν φ. ἐσσι Il. 7.289; ὄλβῳ φ. Pi. N. 10.13: of things, κακῶν φέρτατον <i>the best,</i> i.e. <i>least bad,</i> among evils, Il. 17.105; λόγοι φ. <i>best,</i> Pi. P. 5.48; ὄ τι φέρτατον ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν Id. O. 7.26.",
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          "citations": [
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147606",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πολὺ φ.",
                "ref": "Il. 1.581",
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              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147607",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μέγα φ.",
                "ref": "16.21",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.21"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147608",
              "data": {
                "quote": "χερσίν τε βίηφί τε φ. ἦσαν",
                "ref": "Od. 12.246",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.246"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147609",
              "data": {
                "quote": "περὶ δʼ ἔγχει Ἀχαιῶν φ. ἐσσι",
                "ref": "Il. 7.289",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.289"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147610",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὄλβῳ φ.",
                "ref": "Pi. N. 10.13",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc2:10.13"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147611",
              "data": {
                "quote": "λόγοι φ.",
                "ref": "Pi. P. 5.48",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.48"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147612",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὄ τι φέρτατον ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν",
                "ref": "Id. O. 7.26",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.26"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n110593-0-0-0",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "φέριστος, ἄνδρα φέριστον Il. 9.110; μὴ φῦναι φέριστον B. 5.160, cf. Pi. Fr. 126 ( φέρτ- cj. Boeckh): mostly voc. φέριστε, Il. 6.123, 15.247, Theoc. 7.125, etc.; φέριστοι Il. 23.409; φέριστε Καδμείων ἄναξ A. Th. 39; ὦ φ. δεσποτῶν S. OT 1149; εἶεν, ὦ φ. Pl. Phdr. 238d;",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147613",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "φέριστος, ἄνδρα φέριστον",
                        "ref": "Il. 9.110",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.110"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147614",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μὴ φῦναι φέριστον",
                        "ref": "B. 5.160",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.160"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147615",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "φέριστοι",
                        "ref": "Il. 23.409",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.409"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147616",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "φέριστε Καδμείων ἄναξ",
                        "ref": "A. Th. 39",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:39"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147617",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὦ φ. δεσποτῶν",
                        "ref": "S. OT 1149",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:1149"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147618",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἶεν, ὦ φ.",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 238d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:238d"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Comp. φέρτερος, α, ον, <i>braver, better,</i> of persons, πολὺ φ. Il. 4.56, etc.: c. dat. modi, βίῃ καὶ χερσὶ καὶ ἔγχεϊ φ. 3.431, cf. Od. 6.6; φ. οὐκ ὀλίγον ἔγχει Il. 19.217: c. inf., θεοὶ . . φέρτεροί εἰσι νοῆσαι Od. 5.170; φ. γόνος πατρός Pi. I. 8(7).35; παῖδα φ. πατρός A. Pr. 768: of things, ἀγών, νόστος, Pi. O. 1.7, P. 1.35; πολὺ φέρτερόν ἐστιν ʼtis much <i>better,</i> Il. 1.169; τί φ. ἢ . . c. inf., B. 4.18: c. inf., Od. 12.109, 21.154; εἰς τὸ φ. τίθει τὸ μέλλον E. Hel. 346 (lyr.). Adv., τέττιγος φέρτερον ᾄδεις Theoc. 1.148. (From root φερ- ‘bring’, ‘produceʼ: ἀπὸ τοῦ φέρειν βέλτιον Hsch.)",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147619",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πολὺ φ.",
                    "ref": "Il. 4.56",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.56"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147620",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "βίῃ καὶ χερσὶ καὶ ἔγχεϊ φ.",
                    "ref": "3.431",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.431"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147621",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "φ. οὐκ ὀλίγον ἔγχει",
                    "ref": "Il. 19.217",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.217"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147622",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "θεοὶ . . φέρτεροί εἰσι νοῆσαι",
                    "ref": "Od. 5.170",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.170"
                  }
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147623",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "φ. γόνος πατρός",
                    "ref": "Pi. I. 8(7).35",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc2:8.35"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147624",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "παῖδα φ. πατρός",
                    "ref": "A. Pr. 768",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:768"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147625",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἰς τὸ φ. τίθει τὸ μέλλον",
                    "ref": "E. Hel. 346",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc2:346"
                  }
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147626",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τέττιγος φέρτερον ᾄδεις",
                    "ref": "Theoc. 1.148",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.148"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-147627",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀπὸ τοῦ φέρειν βέλτιον",
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                    "urn": ""
                  }
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