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  "headword": "χάος",
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          "definition": "<i>chaos,</i> the first state of the universe, πρώτιστα χ. γένετʼ, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα Γαῖʼ εὐρύστερνος κτλ. Hes. Th. 116, cf. Ibyc. 28, Epich. 170.3, Acus. Fr. 5J., Arist. Metaph. 1091b6, Ar. Av. 693 (anap.); χάους . . παῖς καλεῦμαι Simm. Alae 7; represented sts. as <i>infinite space,</i> S.E. P. 3.121, cf. Plot. 6.8.11; sts. as <i>unformed matter,</i> Luc. Am. 32 (esp., acc. to the Stoics, <i>water,</i> Zeno Stoic. 1.29 (with deriv. fr. χέω)).",
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                "quote": "πρώτιστα χ. γένετʼ, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα Γαῖʼ εὐρύστερνος κτλ.",
                "ref": "Hes. Th. 116",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "χάους . . παῖς καλεῦμαι",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>space, the expanse of air,</i> ἄτρυτον χ. B. 5.27, cf. Ar. Nu. 424 (anap.), 627, Av. 1218.",
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                        "quote": "ἄτρυτον χ.",
                        "ref": "B. 5.27",
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                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "τὸ χ. τοῦ ἐφʼ ἑκάτερα ἀπείρου αἰῶνος, of <i>infinite</i> time, M.Ant. 4.3.",
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                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>the nether abyss, infinite darkness,</i> joined with Ἔρεβος, Pl. Ax. 371e; with ὄρφνη, Q.S. 2.614; represented as in the interior of the globe, Plu. Frig. 2.953a; χάους κύνα, of Cerberus, APl. 16.91.",
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                  "children": [
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>darkness,</i> A.R. 4.1697.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>any vast gulf</i> or <i>chasm,</i> LXX Mi. 1.6, Za. 14.4; of a <i>pit,</i> Opp. C. 4.92; of the <i>gaping jaws</i> of the crocodile, ib. 3.414, cf. 4.161, H. 5.52.",
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                },
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                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "Pythag. name for <i>one,</i> Theol.Ar. 6.",
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