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  "headword": "χαρακτήρ",
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          "definition": "<i>engraver,</i> Euryph. ap. Stob. 4.39.27; <i>one who mints coins,</i> IPE 1216 A 14 ( Olbia, iii B. C.).",
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          "children": [
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              "definition": "",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n113356-0-0-0",
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>graving tool,</i> Daimachus 4J. (pl.) ap. St.Byz. s.v. Λακεδαίμων.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>die, stamp,</i> IG 2(2).1013.64, 1408.11, 1424a120, 280, 1469.107; in a simile, Arist. GA 781a28.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n113356-0-0-0-1",
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>branding-iron,</i> Clara Rhodos 2.171 (ii B. C.).",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>mark engraved, impress, stamp</i> on coins and seals, ἀργύρου λαμπρὸς χ. E. El. 559, cf. Pl. Plt. 289b, Arist. Pol. 1257a40; <i>coin type, standard,</i> ἦν δʼ ὁ ἀρχαῖος χ. δίδραχμον Id. Ath. 10.2, cf. OGI 339.45 ( Sestos, ii B. C.), D.S. 17.66; Κότυος χ. Head Hist.Num. 2285 ( Thrace, i B. C.): hence, in pl., = χάραγμα I.2, PFlor. 61.21 (i A. D.): metaph., οἷς ἡ ἀρετὴ εὐδοξίας χαρακτῆρα τοῖς ἔργοις ἐπέβαλεν set a <i>stamp</i> upon them, Isoc. 1.8; Κύπριος (s. v. l.) χαρακτὴρ . . ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις εἰκὼς πέπληκται A. Supp. 282.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀργύρου λαμπρὸς χ.",
                    "ref": "E. El. 559",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἦν δʼ ὁ ἀρχαῖος χ. δίδραχμον",
                    "ref": "Id. Ath. 10.2",
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152542",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "χαρακτὴρ . . ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις εἰκὼς πέπληκται",
                    "ref": "A. Supp. 282",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>figures</i> or <i>letters,</i> οἱ τῶν γραμμάτων χ. Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.214f; ὁ τύπος τῶν χ. ib. Gen.Socr. 577f, cf. Col. 1120f, D.S. 3.67; of the <i>letters</i> used by Hp. in Epid. 3.1, Zeno and Apollonius ap. Gal. 17(1).618, cf. 524sq.; of a single <i>letter</i> of the alphabet, Jul. Or. 2.72a; ξυλήφια βραχέα ἔχοντα χαρακτῆρα Plb. 6.35.7; <i>brand</i> on a camel, PGen. 29.8 (ii A. D.); of <i>symbols</i> in a prescription, Gal. 13.995; of magical <i>symbols</i> (such as the seven vowels), τῶν χ. ἡ ἀπόρρητος φύσις Jul. Or. 7.216c, cf. Iamb. Myst. 3.13, Sallust. 15; of hieroglyphs, opp. γράμματα, Luc. Herm. 44.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152543",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οἱ τῶν γραμμάτων χ.",
                        "ref": "Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.214f",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg082.perseus-grc2:214f"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152544",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ξυλήφια βραχέα ἔχοντα χαρακτῆρα",
                        "ref": "Plb. 6.35.7",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:6.35.perseus-grc2.7"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152545",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῶν χ. ἡ ἀπόρρητος φύσις",
                        "ref": "Jul. Or. 7.216c",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.216c"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>distinctive mark</i> or <i>token impressed</i> (as it were) <i>on</i> a person or thing, by which it is known from others, <i>characteristic, character,</i> χ. γλώσσης, of a particular dialect, Hdt. 1.57, 142; χ. αὑτὸς ἐν γλώσσῃ S. Fr. 176; χ. ἡμεδαπὸς τῶν ῥημάτων Ar. Pax 220; ὁ Ἑλληνικὸς χ. Greek <i>idiom,</i> D.H. Pomp. 3: freq. of persons, <i>feature,</i> ὁ χ. τοῦ προσώπου Hdt. 1.116; εἰληφέναι χαρακτῆρα ἑκατέρου τοῦ εἴδους Pl. Phdr. 263b; οἱ τῆς ὄψεως χ. D.S. 1.91; ἀνδρῶν οὐδεὶς χ. ἐμπέφυκε σώματι E. Med. 519; δεινὸς χ. κἀπίσημος . . ἐσθλῶν γενέσθαι Id. Hec. 379; φανερὸς χ. ἀρετᾶς Id. HF 659 (lyr.); ἠθικοὶ χ., title of work by Thphr.: pl., οἱ χ. the <i>features</i> of the face, J. AJ 13.12.1, cf. OGI 508.13 ( Ephesus, ii A. D.); χ. μορφῆς ἐμῆς ib. 383.60 (Nemrud Dagh, i B. C., sg.); [ τοῦ ἐμβρύου] Sor. 1.33 (pl.): hence,",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152546",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χ. αὑτὸς ἐν γλώσσῃ",
                        "ref": "S. Fr. 176",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc2:176"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152547",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χ. ἡμεδαπὸς τῶν ῥημάτων",
                        "ref": "Ar. Pax 220",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc2:220"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152548",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὁ χ. τοῦ προσώπου",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 1.116",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.116"
                      }
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152549",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἰληφέναι χαρακτῆρα ἑκατέρου τοῦ εἴδους",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 263b",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:263b"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152550",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οἱ τῆς ὄψεως χ.",
                        "ref": "D.S. 1.91",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.91"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152551",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀνδρῶν οὐδεὶς χ. ἐμπέφυκε σώματι",
                        "ref": "E. Med. 519",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc2:519"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152552",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δεινὸς χ. κἀπίσημος . . ἐσθλῶν γενέσθαι",
                        "ref": "Id. Hec. 379",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc2:379"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152553",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "φανερὸς χ. ἀρετᾶς",
                        "ref": "Id. HF 659",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc2:659"
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>type</i> or <i>character</i> (regarded as shared with others) of a thing or person, rarely of an <i>individual nature,</i> ἀνδρὸς χ. ἐκ λόγου γνωρίζεται Men. 72; χ. μοχθηρότατον παραπλάττεσθαι Phld. Rh. 1.6 S.; τὸν χ. τὸν Διογένους Arr. Epict. 3.22.80; τίνα ἔχει χ. τὰ δόγματα; ib. 4.5.17; of nations, Plb. 18.34.7.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152554",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀνδρὸς χ. ἐκ λόγου γνωρίζεται",
                        "ref": "Men. 72",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001.perseus-grc2:72"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152555",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χ. μοχθηρότατον παραπλάττεσθαι",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸν χ. τὸν Διογένους",
                        "ref": "Arr. Epict. 3.22.80",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0557.tlg001:3.22.perseus-grc2.80"
                      }
                    }
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                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>style,</i> freq. in Rhet., ὁ Δημοσθένους χ. D.H. Dem. 9, cf. Pomp. 1, Cic. QF 2.15(16).5; χ. δικανικός Phld. Rh. 2.137S.; χ. <i>optimi</i> the ideal <i>type,</i> Cic. Orat. 11.36, cf. 39.134; χ. ἰσχνός, μεγαλοπρεπής, γλαφυρός, δεινός Demetr. Eloc. 36, cf. D.H. Dem. 33; χ. λέξεως Id. Lys. 11; χ. Ἀσιανός Str. 13.1.66.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152557",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὁ Δημοσθένους χ.",
                        "ref": "D.H. Dem. 9",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg006.perseus-grc2:9"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χ. δικανικός",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152559",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χ. ἰσχνός, μεγαλοπρεπής, γλαφυρός, δεινός",
                        "ref": "Demetr. Eloc. 36",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001.perseus-grc2:36"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152560",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χ. λέξεως",
                        "ref": "Id. Lys. 11",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg003.perseus-grc2:11"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-152561",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χ. Ἀσιανός",
                        "ref": "Str. 13.1.66",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001:13.1.perseus-grc2.66"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>impress, image,</i> τῆς ὑποστάσεως [τοῦ θεοῦ] Ep.Hebr. 1.3; πάθους, ἀρετῆς, Longin. 22.1, Eun. Hist. p.243 D.: abs., οἱ Σεβάστειοι χ. the imperial <i>seal,</i> i.e. the emperor himself, IG 5(2).268.24 ( Mantinea, i B. C.).",
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                {
                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "<i>typical form,</i> A.D. Synt. 20.10, 103.23.",
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