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  "headword": "χηρωσταί",
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          "definition": "<i>far-off kinsmen,</i> who seize and divide among themselves the property of one who dies without heirs ( χῆρος) , χηρωσταὶ δὲ διὰ κτῆσιν δατέοντο Il. 5.158, cf. Hes. Th. 607 (v. Sch. ad loc.), Q.S. 8.299, Hsch., = οἱ μακρόθεν (or πόρρωθεν) συγγενεῖς (also expld. = ὀρφανιστής, <i>one who acts as a guardian to widows and orphans,</i> Eust. 533.30). (Compd. of χηρο- ‘abandoned’ and -ωστᾱ- from -ω-δ-τᾱ-, nomen agentis of ω-δ-, cf. Skt. á̄ dā- ‘receiveʼ; and Lat. hērēd- ( ĝhēro + ē-d-).)",
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                "quote": "χηρωσταὶ δὲ διὰ κτῆσιν δατέοντο",
                "ref": "Il. 5.158",
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                "ref": "Hes. Th. 607 (v. Sch. ad loc.),",
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                "ref": "Q.S. 8.299,",
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                "ref": "Eust. 533.30). (Compd. of",
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