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        "quote": "ψᾰλῶ",
        "ref": "LXX Jd. 5.3",
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443196",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἔψηλα",
        "ref": "Pl. Ly. 209b",
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      }
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443197",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἔψᾱλα",
        "ref": "Ps. 9.12",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027.perseus-grc2:9.12"
      }
    }
  ],
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      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>pluck, pull, twitch,</i> ψ. ἔθειραν <i>pluck</i> the hair, A. Pers. 1062: esp. of the bow-string, τόξων χερὶ ψάλλουσι νευράς <i>twang</i> them, E. Ba. 784; κενὸν κρότον Lyc. 1453; ἐκ κέραος ψ. βέλος <i>send</i> a shaft <i>twanging</i> from the bow, APl. 16.211 (Stat. Flacc.); so μιλτοχαρὴς σχοῖνος ψαλλομένη a carpenterʼs red line, which <i>is twitched</i> and then suddenly let go, so as to leave a mark, AP 6.103 ( Phil.): metaph., γυναῖκας ἐξ ἀνδρῶν ψόγος ψάλλει, κενὸν τόξευμα E. Fr. 499.",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "A. Pers. 1062: esp. of the bow-string,",
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            },
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              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "E. Ba. 784;",
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              }
            },
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              "data": {
                "quote": "κενὸν κρότον",
                "ref": "Lyc. 1453",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0341.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1453"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443201",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "APl. 16.211 (Stat. Flacc.); so",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.211"
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            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443202",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "AP 6.103 (",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.103"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443203",
              "data": {
                "quote": "γυναῖκας ἐξ ἀνδρῶν ψόγος ψάλλει, κενὸν τόξευμα",
                "ref": "E. Fr. 499",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg020.perseus-grc2:499"
              }
            }
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>play</i> a stringed instrument <i>with the fingers,</i> and not with the plectron, ψῆλαι καὶ κρούειν τῷ πλήκτρῳ Pl. l.c., et ibi Sch.; ἐάν τις ψήλας τὴν νήτην ἐπιλάβῃ Arist. Pr. 919b15; μουσικώτατος ὢν χατὰ χεῖρα δίχα πλήκτρου ἔψαλλε Ath. 4.183d; opp. κιθαρίζω, Hdt. 1.155, SIG 578.18 ( Teos, ii B. C.); πρὶν μέν σʼ ἑπτάτονον ψάλλον (sc. τὴν λύραν) Ion Eleg.3.3: abs., Hdt. l.c., Ar. Eq. 522, Hippias (?) in PHib. 1.13.24; κόραις Men. Epit. 260; ψάλλειν [οὐκ ἔνι] ἄνευ λύρας Luc. Par. 17:—Prov., ῥᾷον ἤ τις ἂν χορδὴν ψήλειε ‘as easy as falling off a log’, Aristid. Or. 26(14).31.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443204",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ψῆλαι καὶ κρούειν τῷ πλήκτρῳ",
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                    "urn": ""
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443205",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐάν τις ψήλας τὴν νήτην ἐπιλάβῃ",
                    "ref": "Arist. Pr. 919b15",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:919b.perseus-grc2.15"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μουσικώτατος ὢν χατὰ χεῖρα δίχα πλήκτρου ἔψαλλε",
                    "ref": "Ath. 4.183d",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.183d"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443207",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 1.155,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.155"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443208",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Ar. Eq. 522, Hippias (?) in",
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                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443209",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "PHib. 1.13.24;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Hib.:1:13.perseus-grc2:24"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443210",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κόραις",
                    "ref": "Men. Epit. 260",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009.perseus-grc2:260"
                  }
                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ψάλλειν [οὐκ ἔνι] ἄνευ λύρας",
                    "ref": "Luc. Par. 17",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg030.perseus-grc2:17"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443212",
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Aristid. Or. 26(14).31.",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0284.tlg001.perseus-grc2:26(14).31"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>sing to a harp,</i> LXX Ps. 7.18, 9.12, al.; τῇ καρδίᾳ Ep.Eph. 5.19; τῷ πνεύματι 1 Ep.Cor. l.c.",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443213",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "LXX Ps. 7.18,",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "9.12, al.;",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῇ καρδίᾳ",
                        "ref": "Ep.Eph. 5.19",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg010.perseus-grc2:5.19"
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                    }
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "Pass., of the instrument, <i>to be struck</i> or <i>played,</i> ψαλλομένη χορδή Arist. Pr. 919b2; also of persons, <i>to be played to on the harp,</i> Macho ap. Ath. 8.348f.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ψαλλομένη χορδή",
                        "ref": "Arist. Pr. 919b2",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-443217",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Ath. 8.348f.",
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