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  "headword": "ψελλίζω",
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          "definition": "<i>falter in speech, speak inarticulately,</i> like a child, ψ. καὶ τραυλίζουσι Arist. HA 536b8:—so in Med., Pl. Grg. 485b, 485c; ψελλίζονται καὶ τραυλίζουσι ( -ονται Bonitz), τοῦτο δʼ ἐστὶν ἔνδεια τῶν γραμμάτων Arist. PA 660a26; ψελλιζόμενος τὴν Ἑλλάδα φωνήν Hld. 8.15: metaph., of Empedocles and the early philosophers, <i>speak indistinctly,</i> ἃ ψελλίζεται λέγων Ἐμπεδοκλῆς Arist. Metaph. 985a5; ψελλιζομένῃ ἔοικεν ἡ πρώτη φιλοσοφία περὶ πάντων ib. 993a15; of metals, <i>hesitate</i> to alloy, Id. GC 328b9:— Act. is later in this sense, used of Aristotle, Phld. Rh. 2.51S.",
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                "quote": "ψ. καὶ τραυλίζουσι",
                "ref": "Arist. HA 536b8",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τοῦτο δʼ ἐστὶν ἔνδεια τῶν γραμμάτων",
                "ref": "Arist. PA 660a26",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:660a.perseus-grc2.26"
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                "quote": "ψελλιζόμενος τὴν Ἑλλάδα φωνήν",
                "ref": "Hld. 8.15",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.15"
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                "quote": "ἃ ψελλίζεται λέγων Ἐμπεδοκλῆς",
                "ref": "Arist. Metaph. 985a5",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ψελλιζόμενος ἐς τὰ πολεμικά, of a boy soldier, Philostr. Her. 19.2.",
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