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  "headword": "ᾠόν",
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          "definition": "<i>egg,</i> τίκτει ᾠὰ ἐν γῇ καὶ ἐκλέπει [ὁ κροκόδειλος] Hdt. 2.68; ᾠὰ χήνεια Eriph. 7; of all birds, Arist. HA 559a15; but mostly of <i>hens’ eggs,</i> Ar. Lys. 856, Fr. 185, etc.; [ᾠοῦ] τὸ λευκόν, τὸ ὠχρόν, Arist. HA 559a18; τὸ πυρρόν, τὸ χρυσοῦν, Hp. Mul. 2.171, Ath. 9.376d; ᾠὰ ἡμιπαγέα half-boiled <i>eggs,</i> Hp. Acut. (Sp.) 53; ἑφθά, ὠμά, Thphr. Vert. 2; ᾠὸν ῥοφεῖν Nicom.Com. 3; καταπίνειν Antiph. 140.5; ᾠὰ κολάπτειν Anaxil. 18.4 (anap.); ᾠὰ γόνιμα fertile <i>eggs,</i> opp. ὑπηνέμια, ἄγονα, Arist. GA 730a6, 20; also ᾠὰ πλήρη Id. Mete. 359a14; ᾠὸν τέλειον, opp. ἀτελές, Id. GA 718b23, 24; ᾠὸν ἀνεμιαῖον, ζεφύριον, wind- <i>egg,</i> Arar. 6, Arist. HA 560a6; σμύρνης ᾠ. <i>lump,</i> Hdt. 2.73; ὁ Χρόνος ἐγέννησεν ᾠόν Orph. Fr. 54, al., cf. Epimenid. 5: metaph., ᾠὸν ἅπας γέγονεν he has become <i>bald as an egg,</i> AP 11.398 ( Nicias).",
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                "quote": "τίκτει ᾠὰ ἐν γῇ καὶ ἐκλέπει [ὁ κροκόδειλος]",
                "ref": "Hdt. 2.68",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-156948",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ᾠὰ χήνεια",
                "ref": "Eriph. 7",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0455.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-156949",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ᾠὸν ῥοφεῖν",
                "ref": "Nicom.Com. 3",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0482.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-156950",
              "data": {
                "quote": "καταπίνειν",
                "ref": "Antiph. 140.5",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001.perseus-grc2:140.5"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-156951",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ᾠὰ κολάπτειν",
                "ref": "Anaxil. 18.4",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ᾠὰ πλήρη",
                "ref": "Id. Mete. 359a14",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:359a.perseus-grc2.14"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-156953",
              "data": {
                "quote": "σμύρνης ᾠ.",
                "ref": "Hdt. 2.73",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.73"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὁ Χρόνος ἐγέννησεν ᾠόν",
                "ref": "Orph. Fr. 54",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg011.perseus-grc2:54"
              }
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>eggs</i> or <i>spawn</i> of fish, Hdt. 2.93; τὰ ᾠὰ ἀφιᾶσι Arist. HA 567b22, cf. 525a7; of serpents, ib. 558a26; of tortoises, ib. 558a4.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-156955",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὰ ᾠὰ ἀφιᾶσι",
                        "ref": "Arist. HA 567b22",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:567b.perseus-grc2.22"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>seed,</i> Id. GA 731a6; cf. ᾠοτοκέω 2.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>cupping-glass,</i> τὰ ἰατρικὰ ᾠὰ ὑέλινα ὄντα καὶ σύστομα Hero Spir. 1 Prooem.: <i>egg-shaped cup,</i> Dinon 14. The word has the foll. forms: Att. ᾠόν (- ⏑), confirmed by Inscrr. ὠιῶν IG ΙΙ(2).224 A 11,12 ( Delos, iii B. C.), Papyri ( ὠιὰ χήνεα PCair.Zen. 130.26 (iii B. C.)), and later Mss.; Aeol. ὤιον, gen. ὠίω ( _⏑⏓), Sapph. 56, 112; ὤεον lbyc.16, Semon. 11, Call. Epigr. 6.10, Nic. Th. 192, Arat. 956; ὤβεον is Argive acc. to Hsch. (i.e. ὤϝεον) ; ᾠόν oxyt. acc. to Theognost. Can. 130; ὤεον proparox., ib. 121. The form ὠόν, which Lat. ovum would lead us to expect, is found only in late texts ( LXX De. 22.6, Ev.Luc. 11.12, etc.) and is due to loss of the ι in ii B. C.; cogn. with Lat. ovum, OHG. ei, ONorse egg (prim. Germanic aiia-), whence Engl. egg.",
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                        "quote": "τὰ ἰατρικὰ ᾠὰ ὑέλινα ὄντα καὶ σύστομα",
                        "ref": "Hero Spir. 1 Prooem.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὠιῶν",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὠιὰ χήνεα",
                        "ref": "PCair.Zen. 130.26",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Cair.Zen.:130.perseus-grc2.26"
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