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  "headword": "ἀρετή",
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          "definition": "<i>goodness, excellence,</i> of any kind, in Hom. esp. of <i>manly</i> qualities, ποδῶν ἀρετὴν ἀναφαίνων Il. 20.411; ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετὰς ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι καὶ νόον 15.642; so of the gods, τῶν περ καὶ μείζων ἀ. τιμή τε βίη τε 9.498; also of women, Od. 2.206; ἀ. εἵνεκα for <i>valour,</i> Hdt. 8.92: pl., ἀ. ἀπεδείκνυντο displayed <i>brave deeds,</i> Id. 1.176, 9.40.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ποδῶν ἀρετὴν ἀναφαίνων",
                "ref": "Il. 20.411",
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                "quote": "ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετὰς ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι καὶ νόον",
                "ref": "15.642",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τῶν περ καὶ μείζων ἀ. τιμή τε βίη τε",
                "ref": "9.498",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>glorious deeds, wonders, miracles,</i> SIG 1172, Str. 17.1.17; ζῶσαι ἀ. IG 14.966, cf. 1 Ep.Pet. 2.9: also in sg., ὄψιν ἰδοῦσα ἀρετὴν τῆς θεοῦ IG 2.1426 b, cf. Isyll. 62, BSA 21.169, 180.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19254",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ζῶσαι ἀ.",
                            "ref": "",
                            "urn": ""
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19255",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ὄψιν ἰδοῦσα ἀρετὴν τῆς θεοῦ",
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                            "urn": ""
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>excellence,</i> ἡ ἀ. τελείωσίς τις Arist. Metaph. 1021b20, cf. EN 1106a15, etc.; of persons, ἄνδρα πὺξ ἀρετὰν εὑρόντα Pi. O. 7.89, cf. P. 4.187, B. 9.13, etc.; τὸ φρονεῖν ἀ. μεγίστη Heraclit. 112: in pl., <i>forms of excellence,</i> μυρίαι ἀνδρῶν ἀ. B. 13.8, cf. Gorg. Fr. 8, etc.; δικαστοῦ αὕτη ἀ. Pl. Ap. 18a; esp. <i>moral virtue,</i> Democr. 179, 263, al., Gorg. Fr. 6; opp. κακία, X. Mem. 2.1.21, cf. Pl. R. 500d, Lg. 963a, 963c sq., D. 60.17, Arist. EN 1102a6, Pol. 1295a37, etc.; <i>good nature, kindness,</i> etc., E. Fr. 163.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19256",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἡ ἀ. τελείωσίς τις",
                        "ref": "Arist. Metaph. 1021b20",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:1021b.perseus-grc2.20"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19257",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἄνδρα πὺξ ἀρετὰν εὑρόντα",
                        "ref": "Pi. O. 7.89",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.89"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19258",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ φρονεῖν ἀ. μεγίστη",
                        "ref": "Heraclit. 112",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001.perseus-grc2:112"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19259",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μυρίαι ἀνδρῶν ἀ.",
                        "ref": "B. 13.8",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.8"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19260",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δικαστοῦ αὕτη ἀ.",
                        "ref": "Pl. Ap. 18a",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18a"
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "Hdt. 4.198, 7.5, Th. 1.2; ἡ ἐν ἀρετῇ κειμένη γῆ <i>productive</i> land, PTeb. 5.165 (ii B. C.); ἵππου Hdt. 3.88; κυνῶν, ἵππων, Pl. R. 335b; σκεύους ib. 601d; [ ἀστακοῦ] Archestr. Fr. 24; ἀ. βίου Pl. R. 618c; πολιτείας Lg. 886b, etc.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19261",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἵππου",
                            "ref": "Hdt. 3.88",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.88"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19262",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἀ. βίου",
                            "ref": "Pl. R. 618c",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19263",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "πολιτείας",
                            "ref": "Lg. 886b",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:886b"
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                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>prosperity,</i> Od. 13.45.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "ἀ. εἴς τινα <i>active merit, good service</i> done him, ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας Th. 3.58, cf. 2.40; ἀ. περί τινα X. An. 1.4.8; ἀνταποδοῦναι ἀ. Th. 4.19; ἀρετὰς παρασχέσθαι ὑπέρ τινος D. 19.312; ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα, freq. in honorary Inscrr., IG 2(2).107.14, etc.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19264",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας",
                    "ref": "Th. 3.58",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.58"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19265",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀ. περί τινα",
                    "ref": "X. An. 1.4.8",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:1.4.perseus-grc2.8"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19266",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀνταποδοῦναι ἀ.",
                    "ref": "Th. 4.19",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.19"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19267",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀρετὰς παρασχέσθαι ὑπέρ τινος",
                    "ref": "D. 19.312",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>reward</i> of excellence, <i>distinction, fame,</i> πλούτῳ δʼ ἀρετὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ Hes. Op. 313, cf. Sapph. 80, Pi. N. 5.53, al.; ἀθάνατος ἀ. S. Ph. 1420, Pl. Smp. 208d; ἃ ἆθλα τοῦ πολέμου τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐστίν, ἐλευθερία καὶ ἀ. Lycurg. 49; of God, δόξα καὶ ἀ. 2 Ep.Pet. 1.3: in pl., <i>glories,</i> Thgn. 30, Pi. N. 10.2, al.; πλοῦτος ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος Id. O. 2.53; γενναίων ἀ. πόνων E. HF 357 (lyr.), cf. Lys. 2.26; προγόνων ἀ. Pl. R. 618b; in LXX freq. of the <i>praises</i> of God, Is. 42.8, al.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19268",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πλούτῳ δʼ ἀρετὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ",
                    "ref": "Hes. Op. 313",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:313"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19269",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀθάνατος ἀ.",
                    "ref": "S. Ph. 1420",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἃ ἆθλα τοῦ πολέμου τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐστίν, ἐλευθερία καὶ ἀ.",
                    "ref": "Lycurg. 49",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc2:49"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19271",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "δόξα καὶ ἀ.",
                    "ref": "2 Ep.Pet. 1.3",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg022.perseus-grc2:1.3"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19272",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πλοῦτος ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος",
                    "ref": "Id. O. 2.53",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.53"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19273",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "γενναίων ἀ. πόνων",
                    "ref": "E. HF 357",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc2:357"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-19274",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "προγόνων ἀ.",
                    "ref": "Pl. R. 618b",
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            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "Ἀρετή personified, Prodic. 1, Arist. Fr. 675, Callix. 2, CIG 2786, SIG 985.10, etc.",
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              "label": "V",
              "definition": "ἡ ἀ. σου as a title, Your <i>worship,</i> PLips. 13 ii 20, etc.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "VI",
              "definition": "<i>engine of war,</i> Ath.Mech. 38.11.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "VII",
              "definition": "<i>plaster,</i> Androm. ap. Gal. 13.531.",
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