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          "definition": "<i>shield,</i> εὔκυκλος Il. 14.428, al.; κυκλοτερής Hdt. 1.194; ἀσπίδος κύκλος A. Th. 489; ὀμφαλόεσσα Il. 4.448, al.; opp. Thracian πέλτη and Persian γέρρον, X. An. 2.1.6, Mem. 3.9.2; ἀσπίδα ῥῖψαι, ἀποβαλεῖν, Anacr. 28, Ar. V. 19, cf. Hdt. 5.95: to estimate a victory, ἀσπίδας ἔλαβον ὡς διακοσίας X. HG 1.2.3: metaph., οὗτος γὰρ ἡμῖν ἀ. οὐ μικρὰ θράσους A. Ag. 1437; τὴν ἀ. ἀποβέβληκεν τοῦ βίου Nicostr.Com. 29, cf. Lib. Or. 62.47.",
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                "quote": "εὔκυκλος",
                "ref": "Il. 14.428",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "κυκλοτερής",
                "ref": "Hdt. 1.194",
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                "quote": "ἀσπίδος κύκλος",
                "ref": "A. Th. 489",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:489"
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                "quote": "ὀμφαλόεσσα",
                "ref": "Il. 4.448",
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                "quote": "ἀσπίδας ἔλαβον ὡς διακοσίας",
                "ref": "X. HG 1.2.3",
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                "quote": "οὗτος γὰρ ἡμῖν ἀ. οὐ μικρὰ θράσους",
                "ref": "A. Ag. 1437",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1437"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20856",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὴν ἀ. ἀποβέβληκεν τοῦ βίου",
                "ref": "Nicostr.Com. 29",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0484.tlg001.perseus-grc2:29"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>body of men-at-arms,</i> ὀκτακισχιλίη ἀ. Hdt. 5.30, cf. E. Ph. 78, X. An. 1.7.10.",
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                        "quote": "ὀκτακισχιλίη ἀ.",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 5.30",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "ἐπʼ ἀσπίδας πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι τάξασθαι to be drawn up twenty-five <i>deep</i> or <i>in file,</i> Th. 4.93; στρατιὰν τεταγμένην οὐκ ἐπʼ ὀλίγων ἀσπίδων Id. 7.79; ἵστασθαι ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἀσπίδας Ar. Fr. 66; ἐπὶ μιᾶς ἀσπίδος in single line, Isoc. 6.99; ἐπʼ ἀσπίδα, παρʼ ἀσπίδα (opp. ἐπὶ δόρυ), <i>on the left, towards</i> or <i>to the left,</i> because the <i>shield</i> was on the left arm, X. Cyr. 7.5.6, An. 4.3.26; παρʼ ἀσπίδος A. Th. 624; ἐξ ἀσπίδος Plb. 11.23.5; but παρʼ ἀσπίδα, literally, beside <i>the shield,</i> Il. 16.400; παρʼ ἀ. στῆναι stand in <i>battle,</i> E. Med. 250, Ph. 1001; παρʼ ἀ. βεβηκέναι ib. 1073; ἐκπονεῖν Id. Or. 653, cf. Hel. 734; ἐς ἀσπίδʼ ἥξειν Id. Ph. 1326; ἀσπίδας συγκλείειν (cf. συγκλείω) ; ἀσπίδα τίθεσθαι <i>serve in the ranks,</i> Pl. Lg. 756a; but θέσθαι τὰς ἀ. pile <i>shields,</i> X. HG 2.4.12; ἐπειδὰν ἀ. ψοφῇ when the <i>shields</i> ring, i.e. when two bodies of men meet in a charge, Id. An. 4.3.29; ἀσπίδα ἀναδέξαι, ἆραι, as a signal, Hdt. 6.115, X. HG 2.1.27.",
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                        "quote": "στρατιὰν τεταγμένην οὐκ ἐπʼ ὀλίγων ἀσπίδων",
                        "ref": "Id. 7.79",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἵστασθαι ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἀσπίδας",
                        "ref": "Ar. Fr. 66",
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                        "quote": "παρʼ ἀσπίδος",
                        "ref": "A. Th. 624",
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                        "quote": "ἐξ ἀσπίδος",
                        "ref": "Plb. 11.23.5",
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                        "quote": "ἐκπονεῖν",
                        "ref": "Id. Or. 653",
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                        "quote": "ἐς ἀσπίδʼ ἥξειν",
                        "ref": "Id. Ph. 1326",
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                        "quote": "; ἀσπίδα τίθεσθαι",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 756a",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "Aristopho 14.",
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                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>boss</i> on a door, IG 4.1484.79 (Epid.).",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>asp, Egyptian cobra, Coluber haié,</i> Hdt. 4.191, Men. 702, Nic. Th. 158, Ph. 2.570, Ael. NA 10.31; a play on signff. I and II, Ar. V. 23.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>ornament</i> in this form, OGI 90.43 ( Rosetta).",
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