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  "headword": "ἄωτον",
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          "definition": "<i>the choicest, the flower of its kind</i>: in Hom. mostly of the <i>finest wool,</i> οἰὸς ἄωτον Il. 13.599, 716, Od. 1.443; without οἰός (which must be supplied from the context), <i>flock, down,</i> 9.434; once of the <i>finest linen,</i> λίνοιό τε λεπτὸν ἄωτον Il. 9.661; of the golden fleece, χρύσεον ἄωτον A.R. 4.176, cf. Orph. A. 1336; ἄκρον ἄωτον [ὕδατος], of <i>pure</i> water, Call. Ap. 112; of the <i>foam</i> on a wave, κύματος ἄκρῳ ἀ. Id. Hec. Fr. 260.57 Pf. [updated ref.]; μέλιτος ἄ. γλυκύς Pi. Pae. 6.59: freq. in Pi., ἄ. ζωᾶς <i>the prime</i> or <i>flower</i> of life, Id. I. 5(4).12; ἄ. στεφάνων <i>the fairest</i> of . . , ib. 6(5).4, cf. O. 5.1; Χαρίτων ἄ. their <i>fairest gift,</i> Id. I. 8(7).16; σοφίας ἄκρος ἄ. the <i>choicest gift</i> of minstrelʼs art, ib. 7(6).18; ἄ. γλώσσας, i.e. a song, ib. 1.51; ὕμνων Id. P. 10.53; δίκας ἄ. Id. N. 3.29; Ἀφροδίτας . . ἄωτον A. Supp. 666 (lyr.): rarely in pl., στεφάνων ἄωτοι Pi. O. 9.19; ἡρώων ἄωτοι Id. N. 8.9; ῥόδων ἄωτοι Simon. 148: in Epitaphs, θνῄσκω . . ἀκμᾶς ἐν ἀώτῳ <i>in the flower</i> of youth, IG 3.1328; τὸν . . ἄωτον τοῦ δήμου CIG 2804, cf. Epigr.Gr. 455.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "οἰὸς ἄωτον",
                "ref": "Il. 13.599",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24325",
              "data": {
                "quote": "λίνοιό τε λεπτὸν ἄωτον",
                "ref": "Il. 9.661",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24326",
              "data": {
                "quote": "χρύσεον ἄωτον",
                "ref": "A.R. 4.176",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.176"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24327",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κύματος ἄκρῳ ἀ.",
                "ref": "Id. Hec. Fr. 260.57 Pf. [updated ref.]",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg009.perseus-grc2:260.57"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24328",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μέλιτος ἄ. γλυκύς",
                "ref": "Pi. Pae. 6.59",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005.perseus-grc2:6.59"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὕμνων",
                "ref": "Id. P. 10.53",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "δίκας ἄ.",
                "ref": "Id. N. 3.29",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc2:3.29"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24331",
              "data": {
                "quote": "Ἀφροδίτας . . ἄωτον",
                "ref": "A. Supp. 666",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc2:666"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24332",
              "data": {
                "quote": "στεφάνων ἄωτοι",
                "ref": "Pi. O. 9.19",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.19"
              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24333",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἡρώων ἄωτοι",
                "ref": "Id. N. 8.9",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc2:8.9"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24334",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ῥόδων ἄωτοι",
                "ref": "Simon. 148",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24335",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὸν . . ἄωτον τοῦ δήμου",
                "ref": "",
                "urn": ""
              }
            }
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>that which gives honour and glory</i> to a thing, ἄ. ἵππων <i>a song in praise of</i> horses, Pi. O. 3.4; χειρῶν ἄ. ἐπίνικον Id. O. 8.75.—The gender is indeterminate in Hom. and A.; Pi. always has ἄωτος, and so Theoc. 13.27; A.R. and later Ep. ἄωτον ( Opp. C. 4.154, οἰὸς ἄωτα in pl.).",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "χειρῶν ἄ. ἐπίνικον",
                    "ref": "Id. O. 8.75",
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