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  "headword": "βαλβίς",
  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n19254",
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    {
      "definition": "",
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n19254-0",
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          "definition": "<i>rope drawn across the race-course at the starting and finishing-point:</i> mostly in pl., <i>posts to which this rope was attached,</i> Ar. Eq. 1159: so in sg., <i>turning-post,</i> νῆσος β. ξεστῇ εἴκασται Philostr. VA 5.5: also, <i>platform from which the quoit was thrown,</i> Id. Im. 1.24: hence, <i>any starting-point,</i> Antipho Soph. 69; βαλβίδων ἄπο E. HF 867, cf. Ar. V. 548: metaph., ἕρπε πρὸς βαλβῖδα λυπηρὰν βίου E. Med. 1245; ἐκ β. εἰς τέρμα Them. Or. 13.177d; β. λόγου βέβληται Philostr. VS 2.20.3; βιβλίου AP 4.3b.75 ( Agath.); but, <i>edge,</i> ib. 39.",
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          "citations": [
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24659",
              "data": {
                "quote": "νῆσος β. ξεστῇ εἴκασται",
                "ref": "Philostr. VA 5.5",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.5"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24660",
              "data": {
                "quote": "βαλβίδων ἄπο",
                "ref": "E. HF 867",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc2:867"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24661",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἕρπε πρὸς βαλβῖδα λυπηρὰν βίου",
                "ref": "E. Med. 1245",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1245"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24662",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐκ β. εἰς τέρμα",
                "ref": "Them. Or. 13.177d",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg013.perseus-grc2:177d"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24663",
              "data": {
                "quote": "β. λόγου βέβληται",
                "ref": "Philostr. VS 2.20.3",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg003:2.20.perseus-grc2.3"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-24664",
              "data": {
                "quote": "βιβλίου",
                "ref": "AP 4.3b",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.3"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>the starting-point</i> was also <i>the goal,</i> βαλβῖδες was used for <i>any point to be gained,</i> as <i>the battlements</i> (by one scaling a wall), S. Ant. 131 (lyr.), cf. Lyc. 287, Opp. C. 1.513.",
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              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Gal. 19.87; v. foreg.",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n19254-0-0-1",
              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            }
          ]
        }
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    }
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  "key": "balbi/s",
  "type": "main"
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