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  "headword": "βέλτιστος",
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          "definition": "<i>best, most excellent,</i> β. ἀνὴρ γενενῆσθαι περὶ τὸν δῆμον Ar. Eq. 765; ὦ βέλτιστε or β., a common mode of address, <i>my dear friend,</i> Id. Pl. 1172, Antiph. 289, Pl. R. 337e, etc.; ὦ βέλτιστε σύ Eub. 106; ὦ β. ἀνδρῶν Pl. Grg. 515a; ὦ ἄριστε καὶ β. Id. Lg. 902a; βέντισθʼ οὗτος Theoc. 5.76; ὑπὲρ τὸ β. A. Ag. 378; οἱ β. or τὸ β. <i>the aristocracy,</i> X. HG 5.2.6, Cyr. 8.1.16, Ath. 1.5, etc.; τὸ β., in Philos., <i>the highest good,</i> Pl. Phd. 99a, 99b, Epict. Ench. 51, etc.; τὰ β. βουλεύειν Th. 4.68; οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ β. ἀναστρέφεσθαι SIG 593.7 (ii B. C.), PTeb. 282.8 (ii A. D.). Adv. βέλτιστα X. Oec. 7.29, etc.; βελτίστως Simp. in Cael. 419.25.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "β. ἀνὴρ γενενῆσθαι περὶ τὸν δῆμον",
                "ref": "Ar. Eq. 765",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc2:765"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-25390",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὦ βέλτιστε σύ",
                "ref": "Eub. 106",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001.perseus-grc2:106"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-25391",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὦ β. ἀνδρῶν",
                "ref": "Pl. Grg. 515a",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023.perseus-grc2:515a"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-25392",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὦ ἄριστε καὶ β.",
                "ref": "Id. Lg. 902a",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:902a"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-25393",
              "data": {
                "quote": "βέντισθʼ οὗτος",
                "ref": "Theoc. 5.76",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.76"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-25394",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὑπὲρ τὸ β.",
                "ref": "A. Ag. 378",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:378"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-25395",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὰ β. βουλεύειν",
                "ref": "Th. 4.68",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.68"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-25396",
              "data": {
                "quote": "οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ β. ἀναστρέφεσθαι",
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              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-25397",
              "data": {
                "quote": "βέλτιστα",
                "ref": "X. Oec. 7.29",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-25398",
              "data": {
                "quote": "βελτίστως",
                "ref": "Simp. in Cael. 419.25",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg002.perseus-grc2:419.25"
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