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  "headword": "διφθέρα",
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          "definition": "<i>prepared hide, piece of leather,</i> Hdt. 1.194; ἐκ διφθερέων πεποιημέναι κυνέαι Id. 7.77; διφθέραι, opp. δέρρεις (hides), Th. 2.75; of a <i>drum,</i> Hero Aut. 20.4; esp. as writing-material, τὰς βύβλους διφθέρας καλέουσι ἀπὸ τοῦ παλαιοῦ οἱ Ἴωνες Hdt. 5.58; δ. μελαγγραφεῖς E. Fr. 627; δ. βασιλικαί, of Persian records, Ctes. ap. D.S. 2.32; δ. ἱεραί, at Carthage, Plu. Fac.lun. 2.942c; χαλκαῖ δ., Aet.Gr. ib. 297a, cf. Sch. Il. 1.175: prov., ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγεις Diogenian. 3.2; used for bindings, διφθέρας περιβάλλειν (sc. βιβλίοις) Luc. Ind. 16.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐκ διφθερέων πεποιημέναι κυνέαι",
                "ref": "Id. 7.77",
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                "quote": "τὰς βύβλους διφθέρας καλέουσι ἀπὸ τοῦ παλαιοῦ οἱ Ἴωνες",
                "ref": "Hdt. 5.58",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-35467",
              "data": {
                "quote": "δ. μελαγγραφεῖς",
                "ref": "E. Fr. 627",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg020.perseus-grc2:627"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-35468",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγεις",
                "ref": "Diogenian. 3.2",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0097.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.2"
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          ],
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>anything made of leather, leathern jerkin,</i> Ar. Nu. 72, Pl. Cri. 53d, SIG 1259.6 (iv B. C.), Men. Epit. 12, Luc. Tim. 6, 38, Arr. An. 7.9.2, etc.; properly, <i>of goatskin,</i> opp. μηλωτή, Ammon. Diff. p.44 V.",
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              "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>wallet, bag,</i> X. An. 5.2.12, Lib. Or. 58.5.",
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                },
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>skins used as tents,</i> X. An. 1.5.10, Phylarch. 41 J.",
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