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  "headword": "ἐλαφρός",
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          "definition": "<i>light in weight,</i> τόν οἱ ἐ. ἔθηκε (sc. λᾶαν) Il. 12.450; ξύλου ἐλαφρότερα Hdt. 3.23; πῦρ Parm. 8.57; opp. βαρύς, Pl. Ti. 63c, etc.; in Epitaphs, γαῖαν ἔχοις ἐλαφράν ‘sit tibi terra levis’, Epigr.Gr. 195 ( Vaxos), cf. Sammelb. 315. Adv., τά (sc. δένδρεα) οἱ πλώοιεν ἐλαφρῶς Od. 5.240.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ξύλου ἐλαφρότερα",
                "ref": "Hdt. 3.23",
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                "quote": "πῦρ",
                "ref": "Parm. 8.57",
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                "quote": "οἱ πλώοιεν ἐλαφρῶς",
                "ref": "Od. 5.240",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>light to bear, easy,</i> καί κεν ἐλαφρότερος πόλεμος Τρώεσσι γένοιτο Il. 22.287; συμφορὰν ἐλαφροτέραν καταστῆσαι Antipho 3.3.12; πόνος -ότερος ἑαυτοῦ συνηθείῃ γίνεται Democr. 241: later, Comp. ἐλαφρώτερον ἄλγος Max. 173; ἐλαφρόν [ἐστι] ʼtis <i>light, easy,</i> Pi. N. 7.77, A. Pr. 265, etc.; <i>easy to understand,</i> [ προβλήματα] ἐ. καὶ πιθανά Plu. Sanit. 2.133e, cf. D.Chr. 18.11; ἐν ἐλαφρῷ ποιήσασθαί τι to make <i>light</i> of a thing, Hdt. 3.154; οὐκ ἐν ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Id. 1.118; οὐκ ἐν ἐ. no <i>light matter,</i> Theoc. 22.212. Adv. -ρῶς, φέρειν ζυγόν to bear it <i>lightly,</i> Pi. P. 2.93.",
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                        "quote": "καί κεν ἐλαφρότερος πόλεμος Τρώεσσι γένοιτο",
                        "ref": "Il. 22.287",
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-42994",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "συμφορὰν ἐλαφροτέραν καταστῆσαι",
                        "ref": "Antipho 3.3.12",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc2:3.12"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-42995",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πόνος -ότερος ἑαυτοῦ συνηθείῃ γίνεται",
                        "ref": "Democr. 241",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001.perseus-grc2:241"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-42996",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐλαφρώτερον ἄλγος",
                        "ref": "Max. 173",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-42997",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "προβλήματα] ἐ. καὶ πιθανά",
                        "ref": "Plu. Sanit. 2.133e",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg077.perseus-grc2:133e"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-42998",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐκ ἐν ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι",
                        "ref": "Id. 1.118",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.118"
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>light of digestion,</i> Plu. Sanit. 2.137a.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>shallow,</i> διάπλους Peripl.M.Rubr. 55; δῖναι ib. 40.",
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                        "quote": "διάπλους",
                        "ref": "Peripl.M.Rubr. 55",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0071.tlg001.perseus-grc2:55"
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                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "Act., <i>ease-giving,</i> B. Fr. 8, Theoc. 2.92.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>light in moving, nimble,</i> γυῖα δʼ ἔθηκεν ἐ. Il. 5.122; ἦ μάλʼ ἐ. ἀνήρ 16.745; ἐλαφρότατος ποσσί 23.749; χεῖρες . . ἐπαΐσσονται ἐ. ib. 628; κίρκος . . ἐλαφρότατος πετεηνῶν 22.139, Od. 13.87; [ ἵπποι] ἐλαφρότατοι θείειν 3.370; ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς A. Pr. 125 (anap.); ἐ. ποδί ib. 281 (anap.); γονάτων ἐλαφρὸν ὁρμάν Pi. N. 5.20; ἐ. ποδῶν ἴχνιʼ ἀειράμεναι Fr.anon. IEG (West) 11; ἐλαφρὰ ἡλικία the age of <i>active</i> youth, X. Mem. 3.5.27; ἐλαφροί, οἱ, <i>light troops,</i> Id. An. 4.2.27 (restricted to cavalry who fight at close quarters, Ascl. Tact. 1.3): metaph., πόλιας θῆκεν ἐλαφροτέρας made them <i>easier in condition,</i> Epigr.Gr. 905 ( Gortyn). Adv. -ρῶς <i>nimbly,</i> Ar. Ach. 217; ὀρχεῖσθαι πυρρίχην X. An. 6.1.12.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἦ μάλʼ ἐ. ἀνήρ",
                    "ref": "16.745",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-43001",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐλαφρότατος ποσσί",
                    "ref": "23.749",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-43002",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κίρκος . . ἐλαφρότατος πετεηνῶν",
                    "ref": "22.139",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-43003",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἵπποι] ἐλαφρότατοι θείειν",
                    "ref": "3.370",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.370"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-43004",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς",
                    "ref": "A. Pr. 125",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:125"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-43005",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "γονάτων ἐλαφρὸν ὁρμάν",
                    "ref": "Pi. N. 5.20",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc2:5.20"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-43006",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐ. ποδῶν ἴχνιʼ ἀειράμεναι",
                    "ref": "Fr.anon. IEG (West) 11",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0234.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-43007",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὀρχεῖσθαι πυρρίχην",
                    "ref": "X. An. 6.1.12",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:6.1.perseus-grc2.12"
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>light-minded, unsteady, fickle,</i> πᾶν πλῆθός ἐστιν ἐ. Plb. 6.56.11; ἐ. λύσσα <i>light-headed</i> madness, E. Ba. 851.",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>gentle, mild,</i> σφᾶς αὐτοὺς -οτάτους τοῖς συνοῦσι παρέχοντας Isoc. 12.31, cf. Pl. Ep. 360c.",
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                            "quote": "σφᾶς αὐτοὺς -οτάτους τοῖς συνοῦσι παρέχοντας",
                            "ref": "Isoc. 12.31",
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>small,</i> ποταμός Plb. 16.17.7; <i>of small power</i> or <i>strength,</i> πόλεις Id. 5.62.6.",
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                        "quote": "ποταμός",
                        "ref": "Plb. 16.17.7",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:16.17.perseus-grc2.7"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πόλεις",
                        "ref": "Id. 5.62.6",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:5.62.perseus-grc2.6"
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                    }
                  ],
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>relieved</i> of a burden, ψυχὴ ἐ. καὶ διʼ αὑτῆς Plot. 4.3.32.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ψυχὴ ἐ. καὶ διʼ αὑτῆς",
                        "ref": "Plot. 4.3.32",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:4.3.perseus-grc2.32"
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                  ],
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "Ἐλαφρός· Ζεὺς ἐν Κρήτῃ, Hsch.",
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