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  "headword": "ἐπίκουρος",
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          "definition": "<i>helper, ally,</i> Hom. only in Il., mostly in pl. of the barbarian <i>allies</i> of Troy, Τρῶες . . ἠδʼ ἐ. 2.815; Τρῶες καὶ Δάρδανοι ἠδʼ ἐ. 3.456, al., cf. Hdt. 2.152, 3.91, al.",
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                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>mercenary troops,</i> opp. citizen-soldiers, ἐπικούρους προσμισθοῦσθαι Th. 2.33, cf. Hdt. 1.154, 2.163, 3.145, Lys. 12.94, X. HG 7.1.12, etc.; ἀπὸ Ἀρκαδίας ἐπίκουροι Hermipp. 63.18; used as body-guard by tyrants, Hdt. 1.64, 6.39, Th. 6.55, 58.",
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                        "quote": "ἐπικούρους προσμισθοῦσθαι",
                        "ref": "Th. 2.33",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀπὸ Ἀρκαδίας ἐπίκουροι",
                        "ref": "Hermipp. 63.18",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0252.tlg001.perseus-grc2:63.18"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "οἱ ἐ. the <i>guards,</i> the military class in Platoʼs Republic, R. 414b, 415a, 545d.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Adj., <i>assisting, aiding,</i> c. dat. pers., Ἀφροδίτη ἦλθεν Ἄρῃ ἐπίκουρος Il. 21.431; βῆναι ἐ. τινι Pi. O. 13.97; ταῖς νήσοις ἐ. Ar. Eq. 1319; τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις ἐ. Th. 3.67: c. gen. pers., βροτῶν ἐπίκουρε their <i>defender,</i> h. Mart. 9; τῶν ἀνθρώπων, of Eros, Pl. Smp. 189d: abs., <i>patron, protector,</i> δεσπότης ἐ. X. Cyr. 7.5.61.",
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                    "quote": "Ἀφροδίτη ἦλθεν Ἄρῃ ἐπίκουρος",
                    "ref": "Il. 21.431",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52930",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "βῆναι ἐ. τινι",
                    "ref": "Pi. O. 13.97",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.97"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τῶν ἀνθρώπων, of Eros,",
                    "ref": "Pl. Smp. 189d",
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              ],
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>defending</i> or <i>protecting against,</i> νόσου E. Or. 211 (troch.); πῦρ ἐ. ψύχους, σκότους, X. Mem. 4.3.7; Λαβδακίδαις ἐ. θανάτων <i>protecting</i> them <i>against</i> deaths, S. OT 496 (lyr.); πατρὶ αἱμάτων ἐ. E. El. 138 (lyr.).",
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                        "quote": "νόσου",
                        "ref": "E. Or. 211",
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