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  "headword": "ἐπιλαμβάνω",
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          "definition": "<i>take</i> or <i>get besides,</i> ἐπὶ τοῖς πεντήκοντα ταλάντοις ἑκατόν Arist. Pol. 1259a28: c. gen. partit., ἐ. τοῦ χρόνου <i>take a little more</i> time, M.Ant. 1.17; τῆς ἀρχῆς Paus. 9.14.5.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐπὶ τοῖς πεντήκοντα ταλάντοις ἑκατόν",
                "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1259a28",
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            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53090",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τῆς ἀρχῆς",
                "ref": "Paus. 9.14.5",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001:9.14.perseus-grc2.5"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
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              "definition": "",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n39984-0-0-0",
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>take, receive,</i> PEleph. 10.1 (iii B.C.), OGI 179.18 ( Egypt, i B.C.), etc.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>lay</i> <i>hold of, seize, attack,</i> as a disease, Hdt. 8.115, Hp. Aph. 6.51, Th. 2.51; of an enemy, Luc. Nav. 36:— Pass., ἐπείληπται νόσῳ S. Ant. 732; τὴν αἴσθησιν ἐπιληφθείς <i>becoming unconscious,</i> Plu. Flam. 6; ἐπελήφθη <i>had</i> <i>an epileptic fit,</i> Gal. 11.859.",
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              "citations": [
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53091",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπείληπται νόσῳ",
                    "ref": "S. Ant. 732",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:732"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "definition": "",
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                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>overtake, surprise,</i> μὴ . . χειμὼν τὴν φυλακὴν ἐπιλάβοι Th. 4.27; νυκτὸς ἐπιλαβούσης τὸ ἔργον ib. 96; ταχὺ ἐπιλαβὸν γῆρας Pl. Epin. 974a: impers., ἐπιλαμβάνει, c. acc. et inf., <i>it befalls</i> one <i>that . . ,</i> Paus. 6.22.4, 7.21.1.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53092",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "μὴ . . χειμὼν τὴν φυλακὴν ἐπιλάβοι",
                            "ref": "Th. 4.27",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.27"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53093",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ταχὺ ἐπιλαβὸν γῆρας",
                            "ref": "Pl. Epin. 974a",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg035.perseus-grc2:974a"
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                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>attain to, come</i> <i>within reach of, reach,</i> X. An. 6.5.6; ἔτη ὀκτὼ ἐ. πολέμου <i>live over</i> eight years, Th. 4.133; ἡμέρας ἑπτακαίδεκα τῆς ἑβδόμης ὑπατείας Plu. Mar. 46: c. gen. partit., ἐ. τετάρτου μηνός <i>arrive at,</i> of the foetus, Arist. HA 583b22 (but ἐ. τοῦ ἑνδεκάτου μηνός, of the mother, ib. 584a37); ὥστε καὶ τοῦ χειμῶνος ἐ. Thphr. HP 1.9.6.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53094",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἡμέρας ἑπτακαίδεκα τῆς ἑβδόμης ὑπατείας",
                        "ref": "Plu. Mar. 46",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg031.perseus-grc2:46"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>seize, stop,</i> esp. by pressure, τὴν ῥῖνα Ar. Pl. 703; ἐ. τὸ κλύσμα τῆς ὀπίσω ὁδοῦ Hdt. 2.87; ἐ. τὸ ὕδωρ <i>stop</i> the water-clock in court, Lys. 23.4, Is. 3.76; τὸν αὐλίσκον Arist. Ath. 67.3, cf. Pr. 866b13, Plb. 10.44.12; τὸ στόμα τοῖς ἐπικαλύμμασιν Arist. HA 527b21.",
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                  "citations": [
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53095",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὴν ῥῖνα",
                        "ref": "Ar. Pl. 703",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc2:703"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53096",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐ. τὸ κλύσμα τῆς ὀπίσω ὁδοῦ",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 2.87",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.87"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53097",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐ. τὸ ὕδωρ",
                        "ref": "Lys. 23.4",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg023.perseus-grc2:4"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53098",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸν αὐλίσκον",
                        "ref": "Arist. Ath. 67.3",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc2:67.3"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53099",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ στόμα τοῖς ἐπικαλύμμασιν",
                        "ref": "Arist. HA 527b21",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:527b.perseus-grc2.21"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>occupy</i> space, μηδὲν τῶν τῆς πόλεως . . οἰκοδομήμασι ἐ. Pl. Lg. 779c ( Med.); πλείω τόπον Arist. Cael. 305b19; πλατύτερον τόπον Plu. Cat.Ma. 5: metaph., πολὺν χῶρον ἐ. <i>get over</i> much ground, <i>traverse</i> it rapidly, Theoc. 13.65.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53100",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πλείω τόπον",
                        "ref": "Arist. Cael. 305b19",
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                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53101",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πλατύτερον τόπον",
                        "ref": "Plu. Cat.Ma. 5",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg025.perseus-grc2:5"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53102",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πολὺν χῶρον ἐ.",
                        "ref": "Theoc. 13.65",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.65"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>undertake,</i> τῆς κινήσεως, τῆς νήξεως, Ael. NA 5.18, 13.19.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>assist,</i> App. BC 4.96 (nisi leg. &lt;συν&gt;επιλ.).",
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "<i>succeed, follow,</i> Arist. Pr. 860a7.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "8",
                  "definition": "<i>take extra,</i> οἰνάριον Plu. Cat.Ma. 1; <i>take after</i> other food, Dsc. 2.112.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53103",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οἰνάριον",
                        "ref": "Plu. Cat.Ma. 1",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg025.perseus-grc2:1"
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                    }
                  ],
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Med. (with pf. ἐπείλημμαι Pl. Cra. 396d, D. 3.27), <i>hold oneself on by, lay hold of,</i> c. gen., τῶν νεῶν Hdt. 6.113, Th. 4.14, etc.; τῶν ἀφλάστων νεός Hdt. 6.114; τῶν ἐπισπαστήρων ib. 91; τῆς ἴτυος X. An. 4.7.12; τῶν ἁμαξῶν Plu. Oth. 3; ὅτου ἐπιλάβοιτο τὰ δρέπανα whomsoever the scythes <i>caught,</i> X. Cyr. 7.1.31; ἐπιλαμβάνεταί μου τῆς χειρὸς τῇ δεξιᾷ Pl. Prt. 335c; ἐπιλαβόμενός [τινος] τῇ χειρί D. 21.60; τῶν τριχῶν by the hair, Aeschin. 3.150; μὴ ʼπιλαμβάνου <i>hold</i> me not! E. Ph. 896.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπείλημμαι",
                    "ref": "Pl. Cra. 396d",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc2:396d"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53105",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τῶν νεῶν",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 6.113",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.113"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53106",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τῶν ἀφλάστων νεός",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 6.114",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.114"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53107",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τῆς ἴτυος",
                    "ref": "X. An. 4.7.12",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:4.7.perseus-grc2.12"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53108",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τῶν ἁμαξῶν",
                    "ref": "Plu. Oth. 3",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg066.perseus-grc2:3"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53109",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπιλαμβάνεταί μου τῆς χειρὸς τῇ δεξιᾷ",
                    "ref": "Pl. Prt. 335c",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022.perseus-grc2:335c"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53110",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπιλαβόμενός [τινος] τῇ χειρί",
                    "ref": "D. 21.60",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc2:60"
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                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>attack.</i> τινός X. HG 4.2.22; esp. with words, Pl. Phdr. 236b; of things, τῆς θερμασίας πόρων -ομένης Epieur. Ep. 2p.52U.; of diseases, Luc. Nigr. 29.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53111",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τινός",
                        "ref": "X. HG 4.2.22",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001:4.2.perseus-grc2.22"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>make a seizure of, arrest,</i> τῶν παίδων D. 33.9; <i>seize</i> goods in default of payment, Id. 21.133.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n39984-0-0-2-1",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53112",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῶν παίδων",
                        "ref": "D. 33.9",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg033.perseus-grc2:9"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>lay</i> <i>hands on in assertion of a claim,</i> Pl. Lg. 954c, POxy. 1707.15 (iii A.D.), etc.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>lay hold of, get, obtain,</i> προστάτεω a chief, Hdt. 1.127; προφάσιος ἔς τινα Id. 3.36, cf. 6.49; δυνάμιος Id. 9.99; καιροῦ Ar. Lys. 596; ἐξουσίας, γαλήνης, Pl. R. 360d, Plt. 273a, cf. PTeb. 48.20 (ii B.C.), etc.; ἐ. λογισμῷ, Lat. ratione assequi, Pl. Phd. 79a.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "προφάσιος ἔς τινα",
                        "ref": "Id. 3.36",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.36"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53114",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δυνάμιος",
                        "ref": "Id. 9.99",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.99"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53115",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "καιροῦ",
                        "ref": "Ar. Lys. 596",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc2:596"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>reach,</i> δασέος Arist. HA 629b15; τῶν ὀρῶν Plu. Ant. 41: metaph., of a state or condition, ἐρημίας ἐπειλημμένοι <i>having found</i> an empty field, i.e. an absence of all competitors, D. 3.27, cf. Arist. Pol. 1305b16.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δασέος",
                        "ref": "Arist. HA 629b15",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:629b.perseus-grc2.15"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53117",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῶν ὀρῶν",
                        "ref": "Plu. Ant. 41",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg058.perseus-grc2:41"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>attempt,</i> πράξεων μεγάλων Plu. Mar. 7.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n39984-0-0-2-4",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53118",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πράξεων μεγάλων",
                        "ref": "Plu. Mar. 7",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg031.perseus-grc2:7"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "inf., <i>undertake,</i> γεωργεῖν IG 7.2446 ( Thebes).",
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                            "quote": "γεωργεῖν",
                            "ref": "",
                            "urn": ""
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                      ],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "<i>touch on,</i> τινός Pl. R. 449d.",
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                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53120",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τινός",
                        "ref": "Pl. R. 449d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:449d"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "8",
                  "definition": "<i>take</i> <i>up, interrupt</i> in speaking, Id. Grg. 506b, Smp. 214e; <i>object to,</i> τοῦ ψηφίσματος X. HG 2.1.32; ἐ. ὅτι . . <i>object</i> that . . , Pl. R. 490c.",
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                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-53121",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοῦ ψηφίσματος",
                        "ref": "X. HG 2.1.32",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001:2.1.perseus-grc2.32"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "9",
                  "definition": "<i>seize,</i> τὰς Ἀθήνας (leg. λήψονται) Lycurg. 84.",
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                }
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