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  "headword": "ἐπισπάω",
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          "definition": "<i>draw</i> or <i>drag after</i> one, Hdt. 2.121.δʹ; ἦγʼ ἐπισπάσας κόμης by the hair, E. Hel. 116, cf. Tr. 882, Andr. 710:— Med., X. An. 4.7.14:— Pass., ἐπισπασθῆναι τῇ χειρί with the hand, Th. 4.130.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>bring on, cause,</i> τοσόνδε πλῆθος πημάτων A. Pers. 477.",
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                        "quote": "τοσόνδε πλῆθος πημάτων",
                        "ref": "A. Pers. 477",
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                },
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>pull to,</i> τὴν θύραν X. HG 6.4.36; cf. ἐπισπαστήρ: ἐπισπασθέντος τοῦ βρόχου <i>being drawn tight,</i> D. 24.139.",
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                        "quote": "τὴν θύραν",
                        "ref": "X. HG 6.4.36",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>attract,</i> <i>gain, win,</i> πέποιθα τοῦτʼ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος S. Aj. 769:—freq. in Med., ἐπισπᾶσθαι κέρδος Hdt. 3.72; εὔνοιαν Plb. 3.98.9; χάριν SIG 685.40 ( Magn. Mae., ii B.C.); ἔχθραν AP 11.340 ( Pall.); <i>welcome,</i> Ph. 1.384; ἐπισπᾶσθαι πώγωνα <i>get one</i> a beard, Luc. JTr. 16; <i>induce,</i> ὕπνον ἐκπώμασιν Lib. Or. 56.26; <i>attract,</i> σίδηρον Phld. Sign. 1.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πέποιθα τοῦτʼ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος",
                        "ref": "S. Aj. 769",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:769"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπισπᾶσθαι κέρδος",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 3.72",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εὔνοιαν",
                        "ref": "Plb. 3.98.9",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χάριν",
                        "ref": "",
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                      }
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔχθραν",
                        "ref": "AP 11.340",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54335",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὕπνον ἐκπώμασιν",
                        "ref": "Lib. Or. 56.26",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004.perseus-grc2:56.26"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54336",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σίδηρον",
                        "ref": "Phld. Sign. 1",
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                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>draw on,</i> <i>allure, persuade,</i> τὴν ψυχήν Pl. Cra. 420a:— Med., ὁ λόγος . . ἂν ἐπισπάσαιτο Th. 3.44, cf. 5.111; ἐ. ἡ πέρδιξ [τὸν θηρεύοντα] Arist. HA 613b19; θάτερον παρεμπῖπτον ἐπεσπάσατο . . τὸ ἕτερον ἐπινόημα <i>induced, provoked,</i> Epicur. Nat. 137 G.: c. inf., <i>induce</i> to do, ἐπισπάσασθαι [ἂν] αὐτοὺς ἡγεῖτο προθυμήσεσθαι he thought it would <i>induce, invite</i> them to make the venture, dub. l. in Th. 4.9; ἐπισπᾶσθαί τινα ἐμπλησθῆναι δακρύων τὰ ὄμματα X. Cyr. 5.5.10; ἐ. τοὺς πολεμίους ἐφʼ ἑαυτόν Plu. Phil. 18, cf. Mar. 11, 21, 26; but τοὺς πολεμίους εἰς τόπους <i>allure, entice,</i> Plb. 3.110.2, etc.:— Pass., ἐπισπώμενον εἰς τἀναντία πολλάκις ἅμα though often he <i>is being drawn</i> in opposite directionsatonce, Pl. Lg. 863e; φοβοῦμαι μὴ πάντες . . ἐπισπασθῶσιν πέρα τοῦ συμφέροντος [πολεμῆσαι] D. 5.19; πολύ τι μᾶλλον ἐπεσπάσμεθα OGI 223.18 (iii B.C.); ἐπεσπάσθην φιλονεικεῖν Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1055.23F.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὴν ψυχήν",
                        "ref": "Pl. Cra. 420a",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὁ λόγος . . ἂν ἐπισπάσαιτο",
                        "ref": "Th. 3.44",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.44"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54339",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπισπᾶσθαί τινα ἐμπλησθῆναι δακρύων τὰ ὄμματα",
                        "ref": "X. Cyr. 5.5.10",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:5.5.perseus-grc2.10"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54340",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐ. τοὺς πολεμίους ἐφʼ ἑαυτόν",
                        "ref": "Plu. Phil. 18",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg027.perseus-grc2:18"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54341",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πολύ τι μᾶλλον ἐπεσπάσμεθα",
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                        "urn": ""
                      }
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54342",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπεσπάσθην φιλονεικεῖν",
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                        "urn": ""
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                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "Med., <i>absorb,</i> τὰ σιτία -σπᾶται τὴν ὑγρότητα Arist. Pr. 868b30; τὰ ἐριναστὰ [σῦκα] ἐ. τὸν ὀπόν Thphr. CP 2.9.12; <i>quaff,</i> of a drinker, ἀπνευστὶ ἐ. Gal. 15.500, cf. Luc. DDeor. 8[5].4; of infants, <i>suck,</i> γάλα Sor. 1.88; of cupping instruments, Hp. VM 22; <i>draw in,</i> πνεῦμα Phld. D. 3.13:— Pass., of air, <i>to be sucked</i> <i>in,</i> Arist. Pr. 931b22.",
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                        "quote": "τὰ σιτία -σπᾶται τὴν ὑγρότητα",
                        "ref": "Arist. Pr. 868b30",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:868b.perseus-grc2.30"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὰ ἐριναστὰ [σῦκα] ἐ. τὸν ὀπόν",
                        "ref": "Thphr. CP 2.9.12",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:2.9.perseus-grc2.12"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "γάλα",
                        "ref": "Sor. 1.88",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πνεῦμα",
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                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "Med., <i>draw in, call in,</i> Πύρρον Plb. 1.6.5; φυλακὴν καὶ βοήθειαν παρά τινος ib. 7.6; μάρτυρας -ᾶται τοὺς μουσικούς Phld. Po. 5.1425.8:— Pass., <i>to be called in, forced to work,</i> εἴς τι PTeb. 27.4 (ii B.C.).",
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                        "quote": "Πύρρον",
                        "ref": "Plb. 1.6.5",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μάρτυρας -ᾶται τοὺς μουσικούς",
                        "ref": "Phld. Po. 5.1425.8",
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                        "quote": "εἴς τι",
                        "ref": "PTeb. 27.4",
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                  "label": "8",
                  "definition": "Pass., of the sea, ἐπισπωμένη βιαιότερον <i>returning</i> <i>with a rush</i> after having retired, Th. 3.89.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>overturn</i>: hence proverb., ὅλην τὴν ἅμαξαν ἐπεσπάσω you <i>have ‘upset</i> the apple-cart’, Luc. Pseudol. 32.",
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            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Med., <i>draw the prepuce forward, become as</i> <i>if uncircumcised,</i> μὴ ἐπισπάσθω 1 Ep.Cor. 7.18; of the nurse, ἐπισπάσθω τὴν ἀκροποσθίαν Sor. 1.113.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μὴ ἐπισπάσθω",
                    "ref": "1 Ep.Cor. 7.18",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc2:7.18"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπισπάσθω τὴν ἀκροποσθίαν",
                    "ref": "Sor. 1.113",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.113"
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