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  "headword": "ἐπίσταμαι",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "-ασαι",
        "ref": "A. Pr. 376",
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      }
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54394",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐπίστᾳ",
        "ref": "Pi. P. 3.80",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.80"
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    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54395",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐπίστῃ",
        "ref": "Thgn. 1085",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1085"
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    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54396",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐπίστω",
        "ref": "S. OT 658",
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    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54397",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐπίστωμαι",
        "ref": "Pl. Euthd. 296a",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021.perseus-grc2:296a"
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54398",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἠπιστάμην",
        "ref": "A. Pr. 267",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:267"
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    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54399",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐπίστατο",
        "ref": "Il. 5.60",
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      }
    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54400",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐπ-",
        "ref": "5.42",
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      }
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54401",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἠπ-",
        "ref": "3.139",
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      }
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54402",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐπιστέατο",
        "ref": "8.132",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.132"
      }
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54403",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐπιστήσομαι",
        "ref": "Il. 21.320",
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      }
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54404",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἠπιστήθην",
        "ref": "Hdt. 3.15",
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              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>know</i> how to do, <i>be able</i> to do, <i>capable</i> of doing, c. inf., οὐδέ οἱ ὀστέʼ ἐπιστήσονται Ἀχαιοὶ ἀλλέξαι Il. 21.320, cf. Od. 13.207, Sapph. 70, etc.: Hom. has it both of intellectual power, ὅς τις ἐπίσταιτο ᾗσι φρεσὶν ἄρτια βάζειν Il. 14.92; ἐπιστάμεναι σάφα θυμῷ Od. 4.730; and of artistic skill, ὃς χερσὶν ἐπίστατο δαίδαλα πάντα τεύχειν Il. 5.60: freq. in Trag. and Att., οὔπω σωφρονεῖν ἐπίστασαι A. Pr. 982, cf. 1032, S. OT 589; πένεσθαι δʼ οὐκ ἐ. δόμος A. Ag. 962; ἐ. . . θεοὺς σέβειν E. Hipp. 996, cf. Alc. 566; κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐ. Ar. V. 989, cf. Pl. Smp. 223d, R. 420e, al.: without inf., σῷζʼ ὅπως ἐπίστασαι as best you <i>can,</i> A. Pr. 376, cf. Eu. 581.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54405",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οὐδέ οἱ ὀστέʼ ἐπιστήσονται Ἀχαιοὶ ἀλλέξαι",
                    "ref": "Il. 21.320",
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54406",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὅς τις ἐπίσταιτο ᾗσι φρεσὶν ἄρτια βάζειν",
                    "ref": "Il. 14.92",
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54407",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπιστάμεναι σάφα θυμῷ",
                    "ref": "Od. 4.730",
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54408",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὃς χερσὶν ἐπίστατο δαίδαλα πάντα τεύχειν",
                    "ref": "Il. 5.60",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.60"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54409",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οὔπω σωφρονεῖν ἐπίστασαι",
                    "ref": "A. Pr. 982",
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54410",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πένεσθαι δʼ οὐκ ἐ. δόμος",
                    "ref": "A. Ag. 962",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:962"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54411",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐ. . . θεοὺς σέβειν",
                    "ref": "E. Hipp. 996",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc2:996"
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              "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>to be assured, feel sure</i> that . . , τοῦτον ἐπίστανται πλεῖστα εἰδέναι Heraclit. 57, cf. Hdt. 3.134, 139, 6.139, al.: folld. by ὡς, Id. 1.122.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοῦτον ἐπίστανται πλεῖστα εἰδέναι",
                        "ref": "Heraclit. 57",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>understand</i> a matter, <i>know, be versed in</i> or <i>acquainted with,</i> πολλὰ δʼ ἐπίστατο ἔργα Il. 23.705, cf. Od. 2.117; Μουσέων δῶρον Archil. 1; τὴν τέχνην Hdt. 3.130; τὸ μέλλον A. Pers. 373; ἐμπειρίᾳ ἐ. τὴν ναυτικήν Th. 4.10; τὰς φύσεις ὑμῶν Id. 7.14; πάσας τὰς δημιουργίας Pl. R. 598c; ἔγωγε γράμματʼ οὐδʼ ἐ. Cratin. 122; τὸ μὴ ἐ. γράμματα illiteracy, PRyl. 73.19 (i B.C.), etc.; ἐ. ἱερατικὰ καὶ Αἰγύπτια γράμματα PTeb. 291.41 (ii A.D.); ἐ. μύθους τοὺς Αἰσώπου <i>know</i> them <i>by heart,</i> Pl. Phd. 61b, cf. Grg. 484b: also with an Adv., Συριστὶ ἐ. <i>know</i> Syrian, X. Cyr. 7.5.31; with acc. and inf. conjoined, A. Eu. 276; with inf. to expl. the acc., ἔργον δὲ μοῦνον ἐσθίειν ἐ. Semon. 7.24, cf. Archil. 65.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54413",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πολλὰ δʼ ἐπίστατο ἔργα",
                    "ref": "Il. 23.705",
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54414",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Μουσέων δῶρον",
                    "ref": "Archil. 1",
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54415",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὴν τέχνην",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 3.130",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.130"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54416",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὸ μέλλον",
                    "ref": "A. Pers. 373",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc2:373"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54417",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐμπειρίᾳ ἐ. τὴν ναυτικήν",
                    "ref": "Th. 4.10",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.10"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54418",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὰς φύσεις ὑμῶν",
                    "ref": "Id. 7.14",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.14"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54419",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πάσας τὰς δημιουργίας",
                    "ref": "Pl. R. 598c",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:598c"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54420",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐ. ἱερατικὰ καὶ Αἰγύπτια γράμματα",
                    "ref": "PTeb. 291.41",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Tebt.:291.perseus-grc2.41"
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              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "Hom., <i>know</i> as a fact, <i>know</i> <i>for certain,</i> ἐπισταμένοισι εὖ οὐκ ἄν τις λέγοι Hdt. 7.8.αʹ, etc.; used convertibly with εἰδέναι, Pl. Tht. 163b, Arist. APr. 66b31, Ph. 184a10; even χάριν ἐ., = χάριν εἰδέναι, Jul. Or. 8.246c (but sts. εἰδέναι is general, ἐπίστασθαι being confined to <i>scientific knowledge</i> ( ἐπιστήμη) , διὰ τὸ εἰδέναι τὸ ἐπίστασθαι ἐδίωκον Arist. Metaph. 982b21): freq.strengthd., εὖ ἐ. Hdt. l.c.; σαφῶς ἐ. A. Pr. 840, etc.: most freq. c. acc., τὰ διαφέροντα ἐ. And. 4.19, etc.; also ἐ. περί τινος Hdt. 2.3, Th. 6.60; περὶ θεῶν E. Fr. 795.4: folld. by a dependent clause, τί σφιν χρήσηται ἐ. Thgn. 772; ἐ. ὅτι . . , or ἐ. τοῦτο, ὅτι . . , Hdt. 1.3, 156, etc.; ὡς . . A. Pers. 599; τοῦτʼ ἐπίστασʼ, ὡς S. Aj. 1370; ἐ. αὐτὸν οἷς ψωμίζεται Ar. Eq. 715, etc.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54421",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπισταμένοισι εὖ οὐκ ἄν τις λέγοι",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 7.8.αʹ",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54422",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": ", διὰ τὸ εἰδέναι τὸ ἐπίστασθαι ἐδίωκον",
                        "ref": "Arist. Metaph. 982b21",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:982b.perseus-grc2.21"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54423",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐ. περί τινος",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 2.3",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.3"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54424",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "περὶ θεῶν",
                        "ref": "E. Fr. 795.4",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg020.perseus-grc2:795.4"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54425",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὡς . .",
                        "ref": "A. Pers. 599",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54426",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοῦτʼ ἐπίστασʼ, ὡς",
                        "ref": "S. Aj. 1370",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1370"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐ. αὐτὸν οἷς ψωμίζεται",
                        "ref": "Ar. Eq. 715",
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                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>know</i> a person, Ἀρίγνωτον γὰρ οὐδεὶς ὅστις οὐκ ἐ. Ar. Eq. 1278, cf. Muson. Fr. 3p.12H., Luc. Asin. 1; τὸν Ἰησοῦν γινώσκω καὶ τὸν Παῦλον ἐ. Act.Ap. 19.15; but ὁ παῖς τοὺς τεκόντας οὐκ ἐ. <i>does</i> not <i>know who</i> they <i>are,</i> E. Ion 51.",
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            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "part., in Prose and Trag., <i>know that</i> one is, has, etc., εὖ ἐ. αὐτὸς σχήσων Hdt. 5.42; ἐσθλὸς ὢν ἐπίστασο S. Aj. 1399, cf. Th. 2.44; also ὡς ὧδʼ ἐχόντων τῶνδʼ ἐ. σε χρή S. Aj. 281; ὡς φανέν γε τοὔπος ὧδʼ ἐ. Id. OT 848: c. dupl. acc., ἑαυτοὺς Φαυστύλου ἠπιστάμεθα παῖδας (sc. ὄντας) Plu. Rom. 7: c.acc. et inf., S. Ant. 1092, Lys. Fr. 53.1.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54428",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εὖ ἐ. αὐτὸς σχήσων",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 5.42",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.42"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54429",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐσθλὸς ὢν ἐπίστασο",
                    "ref": "S. Aj. 1399",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1399"
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                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὡς ὧδʼ ἐχόντων τῶνδʼ ἐ. σε χρή",
                    "ref": "S. Aj. 281",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:281"
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            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "pres. part. ἐπιστάμενος, η, ον, freq. as Adj., <i>knowing, understanding, skilful,</i> ἀνδρὸς ἐ. Od. 14.359; χαλεπὸν ἐ. περ ἐόντι Il. 19.80; καὶ μάλʼ ἐ. Od. 13.313; even of a dancerʼs feet, θρέξασκον ἐπισταμένοισι πόδεσσι Il. 18.599: also c.gen., φόρμιγγος ἐ. καὶ ἀοιδῆς <i>skilled, versed in</i> them, Od. 21.406: and c. dat., ἄκοντι Il. 15.282: hence,",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "χαλεπὸν ἐ. περ ἐόντι",
                    "ref": "Il. 19.80",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54432",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "θρέξασκον ἐπισταμένοισι πόδεσσι",
                    "ref": "Il. 18.599",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54433",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἄκοντι",
                    "ref": "Il. 15.282",
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              ],
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "Adv. ἐπιστᾰμένως <i>skilfully, expertly,</i> 7.317, Hes. Th. 87, etc.; εὖ καὶ ἐ. Il. 10.265, Od. 20.161, Hes. Op. 107; ἐ. πίνειν Thgn. 212; also in Prose, X. Cyr. 1.1.3, A.D. Adv. 146.7, Vett.Val. 298.2: c. inf., <i>with knowledge</i> how to . . , Epicur. Nat. 14.4. (Since ἐφίστημι τὸν νοῦν is used in the sense of ἐπίσταμαι, <i>attend, observe,</i> it is prob. that ἐπίσταμαι is merely an old med. form of ἐφίστημι, cf. Arist. Ph. 247b11 τῷ γὰρ ἠρεμῆσαι καὶ στῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἐπίστασθαι . . λέγομεν, and v. ἐπίστασις II.2.)",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐ. πίνειν",
                        "ref": "Thgn. 212",
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