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  "headword": "ἐπίσχω",
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          "definition": "<i>hold</i> or <i>direct towards,</i> ἐπίσχειν ὠκέας ἵππους Il. 17.465; νῶϊν against us, Hes. Sc. 350 ; [ σελάννα] φάος ἐπίσχει θάλασσαν ἐπʼ ἀλμύραν Sapph. 96.9 L.-P..",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐπίσχειν ὠκέας ἵππους",
                "ref": "Il. 17.465",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.465"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54794",
              "data": {
                "quote": "φάος ἐπίσχει θάλασσαν ἐπʼ ἀλμύραν",
                "ref": "Sapph. 96.9 L.-P.",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001.perseus-grc2:96.9"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>restrain, keep in check,</i> ἔπισχε μένος Hes. Sc. 446; τόδε γε [ τὸ δέος] οὐδὲν ἐπίσχει Th. 3.45, cf. Pl. Lg. 932e, Phlb. 45d; τὸ ἐπίσχον <i>obstruction,</i> Arist. Cael. 311a9: c. gen., ἐπίσχετε θυμὸν ἐνιπῆς καὶ χειρῶν Od. 20.266 ; τινὰ τοῦ θράσους Pl. Hp.Ma. 298a:— Med., ἐπισχόμεναι ἑανῶν πτύχας <i>girding up,</i> h.Cer. 176 ; ἐπίσχετʼ ὀργῇ χεῖρας Euphro 8.3 (dub.):— Pass., <i>to be stopped,</i> ἐπίσχεται τὸ τῆς κοιλίας Thphr. Sud. 20.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54795",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἔπισχε μένος",
                    "ref": "Hes. Sc. 446",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc2:446"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54796",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οὐδὲν ἐπίσχει",
                    "ref": "Th. 3.45",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.45"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54797",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὸ ἐπίσχον",
                    "ref": "Arist. Cael. 311a9",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:311a.perseus-grc2.9"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54798",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπίσχετε θυμὸν ἐνιπῆς καὶ χειρῶν",
                    "ref": "Od. 20.266",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.266"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54799",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τινὰ τοῦ θράσους",
                    "ref": "Pl. Hp.Ma. 298a",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025.perseus-grc2:298a"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54800",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπισχόμεναι ἑανῶν πτύχας",
                    "ref": "h.Cer. 176",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc2:176"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54801",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπίσχετʼ ὀργῇ χεῖρας",
                    "ref": "Euphro 8.3",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0460.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.3"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-54802",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπίσχεται τὸ τῆς κοιλίας",
                    "ref": "Thphr. Sud. 20",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010.perseus-grc2:20"
                  }
                }
              ],
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            },
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>leave off, stop, wait,</i> ἔπισχε <i>hold!</i> E. El. 758.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἔπισχε",
                    "ref": "E. El. 758",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc2:758"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>cease from,</i> τοῦ γράφειν Pl. Phdr. 257c, cf. Prm. 152b.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοῦ γράφειν",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 257c",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:257c"
                      }
                    }
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                }
              ]
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        }
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