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  "headword": "ἔπος",
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              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>word,</i> παύρῳ ἔπει in short <i>utterance,</i> Pi. O. 13.98 ; ἐπέων κόσμος Parm. 8.52, Democr. 21 ; ἔπους σμικροῦ χάριν S. OC 443 ; λόγοι ἔπεσι κοσμηθέντες Th. 3.67 : generally, <i>that which is uttered in words, speech, tale,</i> ἔπος ἐρέειν Il. 3.83, etc.; φάσθαι Xenoph. 7.3, Parm. 1.23, etc.; joined with μῦθος, Od. 4.597, 11.561.—Special uses,",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπέων κόσμος",
                    "ref": "Parm. 8.52",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἔπους σμικροῦ χάριν",
                    "ref": "S. OC 443",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "λόγοι ἔπεσι κοσμηθέντες",
                    "ref": "Th. 3.67",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἔπος ἐρέειν",
                    "ref": "Il. 3.83",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "φάσθαι",
                    "ref": "Xenoph. 7.3",
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              ],
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                {
                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>song</i> or <i>lay accompanied by music,</i> 8.91, 17.519.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>pledged word, promise,</i> Il. 8.8 ; τελέσαι ἔπος fulfil, keep <i>oneʼs word,</i> 14.44, cf. A. Pr. 1033.",
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                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>word in season, counsel,</i> Il. 1.216, 2.807, Od. 18.166, etc.; freq. in Trag., E. Hel. 513, etc.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>word of a deity, oracle,</i> Od. 12.266, Hdt. 1.13, etc.",
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                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>saying, proverb,</i> τὸ παλαιὸν ἔπος Id. 7.51, cf. Ar. Av. 507.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ παλαιὸν ἔπος",
                        "ref": "Id. 7.51",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>word,</i> opp. <i>deed,</i> ἔπεʼ ἀκράαντα <i>words</i> of none effect, opp. ἔτυμα, Od. 19.565, cf. E. HF 111 (lyr.); opp. ἔργον, Il. 15.234, Od. 2.272, etc., cf. II.1 ; αἴτε ϝέπος αἴτε ϝάργον SIG 9 ( Elis, vi B.C.); opp. βίη, Il. 15.106 ; opp. χεῖρες, 1.77 (pl.).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "αἴτε ϝέπος αἴτε ϝάργον",
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                {
                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "<i>subject of a speech, message,</i> 11.652, 17.701, S. OT 1144, etc.",
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              "label": "II",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "ἔργον or πρᾶγμα Heraclit. 1, A. Pers. 174 (troch.), Ar. Eq. 39, etc.; ἔργῳ τε καὶ ἔπει Pl. Lg. 879c ; ἅμα ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε Hdt. 3.134 ; χρηστὰ ἔργα καὶ ἔπεα ποιέειν Id. 1.90.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πρᾶγμα",
                        "ref": "Heraclit. 1",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔργῳ τε καὶ ἔπει",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 879c",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἅμα ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 3.134",
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                      }
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χρηστὰ ἔργα καὶ ἔπεα ποιέειν",
                        "ref": "Id. 1.90",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "κατʼ ἔπος <i>word by word,</i> κατʼ ἔ. βασανιεῖν φησι τὰς τραγῳδίας Ar. Ra. 802.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κατʼ ἔ. βασανιεῖν φησι τὰς τραγῳδίας",
                        "ref": "Ar. Ra. 802",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "πρὸς ἔπος at <i>the first word,</i> Luc. Ep.Sat. 37.",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>word</i> in exchange for <i>word,</i> ἀμείβεσθαι, ἀποκρίνεσθαι, of an oracle, Id. Alex. 19, Philops. 38 ; also ἔ. δʼ ἀμείβου πρὸς ἔ. A. Eu. 586, cf. Ar. Nu. 1375, Pl. Sph. 217d.",
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἔ. δʼ ἀμείβου πρὸς ἔ.",
                            "ref": "A. Eu. 586",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc2:586"
                          }
                        }
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "οὐδὲν πρὸς ἔ. to no <i>purpose,</i> Ar. Ec. 751 ; also, nothing to <i>the purpose,</i> ἐὰν μηδὲν πρὸς ἔ. ἀποκρίνωμαι Pl. Euthd. 295c, cf. Luc. Herm. 36 ; τί πρὸς ἔπος; Pl. Phlb. 18d.",
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐὰν μηδὲν πρὸς ἔ. ἀποκρίνωμαι",
                            "ref": "Pl. Euthd. 295c",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν <i>almost, practically,</i> qualifying a too absolute expression, esp. with πᾶς and οὐδείς (not with metaphors), Pl. Ap. 17a, Phd. 78e, Grg. 456a, al., Arist. Metaph. 1009b16, Pol. 1252b29, D. 9.47, etc. ; opp. ὄντως or ἀκριβεῖ λόγῳ, Pl. Lg. 656e, R. 341b ; later ὡς ἔ. ἐστὶν εἰπεῖν POxy. 67.14 (iv A.D.) ; in Trag., ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔ. A. Pers. 714 (troch.), E. Heracl. 167, Hipp. 1162, once in Pl.,Lg. 967b (s.v.l.).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὡς ἔ. ἐστὶν εἰπεῖν",
                        "ref": "POxy. 67.14",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔ.",
                        "ref": "A. Pers. 714",
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                      }
                    }
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                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "ἑνὶ ἔπει in one <i>word, briefly,</i> ἑνὶ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα λέγειν Hdt. 3.82.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἑνὶ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα λέγειν",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 3.82",
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>words,</i> esp. with ref. to etymology or usage, Id. 2.30, Ar. Nu. 638, Pl. Prt. 339a, etc.; ὀρθότης ἐπῶν, = ὀρθοέπεια (q.v.), Ar. Ra. 1181 ; ἄριστʼ ἐπῶν ἔχον ib. 1161.",
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            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>epic poetry,</i> opp. μέλη (lyric poetry), ἰαμβεῖα, διθύραμβοι, etc., ῥαπτῶν ἐπέων ἀοιδοί Pi. N. 2.2 ; τὰ Κύπρια ἔπεα Hdt. 2.117, cf. Th. 1.3, X. Mem. 1.4.3, Pl. R. 379a, etc. ; ἔπεά τε ποιεῖν πρὸς λύραν τʼ ἀείδειν Theoc. Ep. 21.6 ; νικήσας ἔπος IG 3.1020 ; ποητὴς ἐπῶν ib. 7.3197.9 ( Orchom. Boeot.), cf. OGI 51.37 ( Egypt, iii B.C.).",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ῥαπτῶν ἐπέων ἀοιδοί",
                    "ref": "Pi. N. 2.2",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc2:2.2"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὰ Κύπρια ἔπεα",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 2.117",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἔπεά τε ποιεῖν πρὸς λύραν τʼ ἀείδειν",
                    "ref": "Theoc. Ep. 21.6",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.6"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "νικήσας ἔπος",
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                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>poetry,</i> even lyrics, Alcm. 25 (prob.), Pi. O. 3.8, etc.",
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                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "<i>lines, verses,</i> esp. of spoken <i>lines</i> in the drama, Ar. Ra. 862, 956, etc. : sg., <i>verse, line</i> of poetry, Hdt. 4.29, Pl. Min. 319d ; <i>group of verses,</i> Id. R. 386c, Hdt. 7.143.",
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                    },
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                      "label": "d",
                      "definition": "<i>lines</i> of writing, μυρίων ἐπῶν μῆκος Isoc. 12.136 ; ἐν ὅλοις ἑπτὰ ἔπεσι παραδραμεῖν, of a historian, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 28.",
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                            "quote": "μυρίων ἐπῶν μῆκος",
                            "ref": "Isoc. 12.136",
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