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  "headword": "ἕρμα",
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          "definition": "<i>prop, support</i>: in pl., of the <i>props</i> used to keep ships upright when hauled ashore, νῆα..ἐπʼ ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν ὑψοῦ ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις, ὑπὸ δʼ ἕρματα μακρὰ τάνυσσαν Il. 1.486, cf. 2.154: metaph., of men, ἕ. πόληος <i>prop</i> or <i>stay</i> of the city, 16.549, Od. 23.121, Epigr.Gr. 452.11 ( Syria); τοῦτο..οἷον ἕ. πόλεως κείσθω as <i>a foundation</i> for the city, Pl. Lg. 737b; ὥσπερ ἕ. τῆς πολιτείας βέβαιον Plu. Praec. 2.814c; ἕ. ἐχέγγυον [ἑταιρίας] D.C. Fr. 40.15; ὥσπερ ἕρματος ἀεὶ δεόμενοι τῆς τροφῆς Gal. 19.208.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "νῆα..ἐπʼ ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν ὑψοῦ ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις, ὑπὸ δʼ ἕρματα μακρὰ τάνυσσαν",
                "ref": "Il. 1.486",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-57395",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὥσπερ ἕ. τῆς πολιτείας βέβαιον",
                "ref": "Plu. Praec. 2.814c",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg118.perseus-grc2:814c"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-57396",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἕ. ἐχέγγυον [ἑταιρίας]",
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                "urn": ""
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-57397",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὥσπερ ἕρματος ἀεὶ δεόμενοι τῆς τροφῆς",
                "ref": "",
                "urn": ""
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            }
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>sunken rock, reef,</i> Alc. Supp. 26.6, Hdt. 7.183, Th. 7.25, E. Hel. 854; ἄσημα ἕ. Anacr. 38; ἄφαντον ἕ. A. Ag. 1007 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 564 (lyr.); ἕ. ὕφαλα D.H. 1.52; ἕ. γῆς ἁπαλόν a soft <i>bank</i> of mud, App. BC 5.101.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-57398",
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                        "quote": "ἄσημα ἕ.",
                        "ref": "Anacr. 38",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001.perseus-grc2:38"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-57399",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἄφαντον ἕ.",
                        "ref": "A. Ag. 1007",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1007"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-57400",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἕ. ὕφαλα",
                        "ref": "D.H. 1.52",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.52"
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                    }
                  ],
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                },
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>cairn, barrow,</i> πρὸς ἕρμα τυμβόχωστον..τάφου S. Ant. 848 (lyr., nisi leg. ἕργμα); Ἑρμᾶν ἀφετήριον ἕρμα starting- <i>post,</i> AP 9.319 ( Philox.); ἕρματα τῶν θεμελίων <i>ruins</i> of the foundations, D.S. 5.70.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-57401",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πρὸς ἕρμα τυμβόχωστον..τάφου",
                        "ref": "S. Ant. 848",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:848"
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                    }
                  ],
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                },
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>that which keeps a ship steady, ballast,</i> Plu. Ad. princ. ind. 2.782b; of <i>stones</i> with which cranes and bees were supposed to steady themselves in their flight, Arist. HA 597b1, 626b25; μετὰ τῶν γεράνων ἀναχωρῶ πάλιν, ἀνθʼ ἕρματος πολλὰς καταπεπωκὼς δίκας Ar. Av. 1429 : metaph., τῆς ψυχῆς ἐχούσης ἕ. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.299; τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς φρονήσεως ἕ. Socr. ap. Stob. 3.3.61; οἷον ἕ. τὴν τῶν γερόντων ἀρχὴν θεμένη Plu. Lyc. 5; οὔτε τι ἕ. ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ἔχει D.C. 46.3; also λαβοῦσα ἕ. Δῖον having <i>conceived</i> by Zeus, A. Supp. 580 (lyr.); so perh. μελαινέων ἕρμʼ ὀδυνάων <i>freight</i> of dark pains, Il. 4.117 (athetized by Aristarch.).",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-57402",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μετὰ τῶν γεράνων ἀναχωρῶ πάλιν, ἀνθʼ ἕρματος πολλὰς καταπεπωκὼς δίκας",
                        "ref": "Ar. Av. 1429",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-57403",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῆς ψυχῆς ἐχούσης ἕ.",
                        "ref": "Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.299",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.299"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-57404",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς φρονήσεως ἕ.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οἷον ἕ. τὴν τῶν γερόντων ἀρχὴν θεμένη",
                        "ref": "Plu. Lyc. 5",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004.perseus-grc2:5"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-57406",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὔτε τι ἕ. ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ἔχει",
                        "ref": "D.C. 46.3",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001.perseus-grc2:46.3"
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "εἴρω A) in pl., ἕρματα <i>ear-rings,</i> 14.182, Od. 18.297; <i>band, noose,</i> Ael. NA 17.35; a serpentʼs <i>coils,</i> ib. 37.",
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                    "quote": "ἕρματα",
                    "ref": "14.182",
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