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  "headword": "ζῷον",
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          "definition": "<i>living being, animal,</i> Hdt. 5.10 (of bees), Ar. V. 551, Pl. 443, etc.; πᾶν ὅ τι περ ἂν μετάσχῃ τοῦ ζῆν ζῷον ἂν λέγοιτο Pl. Ti. 77b; ζῷα, opp. φυτά, Id. Phd. 70d, 110e, etc.; ζ. θαλάττιον, χερσαῖον, Phld. Rh. 1.98S.; contemptuously, ὅπως ἡ χώρα τοῦ τοιούτου ζῴου καθαρὰ γίγνηται may be free from this kind of <i>animal</i> (i.e. beggars), Pl. Lg. 936c; ζ. πονηρόν, of women, Secund. Sent. 8.",
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                "quote": "πᾶν ὅ τι περ ἂν μετάσχῃ τοῦ ζῆν ζῷον ἂν λέγοιτο",
                "ref": "Pl. Ti. 77b",
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            }
          ],
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>figure, image,</i> not necessarily of animals (cf. ζῴδιον) , ζῷον δέ οἱ ἐνῆν, ἀνὴρ ἱππεύς Hdt. 3.88: mostly in pl., ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐγγράφειν Id. 1.203, cf. 2.4, 124, 148, Pl. R. 515a, etc.; ζῷα γράψασθαι τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου to have <i>pictures</i> of the bridging of the Bosporus painted, Hdt. 4.88; cf. ζωγραφέω: ζῷα ποιεῖν Plu. Per. 13.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ζῷον δέ οἱ ἐνῆν, ἀνὴρ ἱππεύς",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 3.88",
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                  }
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐγγράφειν",
                    "ref": "Id. 1.203",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ζῷα ποιεῖν",
                    "ref": "Plu. Per. 13",
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                }
              ],
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>sign</i> of the Zodiac, Man. 2.166.—The word is post- Hom., no generic word used for <i>animal</i> being found till after the middle of the fifth cent. B.C. ( ζώϊον Semon. 13, whence Att. ζῷον by contraction: ι is found in IG 1(2).372.42, al.,11(2).161 B 76 ( Delos, iii B.C.), Phld. Rh. 2.166S., and in codd. opt. in the Noun; the Adj. ζωός (q.v.) had no ι: for the compds. (exc. ζωγλύφος, ζωγράφος) decisive evidence is lacking: ζῳάγρια with ι was read by Aristarch. in Il. 18.407.)",
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                    "quote": "ζώϊον",
                    "ref": "Semon. 13",
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