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  "headword": "ἄλφιτον",
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          "definition": "<i>barley-groats,</i> sg. in Hom. only in phrase ἀλφίτου ἀκτή Il. 11.631, Od. 2.355, 14.429, and Medic., Gal. 6.507: elsewh. in pl. ἄλφιτα, opp. ἀλείατα, q. v., ἄ. μυελὸν ἀνδρῶν Od. 2.290, al., Hdt. 7.119, freq. in Att.; used to sprinkle over roast meat, Il. 18.560, cf. Od. 14.77; esp. over sacrificial victims, Od. 14.429: ἐπʼ ἀλφίτου πίνειν to drink wine with <i>barley-groats</i> in it, Epin. 1:—of this was made a kind of <i>barley-water,</i> πιεῖν ἄλφιτα Hp. Epid. 5.10; also, <i>poultices,</i> Dsc. 4.87: also used as <i>hair-powder</i> by κανηφόροι, Hermipp. 26.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀλφίτου ἀκτή",
                "ref": "Il. 11.631",
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              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-5534",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἄ. μυελὸν ἀνδρῶν",
                "ref": "Od. 2.290",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.290"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-5535",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πιεῖν ἄλφιτα",
                "ref": "Hp. Epid. 5.10",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc2:5.10"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>meal, groats,</i> ἄ. πύρινα Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 53 (21); ἄ. φακῶν καὶ ὀρόβων Id. Int. 23; even λίθοιο ἄλφιτα Orph. L. 212.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἄ. πύρινα",
                    "ref": "Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 53 (21)",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg005.perseus-grc2:21"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-5537",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἄ. φακῶν καὶ ὀρόβων",
                    "ref": "Id. Int. 23",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg032.perseus-grc2:23"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-5538",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "λίθοιο ἄλφιτα",
                    "ref": "Orph. L. 212",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg003.perseus-grc2:212"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>oneʼs daily bread,</i> ‘bread and cheese’, Ar. Pl. 219, Nu. 106, etc.",
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