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  "headword": "Ἶρις",
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          "definition": "<i>Iris,</i> the messenger of the gods among themselves, Il. 8.398 (never in Od.), Hes. Th. 780, etc. (Perh. fr. Ϝῖρις, cf. ὠκέα Ἶρις Il. 2.786, al., Hes. l.c.; ὦκα δὲ Ἶρις Il. 23.198 (Pap.); possibly also fr. Ἐϝῖρις: Εἶρις is the name of a ship, IG 2(2).1611c137 (iv B.C.), but ἶρις is written in Michel 832 ( Samos, iv B.C.): allegorized as προφορικὸς λόγος and derived from εἴρω by Stoic. 2.43.)",
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                "quote": "ὠκέα Ἶρις",
                "ref": "Il. 2.786",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὦκα δὲ Ἶρις",
                "ref": "Il. 23.198",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "ἶρις, ἡ, gen. ἴριδος Thphr. CP 6.11.13, also εως Androm. ap. Gal. 14.43, POxy. 1088.34 (i A.D.), Gp. 6.8.1; acc. ἶριν Michel l.c., Plu. QConv. 2.664e, ἴριδα Nic. Al. 406; Ep. dat. pl. ἴρισσιν (v. infr.):— <i>rainbow,</i> δράκοντες . . , ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων Il. 11.27, cf. Arist. Mete. 375a1, Epicur. Ep. 2p.51U.",
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                    "quote": "ἴριδος",
                    "ref": "Thphr. CP 6.11.13",
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-68757",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἴριδα",
                    "ref": "Nic. Al. 406",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg002.perseus-grc2:406"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-68758",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "δράκοντες . . , ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων",
                    "ref": "Il. 11.27",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.27"
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                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>bright-coloured circle</i> surrounding another body, as <i>the</i> lunar <i>rainbow,</i> Arist. Mete. 375a18; <i>halo</i> of candle, Thphr. Sign. 13; round the eyes of a peacockʼs tail, Luc. Dom. 11; <i>the iris</i> of the eye, Ruf. Onom. 24, [ Gal.] 14.702; also, <i>section through the ciliary region,</i> Gal. UP 10.2.",
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                },
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>iridescent garment,</i> Michel l.c.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>iris,</i> e.g. <i>the purple Iris, I. germanica</i> or <i>pallida,</i> εὐάνθεμον ἶριν AP 4.1.9 ( Mel.); τὸ ἄνθος πολλὰς ἔχει ἐν αὑτῷ ποικιλίας Arist. Col. 796b26, cf. Plin. HN 21.40; also, <i>the white variety of it, I. florentina,</i> from the rhizome of which <i>the orris-root</i> of commerce is made, Thphr. HP 1.7.2, CP 6.11.13, etc.; ἶρις Ἰλλυρική Dsc. 1.1, cf. Plin. HN 13.14: in this sense some wrote it oxyt. ἰρίς, ίδος, Eust. 391.33, Sch. Nic. l.c.",
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                        "quote": "εὐάνθεμον ἶριν",
                        "ref": "AP 4.1.9",
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                        "quote": "τὸ ἄνθος πολλὰς ἔχει ἐν αὑτῷ ποικιλίας",
                        "ref": "Arist. Col. 796b26",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-68761",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἶρις Ἰλλυρική",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "Plin. HN 37.136.",
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