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  "headword": "ἀμείνων",
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          "definition": "<i>better:</i>",
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            {
              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>stouter, stronger, braver,</i> freq. Hom., etc.: μέγʼ ἀ. Il. 22.158; πολλὸν ἀ. Hes. Op. 19: c. acc. vel inf., ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετάς, ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι Il. 15.641, cf. Hes. Op. 445, A. Pr. 337, etc.; οἱ ἀμείνονες <i>the better sort,</i> Pl. Lg. 627a.",
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                {
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μέγʼ ἀ.",
                    "ref": "Il. 22.158",
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                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-5990",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πολλὸν ἀ.",
                    "ref": "Hes. Op. 19",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-5991",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετάς, ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι",
                    "ref": "Il. 15.641",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.641"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "ὀμίχλην νυκτὸς ἀμείνω Il. 3.11; esp. from Hom. downwds., ἄμεινόν [ἐστι] <i>ʼtis better,</i> either c. inf., ἐπεὶ πείθεσθαι ἄ. Il. 1.274, cf. S. El. 1238, etc.; or ἄμεινόν ἐστι or γίγνεταί τινι c. part., εἴ σφι ἄμεινον γίγνεται τιμωρέουσι if <i>it is good</i> for them to assist, Hdt. 7.169, cf. Th. 1.118, 6.9: abs., εἰ τό γʼ ἄ. Il. 1.116; βουλοίμην . . εἴ τι ἄ. καὶ ὑμῖν καὶ ἐμοί Pl. Ap. 19a; freq. with neg., οὐ γὰρ ἄ. ʼtwere <i>better</i> not, Hes. Op. 750, Hdt. 1.187; εἰρήσεται γάρ, εἴτʼ ἄ. εἴτε μή D. 21.198.",
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              "citations": [
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-5992",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὀμίχλην νυκτὸς ἀμείνω",
                    "ref": "Il. 3.11",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.11"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-5993",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπεὶ πείθεσθαι ἄ.",
                    "ref": "Il. 1.274",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.274"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-5994",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἰ τό γʼ ἄ.",
                    "ref": "Il. 1.116",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.116"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-5995",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "βουλοίμην . . εἴ τι ἄ. καὶ ὑμῖν καὶ ἐμοί",
                    "ref": "Pl. Ap. 19a",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19a"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-5996",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἰρήσεται γάρ, εἴτʼ ἄ. εἴτε μή",
                    "ref": "D. 21.198",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc2:198"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "Adv., ἄ. πρήσσειν to fare <i>better,</i> Hdt. 4.156 sq., etc.; συνήνεικεν Ἀθηναίοις ἐπὶ τὸ ἄ. Decr. ap. And. 1.77, cf. Orac. ap. D. 43.86; τὰ ἀμείνω φρονέειν choose the <i>better part,</i> Hdt. 7.145; τοῖσι τὰ ἀ. ἑάνδανε Id. 9.19.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοῖσι τὰ ἀ. ἑάνδανε",
                        "ref": "Id. 9.19",
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Adv. ἀμεινόνως Ar. Fr. 340.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀμεινόνως",
                    "ref": "Ar. Fr. 340",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012.perseus-grc2:340"
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                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "Comp. ἀμεινότερος, α, ον, formed from ἀμείνων, Mimn. 14.9, Poet. ap. Phld. Rh. 2.61S.",
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