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  "headword": "καταπάλτης",
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          "definition": "<i>engine of war for hurling bolts, catapult,</i> IG 2(2).120.37, 554.15, 12(5).647.36 ( Ceos):—freq. written κατα-πέλτης in literary texts, Mnesim. 7.10, Timocl. 12.5, Onos. 42.3, etc.; καταπάλτην ἀφιέναι Arist. Ath. 42.3, EN 1111a11, cf. Aud. 800b13, Ath. Mech. 8.7, Ael. VH 6.12; used as an instrument of torture, D.S. 20.71, Charito 3.4, LXX 4 Ma. 8.13.",
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                "quote": "καταπάλτην ἀφιέναι",
                "ref": "Arist. Ath. 42.3",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc2:42.3"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>bolt, shot,</i> ( -πέλτης) Hp. Epid. 5.95, 7.121, ( -πάλτης) Hsch.:—hence καταπαλτ-ικός, ή, όν (in literary texts -πελτ-), <i>of</i> or <i>belonging to catapults,</i> βέλη IG 2(2).1487.102; ὄργανα καὶ βέλη Plb. 11.11.3, cf. Str. 17.3.15, Bito 62.4; τὰ κ., = καταπάλται, Plb. 9.41.5; τὸ κ. <i>artillery,</i> D.S. 14.42.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "βέλη",
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                        "quote": "ὄργανα καὶ βέλη",
                        "ref": "Plb. 11.11.3",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:11.11.perseus-grc2.3"
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