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  "headword": "κείρω",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "κερῶ",
        "ref": "Pl. R. 471a",
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76670",
      "data": {
        "quote": "κερέω",
        "ref": "Il. 23.146",
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76671",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἔκειρα",
        "ref": "Pi. P. 9.37",
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76672",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἔκερσα",
        "ref": "Il. 13.546",
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      }
    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76673",
      "data": {
        "quote": "κέκαρκα",
        "ref": "Sammelb. 6002",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,SB:6002"
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    },
    {
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      "data": {
        "quote": "κεροῦμαι",
        "ref": "E. Tr. 1183",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc2:1183"
      }
    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76675",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐκειράμην",
        "ref": "Lys. 2.60",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg002.perseus-grc2:60"
      }
    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76676",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐκερσάμην",
        "ref": "Call. Fr. 311",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001.perseus-grc2:311"
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76677",
      "data": {
        "quote": "κᾰρῇ",
        "ref": "Hdt. 4.127",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.127"
      }
    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76678",
      "data": {
        "quote": "κεκάρθαι",
        "ref": "Hdt. 2.36",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.36"
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76679",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐκεκάρμην",
        "ref": "Luc. Lex. 5",
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          "definition": "<i>cut short, shear, clip,</i> esp. of hair, σοί τε κόμην κερέειν (sc. Σπερχειῷ) Il. 23.146, cf. Paus. 1.37.3; κ. ἐν χρ [τὰς τρίχας] <i>crop</i> it close, Hdt. 4.175; ἀλόχων κείραντες ἔθειραν E. Hel. 1124 (lyr.): —more freq. in Med., <i>cut off oneʼs</i> hair or <i>have</i> it <i>cut off,</i> as a sign of mourning (cf. κουρά) , τοῦτο . . γέρας οἶον ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσι, κείρασθαί τε κόμην βαλέειν τʼ ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν Od. 4.198, cf. 24.46, Il. 23.46; πολύν σοι βοστρύχων πλόκαμον κεροῦμαι E. Tr. 1183; κείρομαι κόμαν Id. Ph. 322 (lyr.): abs., <i>cut off oneʼs hair,</i> κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατʼ Id. HF 1390; ἐφʼ οἷς ἡ πόλις ἐπένθησε καὶ ἐκείρατο Aeschin. 3.211, etc.; ἄξιον ἦν ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ τάφῳ κείρασθαι τῇ Ἑλλάδι Lys. l.c.: Com., πρὸς φθεῖρα κείρασθαι <i>to have oneself</i> close <i>shorn,</i> Eub. 32:— Pass., κουρᾷ . . πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος E. Or. 458; σύμβολον κ. half- <i>cropped,</i> Hermipp. 14; τὰ ῥόδα κ. Pherecr. 108.29; also, of the hair, <i>to be cut off,</i> πλόκαμοι κερθέντες Pi. P. 4.82; βοστρύχους κεκαρμένους E. El. 515.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀλόχων κείραντες ἔθειραν",
                "ref": "E. Hel. 1124",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc2:1124"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76681",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τοῦτο . . γέρας οἶον ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσι, κείρασθαί τε κόμην βαλέειν τʼ ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν",
                "ref": "Od. 4.198",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76682",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πολύν σοι βοστρύχων πλόκαμον κεροῦμαι",
                "ref": "E. Tr. 1183",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc2:1183"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76683",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κείρομαι κόμαν",
                "ref": "Id. Ph. 322",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76684",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατʼ",
                "ref": "Id. HF 1390",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc2:1390"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76685",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐφʼ οἷς ἡ πόλις ἐπένθησε καὶ ἐκείρατο",
                "ref": "Aeschin. 3.211",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc2:211"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76686",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἄξιον ἦν ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ τάφῳ κείρασθαι τῇ Ἑλλάδι",
                "ref": "",
                "urn": ""
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76687",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κουρᾷ . . πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος",
                "ref": "E. Or. 458",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc2:458"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76688",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὰ ῥόδα κ.",
                "ref": "Pherecr. 108.29",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001.perseus-grc2:108.29"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76689",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πλόκαμοι κερθέντες",
                "ref": "Pi. P. 4.82",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.82"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76690",
              "data": {
                "quote": "βοστρύχους κεκαρμένους",
                "ref": "E. El. 515",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc2:515"
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            }
          ],
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              "definition": "",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>crop</i> a person, σφέας αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἵππους, in sign of mourning, Hdt. 9.24; κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς <i>to have</i> their heads <i>shorn,</i> Id. 2.36; Θρᾳκιστὶ κέκαρμαι Theoc. 14.46; v. χρώς I.2, ἐγκυτί; <i>shear</i> sheep, μάχαιραι κουρίδες, αἷς κείρομεν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς ποιμένας Cratin. 37; κείρεσθαί ( tonderi) μου τὰ πρόβατα, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἀποξύρεσθαι ( deglubi) βούλομαι Tiber. ap. D.C. 57.10 (cf. infr. 3); τὸ μὲν [καρῆναι] ἐπὶ προβάτων τιθέασι καὶ ἐπὶ ἀτίμου κουρᾶς (cf. Luc. Sol. 6), κείρασθαι δὲ ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων Phryn. 292; but τῶν Ἀργείων ἐπὶ πένθει καρέντων Plu. l.c.; τῷ σε χρὴ δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι AP 11.368 ( Jul. Antec.).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Θρᾳκιστὶ κέκαρμαι",
                        "ref": "Theoc. 14.46",
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76692",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μάχαιραι κουρίδες, αἷς κείρομεν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς ποιμένας",
                        "ref": "Cratin. 37",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76693",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κείρασθαι δὲ ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων",
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                        "urn": ""
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῷ σε χρὴ δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι",
                        "ref": "AP 11.368",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.368"
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                    }
                  ],
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>fleece’, plunder,</i> τὴν μάμμην Herod. 3.39.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὴν μάμμην",
                        "ref": "Herod. 3.39",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.39"
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            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>cut down,</i> δοῦρʼ ἐλάτης κέρσαντες Il. 24.450; ὕλην S. Tr. 1196; <i>crop close,</i> opp. ἐπιτέμνειν, Thphr. CP 3.23.3; <i>pluck,</i> ἄνθη Philostr. VA 1.5: metaph., ἐκ λεχέων κ. μελιαδέα ποίαν Pi. P. 9.37; Ἄρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον A. Supp. 666 (lyr.).",
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              "citations": [
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76696",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "δοῦρʼ ἐλάτης κέρσαντες",
                    "ref": "Il. 24.450",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.450"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76697",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὕλην",
                    "ref": "S. Tr. 1196",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1196"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76698",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἄνθη",
                    "ref": "Philostr. VA 1.5",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.5"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76699",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐκ λεχέων κ. μελιαδέα ποίαν",
                    "ref": "Pi. P. 9.37",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.37"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76700",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Ἄρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον",
                    "ref": "A. Supp. 666",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc2:666"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>ravage</i> a country, esp. <i>by cutting down</i> crops and fruit-trees, τὸ πεδίον Hdt. 5.63; τέμενος Id. 6.75, cf. OGI 765.10 ( Priene); τὴν γῆν Hdt. 6.99, Th. 1.64; χώραν Aen.Tact. 15.9; <i>destroy,</i> πόλιν Call. Fr. 1.60 P.; also, <i>clear,</i> of pioneers, ὄρος Hdt. 7.131:— Pass., of a country, <i>to be ravaged,</i> καρῆναι Id. 4.127, cf. 8.65; κεκαρμένα κτήματα SIG 364.67 ( Ephesus, iii B.C.):— Med., χθὼν πεύκας κειραμένη <i>having its</i> pine-trees <i>cut down,</i> AP 9.106 ( Leon.); ἄρουραι λήϊα κειράμεναι Ps.-Phoc. 166: metaph., Σπάρτη . . ἐκείρατο δόξαν <i>had her</i> glory <i>shorn off,</i> Epigr. ap. Paus. 9.15.6; Ἄρης νυχίαν πλάκα κερσάμενος <i>having had</i> the plain <i>swept clean</i> (by destroying the men), A. Pers. 953 (lyr.).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ πεδίον",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 5.63",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.63"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τέμενος",
                        "ref": "Id. 6.75",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.75"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὴν γῆν",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 6.99",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.99"
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                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χώραν",
                        "ref": "Aen.Tact. 15.9",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.9"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πόλιν",
                        "ref": "Call. Fr. 1.60",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.60"
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                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὄρος",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 7.131",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.131"
                      }
                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "καρῆναι",
                        "ref": "Id. 4.127",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.127"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76708",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κεκαρμένα κτήματα",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76709",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἄρουραι λήϊα κειράμεναι",
                        "ref": "Ps.-Phoc. 166",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1605.tlg001.perseus-grc2:166"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον <i>slaughtered</i> many a horned beast <i>by hewing,</i> S. Aj. 55.",
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                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>hew, carve,</i> ἐπίβασιν Inscr.Cypr. 99 H.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπίβασιν",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>cut through transversely,</i> opp. σχίζειν (slit longitudinally), φλέβα Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.11.3.",
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                  "citations": [
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "φλέβα",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
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                    }
                  ],
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>destroy, consume</i>:",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>tear, eat greedily,</i> of beasts, κείρει τʼ εἰσελθὼν βαθὺ λήϊον [ὄνος] Il. 11.560; of fish, δημὸν . . ἐπινεφρίδιον κείροντες 21.204; of vultures, ἧπαρ ἔκειρον Od. 11.578, cf. Luc. DDeor. 5[1].1, DMort. 24[30].1.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δημὸν . . ἐπινεφρίδιον κείροντες",
                        "ref": "21.204",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76713",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἧπαρ ἔκειρον",
                        "ref": "Od. 11.578",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.578"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>waste, devour,</i> ἐκείρετε πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλὰ κτήματʼ ἐμά Od. 2.312; ἔκειρον κτήματʼ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ 22.369, etc.: abs., κείρετε (sc. βίοτον) 1.378.",
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                        "quote": "ἐκείρετε πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλὰ κτήματʼ ἐμά",
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                        "quote": "ἔκειρον κτήματʼ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ",
                        "ref": "22.369",
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