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  "headword": "κέντρον",
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          "definition": "<i>any sharp point</i>:",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>horse-goad,</i> [ ἵπποι] ἄνευ κέντροιο θέοντες Il. 23.387, cf. 430, Ar. Nu. 1297, X. Cyr. 7.1.29, etc.; διπλοῖς κέντροισι S. OT 809; ὄνειδος ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου μεσολαβεῖ κ. A. Eu. 157 (lyr.): post- Hom., <i>ox-goad</i> ( Hom. βουπλήξ), used as an instrument of torture, Hdt. 3.130; κέντροις καὶ μάστιξιν Pl. Lg. 777a: prov., πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν (v. λακτίζω 2); δεῖ . . κέντρου πολλάκις, οὕτω δὲ καὶ χαλινοῦ Longin. 2.2; as a symbol of sovereignty, λαβὼν . . χερσὶν κέντρα κηδεύει πόλιν S. Fr. 683.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἵπποι] ἄνευ κέντροιο θέοντες",
                        "ref": "Il. 23.387",
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-76998",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "διπλοῖς κέντροισι",
                        "ref": "S. OT 809",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:809"
                      }
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὄνειδος ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου μεσολαβεῖ κ.",
                        "ref": "A. Eu. 157",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc2:157"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77000",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κέντροις καὶ μάστιξιν",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 777a",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:777a"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77001",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δεῖ . . κέντρου πολλάκις, οὕτω δὲ καὶ χαλινοῦ",
                        "ref": "Longin. 2.2",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0560.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.2"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77002",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "λαβὼν . . χερσὶν κέντρα κηδεύει πόλιν",
                        "ref": "S. Fr. 683",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc2:683"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>goad, spur, incentive,</i> Pi. Fr. 124.4, A. Pr. 691 (lyr.); ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κ. ὡς μητροκτονεῖν; Id. Eu. 427; κέντροις ἔρωτος E. Hipp. 39, cf. 1303; πόθου κ. Pl. R. 573a; κέντρα καὶ ὠδῖνες Id. Phdr. 251e; κ. ἐγερτικὸν θυμοῦ Plu. Lyc. 21; κέντρα πτολέμοιο, of the Argives, Orac. ap. Sch. Theoc. 14.48; κ. ἐμοῦ <i>desire for</i> me, S. Ph. 1039.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77003",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "κέντροις ἔρωτος",
                            "ref": "E. Hipp. 39",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc2:39"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77004",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "πόθου κ.",
                            "ref": "Pl. R. 573a",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:573a"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77005",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "κέντρα καὶ ὠδῖνες",
                            "ref": "Id. Phdr. 251e",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:251e"
                          }
                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77006",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "κ. ἐγερτικὸν θυμοῦ",
                            "ref": "Plu. Lyc. 21",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004.perseus-grc2:21"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>tortures, pangs,</i> Id. Tr. 840 (lyr.): sg., τὸ κ. τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ἁμαρτία 1 Ep.Cor. 15.56.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77007",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ κ. τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ἁμαρτία",
                        "ref": "1 Ep.Cor. 15.56",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc2:15.56"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>point</i> of a spear, Plb. 6.22.4: pl., of the περόναι with which Oedipus pierced his eyes, S. OT 1318.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>peg</i> of a top, Pl. R. 436d.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n56642-0-0-0-4",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "a",
                      "definition": "<i>sting</i> of bees and wasps, Ar. V. 225, 407 (lyr.), al.; of scorpions, Arist. PA 683a12 (so of the constellation <i>Scorpio,</i> Arat. 505): hence, metaph., of malicious persons, ἐς τοὺς ἔχοντας κέντρʼ ἀφιᾶσιν E. Supp. 242; πορεύεται, ὥσπερ σκορπίος, ἠρκὼς τὸ κ. D. 25.52; of Pericles as an orator, τὸ κ. ἐγκατέλειπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις Eup. 94.7; of Socrates, ὥσπερ μέλιττα τὸ κ. ἐγκαταλιπών Pl. Phd. 91c; οἷον ὀφθαλμῷ κ. ἐνθεῖσα Philostr. Im. 2.1; βλέμματος κ. Onomarch. ap. Philostr. VS 2.18.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77008",
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                            "quote": "ἐς τοὺς ἔχοντας κέντρʼ ἀφιᾶσιν",
                            "ref": "E. Supp. 242",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc2:242"
                          }
                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77009",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "πορεύεται, ὥσπερ σκορπίος, ἠρκὼς τὸ κ.",
                            "ref": "D. 25.52",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg025.perseus-grc2:52"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77010",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τὸ κ. ἐγκατέλειπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις",
                            "ref": "Eup. 94.7",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001.perseus-grc2:94.7"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77011",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ὥσπερ μέλιττα τὸ κ. ἐγκαταλιπών",
                            "ref": "Pl. Phd. 91c",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:91c"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77012",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οἷον ὀφθαλμῷ κ. ἐνθεῖσα",
                            "ref": "Philostr. Im. 2.1",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1600.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.1"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>spur</i> of a cock, Gp. 14.7.17.",
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                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "<i>quill</i> of the porcupine, Ael. NA 12.26.",
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                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "d",
                      "definition": "Sotad. 1.",
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                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>stationary point of a pair of compasses,</i> Vitr. 3.1.3: generally, <i>centre</i> of a circle, Pl. Ti. 54e, Arist. APr. 41b15, al.; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ κ. (sc. εὐθεῖα) <i>radius,</i> Euc. Opt. 34; ὥσπερ κύκλον κέντρῳ περιέγραψαν τὴν πόλιν Plu. Rom. 11; τὸ κ. τᾶς σφαίρας Ti.Locr. 100e; τὸ κ. τῆς γῆς Ptol. Tetr. 52; κ. βάρεος <i>centre</i> of gravity, Archim. Aequil. 1 Def. 4: metaph., κ. καὶ διαστήματι περιγράφειν <i>circumscribe,</i> Plu. Garr. 2.513c, Cupid. 524f.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77013",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὥσπερ κύκλον κέντρῳ περιέγραψαν τὴν πόλιν",
                        "ref": "Plu. Rom. 11",
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77014",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ κ. τᾶς σφαίρας",
                        "ref": "Ti.Locr. 100e",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1734.tlg001.perseus-grc2:100e"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-77015",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ κ. τῆς γῆς",
                        "ref": "Ptol. Tetr. 52",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0363.tlg007.perseus-grc2:52"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "<i>pin, rivet,</i> Paus. 10.16.1; <i>spur, tip,</i> for fixing a machine in the ground, Apollod. Poliorc. 144.1.",
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "8",
                  "definition": "ῥακτηρίοις κέντροισιν, of <i>oars,</i> S. Fr. 802.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "9",
                  "definition": "<i>cardinal point</i> on the ecliptic, Ptol. Tetr. 74, S.E. M. 5.12, Vett.Val. 50.18, etc.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n56642-0-0-0-8",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "10",
                  "definition": "<i>hard knot</i> in stone, Thphr. HP 5.2.3; <i>flaw</i> in crystals, Plin. HN 37.28.",
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