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  "headword": "λέξις",
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          "definition": "<i>speech,</i> opp. ᾠδή, Pl. Lg. 816d; λ. ἢ πρᾶξις <i>speech</i> or action, Id. R. 396c; ὁ τρόπος τῆς λ. ib. 400d; τὰ λέξει δηλούμενα orders given <i>by word of mouth,</i> Arr. Tact. 27.2.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>diction, style,</i> ἡ ἐνθάδε λ. the <i>style</i> used here (in courts of justice), Pl. Ap. 17d; Μούσης λ. poetical <i>diction,</i> Id. Lg. 795e, cf. Arist. Rh. 1410b28, Po. 1450b13, etc.; περὶ Λέξεως, title of work by Ephorus, Theon Prog. 2.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>a single word</i> or <i>phrase,</i> Arist. Rh. 1406b1, Epicur. Nat. 28p.4V., al. (pl.), D.T. 633.31, Plb. 2.22.1, etc.; even a meaningless <i>word,</i> such as βλίτυρι, Diog. Stoic. 3.213; ταῖς λ. κέχρηται ταῖς αὐταῖς Plb. 6.46.10; αὐταῖς λέξεσι or κατὰ λέξιν <i>word for word,</i> D.H. Pomp. 2, Plu. Herod. 2.869d, Ath. 11.493d, D.L. 2.113; later ἐπὶ λέξεως PLond. 5.1713.14 (vi A.D.), Vit.Arist. p.438 Rose, etc.; collectively, κρατῶ καὶ τῆς λ. <i>the very words,</i> Ath. 7.275b, cf. Epicur. Nat. 28p.15V., Gal. 12.403.",
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                    "quote": "ταῖς λ. κέχρηται ταῖς αὐταῖς",
                    "ref": "Plb. 6.46.10",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπὶ λέξεως",
                    "ref": "PLond. 5.1713.14",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "κατὰ λέξιν <i>as the phrase goes,</i> AP 11.140 ( Lucill.); παρὰ λέξιν <i>incorrectly,</i> Cic. Att. 16.4.1.",
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                        "quote": "κατὰ λέξιν",
                        "ref": "AP 11.140",
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                },
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>a word peculiar in form</i> or <i>signification</i>: hence λέξεις is the older term for <i>a glossary,</i> Ῥοδιακαὶ λέξεις <i>a glossary of</i> Rhodian <i>phrases,</i> Ath. 11.485e; cf. γλῶσσα II.2.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>text</i> of an author, opp. exegesis, Asp. in EN 122.27, Arr. Epict. 3.21.7, Dam. Pr. 165, 169.",
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