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  "headword": "λέων",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "λείουσι",
        "ref": "Il. 5.782",
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-84106",
      "data": {
        "quote": "λεόντεσσι",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
      }
    }
  ],
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    {
      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>lion,</i> ὠμοφάγοι λ. Il. l.c.; αἴθων 18.161; χαροποί Od. 11.611; ὀρεσίτροφος 6.130, cf. Hdt. 7.126; cf. λίς: metaph., of Artemis, σὲ λέοντα γυναιξὶ Ζεὺς θῆκεν Zeus made thee a <i>lion</i> toward women (because she was supposed to cause their sudden death), Il. 21.483; used of savage persons, A. Ch. 938 (lyr.); but also, of brave men, Id. Ag. 1259, E. Or. 1401 (lyr.), 1555; of a baby, Ar. Th. 514 (but by way of contrast, of a coward, λέοντʼ ἄναλκιν, of Aegisthus, A. Ag. 1224); οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες, ἐν μάχῃ δʼ ἀλώπεκες Ar. Pax 1189 (lyr.); ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι Pl. R. 590b; ξυρεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖν λέοντα, of a dangerous undertaking, ‘to bell the cat’, ib. 341c.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "αἴθων 18.161",
                "ref": "",
                "urn": ""
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-84108",
              "data": {
                "quote": "χαροποί",
                "ref": "Od. 11.611",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.611"
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            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-84109",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὀρεσίτροφος",
                "ref": "6.130",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.130"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-84110",
              "data": {
                "quote": "οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες, ἐν μάχῃ δʼ ἀλώπεκες",
                "ref": "Ar. Pax 1189",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1189"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-84111",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 590b",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:590b"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "definition": "",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n62816-0-0-0",
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "Leo, the sign in the Zodiac, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.8, Euc. Phaen. p.12 M., Arat. 148, IG 14.1307.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n62816-0-0-0-0",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>lionʼs skin,</i> Luc. Hist.Conscr. 10.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n62816-0-0-0-1",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "BGU 387ii5 (ii A.D.).",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n62816-0-0-0-2",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>crab,</i> Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.106c, Ael. NA 14.9.",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n62816-0-0-1",
              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>serpent,</i> Nic. Th. 463, f.l. in Artem. 2.13.",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n62816-0-0-2",
              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "Aret. SD 2.13.",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n62816-0-0-3",
              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "<i>dance,</i> Ath. 14.629f, Poll. 4.104.",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n62816-0-0-4",
              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "VI",
              "definition": "Porph. Abst. 4.16.",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n62816-0-0-5",
              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "VII",
              "definition": "<i>sea-monster,</i> Ael. NA 9.49, Opp. H. 1.367, Nonn. D. 1.273.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "VIII",
              "definition": "Dsc. 2.142, Gp. 2.42 tit.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            }
          ]
        }
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  "key": "le/wn",
  "type": "main"
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