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          "definition": "<i>stone,</i> Hom., etc.; esp. of the <i>stones</i> thrown by warriors, τρηχὺς λ., λ. ὀκριόεις, Il. 5.308, 8.327; also, <i>stone-quoit,</i> Od. 8.190; ἑλέσθαι . . ἐκ γαίας λίθον A. Fr. 199.4; of building- <i>stones,</i> λίθοι βασιλικοί PSI 4.423.28, PCair.Zen. 499.20 (both iii B.C.): prov., ἐν παντὶ γάρ τοι σκορπίος φρουρεῖ λίθῳ S. Fr. 37; λίθον ἕψειν ‘to lose oneʼs labour’, Ar. V. 280; also of stupid persons, ‘blockheads’, λίθοι Id. Nu. 1202, cf. Thgn. 568, Pl. Hp.Ma. 292d, Gal. 9.656; λ. τις, οὐ δούλη Herod. 6.4; προσηγορεύθη διὰ τὸ μὴ φρονεῖν λ., of Niobe, Philem. 101; ὥσπερ λίθον ζῆν Pl. Grg. 494a sq.; λίθῳ λαλεῖς prov. of ἀναίσθητοι, Macar. 5.61.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἑλέσθαι . . ἐκ γαίας λίθον",
                "ref": "A. Fr. 199.4",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "λίθοι βασιλικοί",
                "ref": "PSI 4.423.28",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐν παντὶ γάρ τοι σκορπίος φρουρεῖ λίθῳ",
                "ref": "S. Fr. 37",
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                "quote": "λίθοι",
                "ref": "Id. Nu. 1202",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὥσπερ λίθον ζῆν",
                "ref": "Pl. Grg. 494a",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>stone</i> as a substance, opp. wood, flesh, etc., ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι λ. χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος Il. 4.510; λαοὺς δὲ λίθους ποίησε turned into <i>stone, petrified,</i> 24.611, cf. Pl. Smp. 198c; so [ νῆα] θεῖναι λ. Od. 13.156; as an emblem of hard-heartedness, σοὶ δʼ αἰεὶ κραδίη στερεωτέρη ἐστὶ λίθοιο 23.103, cf. Theoc. 3.18.",
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                        "quote": "ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι λ. χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος",
                        "ref": "Il. 4.510",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "νῆα] θεῖναι λ.",
                        "ref": "Od. 13.156",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σοὶ δʼ αἰεὶ κραδίη στερεωτέρη ἐστὶ λίθοιο",
                        "ref": "23.103",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "λίθος, ἡ, twice in Hom., Il. 12.287, Od. 19.494, just like masc., also in Theoc. 7.26, Bion Fr. 1.2: later mostly of <i>some special stone,</i> as the magnet is called Μαγνῆτις λ. by E. Fr. 567 (but ἡ λίθος simply in Democr. 11k, Arist. Ph. 267a2, cf. v.l. de An. 405a20); also Λυδία λ. by S. Fr. 800 (but in B. Fr. 10 J. Λυδία λ. = <i>touchstone</i>); Ἡρακλεία λ. by Pl. Ion 533d, Epicur. Fr. 293; so of a <i>touchstone,</i> Pl. Grg. 486d; ἡ διαφανὴς λ. <i>a piece of crystal</i> used for a burning-glass, Ar. Nu. 767, cf. Luc. Alex. 21; χυτὴ λ. was perh. a kind of <i>glass,</i> and so an older name for ὕαλος, Epin. 1.8 (the same thing as the ἀρτήματα λίθινα χυτά in Hdt. 2.69; cf. τὴν ὕαλον . . ὅσα τε λίθων χυτὰ εἴδη καλεῖται Pl. Ti. 61c); λ. = <i>precious stone</i> is fem. in Hp. Nat.Mul. 99, IG 2(2).1421.92, 1460.21, but masc. in Hdt. 2.44, etc.; in the sense of <i>marble</i> mostly masc., λευκὸς λ. Id. 4.87 (simply λίθος 1.164), S. Fr. 330 ( λευκοὶ λ. is opp. πέτρινοι λ. Supp.Epigr. 4.446.8 ( Didyma)); Πάριος λ. Pi. N. 4.81, Hdt. 3.57; Ταινάριος λ. Str. 8.5.7; λ. Θάσιος, Αἰγύπτιος, etc., Paus. 1.18.6, etc.; κογχίτης Id. 1.44.6; κογχυλιάτης X. An. 3.4.10; but Παρία λ. Theoc. 6.38, Luc. Am. 13; cf. λυχνίας, -ίτης; πώρινος λ. <i>tufa,</i> Hdt. 5.62.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὴν ὕαλον . . ὅσα τε λίθων χυτὰ εἴδη καλεῖται",
                    "ref": "Pl. Ti. 61c",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-84434",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "λευκὸς λ.",
                    "ref": "Id. 4.87",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-84435",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "λίθος",
                    "ref": "1.164",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πέτρινοι λ.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Πάριος λ.",
                    "ref": "Pi. N. 4.81",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-84438",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Ταινάριος λ.",
                    "ref": "Str. 8.5.7",
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-84439",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κογχίτης",
                    "ref": "Id. 1.44.6",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001:1.44.perseus-grc2.6"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-84440",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κογχυλιάτης",
                    "ref": "X. An. 3.4.10",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:3.4.perseus-grc2.10"
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                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Παρία λ.",
                    "ref": "Theoc. 6.38",
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              ],
              "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "πέφυκε λίθος . . ἄφθονος, ἐξ οὗ . . X. Vect. 1.4.",
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            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>grave-stone</i> (fem.), Call. Epigr. 8.1.",
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              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "λίθος, ὁ, was a name for various <i>blocks of stone used for rostra</i> or <i>platforms,</i> as,",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "βῆμα (q.v.) of the Pnyx, Ar. Ach. 683, Pax 680, Ec. 87.",
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                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἀγορά used by the κήρυκες, Plu. Sol. 8; prob. the same as ὁ πρατὴρ λ., on which the auctioneer stood when selling slaves, etc., Poll. 3.78, cf. 126.",
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                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>altar</i> in the ἀγορά, at which the Thesmothetae, arbitrators, and witnesses took their oaths, Philoch. 65, D. 54.26 (restored from Harp. s.v. λίθος), Arist. Ath. 7.1, 55.5, Plu. Sol. 25; cf. λιθωμότης.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>stones</i> on which litigants stood in the Areopagus, Paus. 1.28.5.",
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "<i>piece on a draughtboard,</i> Alc. 82, Theoc. 6.18, cf. γραμμή III.1: hence pron., πάντα λίθον κινεῖν Zen. 5.63 (who explains it differently).",
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                    "quote": "πάντα λίθον κινεῖν",
                    "ref": "Zen. 5.63",
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            {
              "label": "VI",
              "definition": "<i>stone in the bladder, calculus,</i> Arist. HA 519b19, Hp. Morb. 4.55, al.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "VII",
              "definition": "Δία λίθον ὀμνύναι, = Lat. Jovem lapidem jurare, Plb. 3.25.6.",
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              "label": "VIII",
              "definition": "λίθοι χαλάζης hail- <i>stones,</i> LXX Jo. 10.11.",
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            {
              "label": "IX",
              "definition": "λ. ὁ οὐ λ. the philosophers’ <i>stone,</i> Zos. Alch. p.122 B.",
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