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  "headword": "λύκος",
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          "definition": "<i>wolf,</i> Il. 16.156, 352; πολιός <i>grisly,</i> 10.334; κρατερώνυχες Od. 10.218; ὀρέστεροι ib. 212; ὠμοφάγοι Il. 16.156; κοιλογάστορες A. Th. 1041; the small Egyptian wolves mentioned by Hdt. 2.67 were perh. <i>jackals</i>: various kinds distd. by Opp. C. 3.293 sqq.: prov. λύκον ἰδεῖν to see <i>a wolf,</i> i.e. <i>to be struck dumb,</i> as was vulgarly believed of any one at whom a wolf got the first look ( Pl. R. 336d), Theoc. 14.22; λύκου πτερά, of things that are not, ‘pigeonʼs milk’, Suid.; ὡς λ. χανών, of vain expectation, Eub. 15.11, cf. Ar. Fr. 337, Euphro 1.31; λ. κεχηνώς Ar. Lys. 629; πρίν κεν λ. οἶν ὑμεναιοῖ, of an impossibility, Id. Pax 1076, 1112, cf. Il. 22.263; ὡς λύκοι ἄρνʼ ἀγαπῶσιν, of treacherous or unnatural love, Poet. ap. Pl. Phdr. 241d; λύκου βίον ζῆν, i. e. live by rapine, Prov. ap. Plb. 16.24.4; ἐκ λύκου στόματος, of getting a thing <i>praeter spem,</i> Zen. 3.48; τῶν ὤτων ἔχειν τὸν λύκον ‘catch a Tartar’, Apollod.Car. 18, cf. Plb. 30.20.8; λ. ἀετὸν φεύγει, of the inescapable, Diogenian. 6.19; λ. περὶ φρέαρ χορεύει, of those engaged in vain pursuits, ib. 21.",
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                "quote": "κρατερώνυχες",
                "ref": "Od. 10.218",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὠμοφάγοι",
                "ref": "Il. 16.156",
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-85420",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κοιλογάστορες",
                "ref": "A. Th. 1041",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:1041"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-85421",
              "data": {
                "quote": "λ. κεχηνώς",
                "ref": "Ar. Lys. 629",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc2:629"
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            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>daw,</i> Arist. HA 617b17; cf. λύκιος.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>a fish,</i> = καλλιώνυμος, Hices. ap. Ath. 7.282d, Gp. 18.14.1.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>spider,</i> Arist. HA 623a2, Nic. Th. 734, Plin. HN 30.52.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "<i>anything shaped like a hook</i>:",
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              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>a jagged bit</i> for hard-mouthed horses, Lat. lupus, Plu. QConv. 2.641f; cf. λυκοσπάς.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n64112-0-0-3-0",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>hook</i> or <i>knocker</i> on a door, Hsch.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>flesh-hook,</i> Poll. 10.98.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "VI",
              "definition": "παιδερασταί, AP 12.250 ( Strat.), cf. Pl. Phdr. 241d.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "VII",
              "definition": "<i>the flower of the iris,</i> Philin. ap. Ath. 15.682a.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "VIII",
              "definition": "<i>noose,</i> Gal. UP 7.14, Heraclas ap. Orib. 48.7, Hippiatr. 74.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "IX",
              "definition": "<i>a pastille used in dysentery,</i> Aët. 9.49 (Latin version).",
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              "citations": [],
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            },
            {
              "label": "X",
              "definition": "v.l. in marg. of Dsc. 2.142.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "XI",
              "definition": "Procop. Goth. 1.21. (Cf. Skt. vṝkas, Lith. vilkas, Slav. vlǔkǔ, Goth. wulfs.)",
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              "children": []
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