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  "headword": "μάταιος",
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            {
              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>vain, empty, idle</i>:",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "μάταια νομίζομεν Thgn. 141, cf. 487, 492, etc.; μ. λόγοι <i>idle</i> tales or words, Hdt. 7.10.ηʹ; μ. ἔπεα ib. 11; δόξαι φέρουσαι χάριν μ. A. Ag. 422 (lyr.); μ. ὑλάγματα, ποιφύγματα, ib. 1672, Th. 281; μ. εὐχή E. l.c.; μάταια βάζειν τινά Id. Hipp. 119; μ. τι δρᾶσαί τινα Id. Cyc. 662 (lyr.); μ. ἂν εἴη πόνος Pl. Ti. 40d; μ. ἡδονή S. l.c.; δοξοσοφία Pl. Sph. l.c.; ὄρεξις Arist. EN 1094a21; τὰ μ. ἀναλώματα <i>useless</i> expenses, POxy. 58.20 (iii A.D.); but also, μ. ἔπος a word <i>of offence,</i> Hdt. 3.120.",
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                        "quote": "μάταια νομίζομεν",
                        "ref": "Thgn. 141",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δόξαι φέρουσαι χάριν μ.",
                        "ref": "A. Ag. 422",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:422"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86811",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μάταια βάζειν τινά",
                        "ref": "Id. Hipp. 119",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc2:119"
                      }
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86812",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μ. τι δρᾶσαί τινα",
                        "ref": "Id. Cyc. 662",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc2:662"
                      }
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86813",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μ. ἂν εἴη πόνος",
                        "ref": "Pl. Ti. 40d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031.perseus-grc2:40d"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86814",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δοξοσοφία",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὄρεξις",
                        "ref": "Arist. EN 1094a21",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010:1094a.perseus-grc2.21"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>empty, foolish,</i> ματαιότεροι νόον Thgn. 1025, cf. Hdt. 2.173, S. Tr. 863, 888 (lyr.), Ar. V. 338, Amips. 9 ( Sup.); φῦλον ματαιότατον Pi. P. 3.21; <i>worthless,</i> S. Ant. 1339 (lyr.).",
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                        "quote": "ματαιότεροι νόον",
                        "ref": "Thgn. 1025",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1025"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86817",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "φῦλον ματαιότατον",
                        "ref": "Pi. P. 3.21",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.21"
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>rash, irreverent, profane,</i> freq. in A., μ. γλῶσσα Pr. l.c., Ag. 1662 (troch.); φρονήματα Th. 438; αὐτουργίαι μ., of matricide and the like, Eu. l.c.; χαρὰ μ. <i>mad</i> merriment, Th. 442; μ. ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων Supp. 762; τὸ μὴ μ. <i>seriousness, gravity,</i> ib. 198; ψαύειν ματαίαις χερσί S. Tr. 565.",
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                    "quote": "φρονήματα",
                    "ref": "Th. 438",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μ. ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων",
                    "ref": "Supp. 762",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc2:762"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86820",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ψαύειν ματαίαις χερσί",
                    "ref": "S. Tr. 565",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc2:565"
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                }
              ],
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Adv. - ως <i>idly, without ground,</i> ib. 940, Emp. 39.2, E. Fr. 908.4; ὀχλεῖν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις Aen.Tact. 6.1; μ. ἐρεῖν <i>to no purpose,</i> Pl. Ep. 331d; ταλαιπωρῆσαι Polystr. p.31 W.",
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                    "quote": "ὀχλεῖν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις",
                    "ref": "Aen.Tact. 6.1",
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