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  "headword": "μάτην",
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    {
      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>in vain,</i> h.Cer. 308, Pi. O. 1.83, etc.; μὴ πόνει μ. A. Pr. 44; βλέποντες ἔβλεπον μ. ib. 447; μ. ἐρεῖν ib. 1007; with a Noun, τὸ μ. ἄχθος the <i>fruitless</i> burden, Id. Ag. 165 (lyr.); Διὸς μ. ἄκοιτις his bedfellow <i>to no good end,</i> S. Tr. 1149: as predicate, μ. ὁ μόχθος A. Ch. 521.",
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          "citations": [
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86839",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μὴ πόνει μ.",
                "ref": "A. Pr. 44",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:44"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86840",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μ. ὁ μόχθος",
                "ref": "A. Ch. 521",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc2:521"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "definition": "",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n65240-0-0-0",
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>at random, without reason,</i> οὔ σε μ. τιμῶσι Thgn. 523; ὅρα μὴ μ. κόμπος ὁ λόγος ᾖ Hdt. 7.103, cf. E. Supp. 127; οὐ γὰρ δίκαιον . . τοὺς κακοὺς μ. χρηστοὺς νομίζειν S. OT 609; ἵνα μὴ μ. θαρρήσῃς Pl. Tht. 189d; ὁ νοσῶν μ., i.e. he that is mad, S. Aj. 635 (lyr.), cf. Ar. Pax 95 (anap.).",
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                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86841",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὔ σε μ. τιμῶσι",
                        "ref": "Thgn. 523",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:523"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86842",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὅρα μὴ μ. κόμπος ὁ λόγος ᾖ",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 7.103",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.103"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86843",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐ γὰρ δίκαιον . . τοὺς κακοὺς μ. χρηστοὺς νομίζειν",
                        "ref": "S. OT 609",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:609"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86844",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἵνα μὴ μ. θαρρήσῃς",
                        "ref": "Pl. Tht. 189d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc2:189d"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>idly, falsely,</i> λέγοντες εἴτʼ ἀληθές, εἴτʼ ἄρʼ οὖν μ. S. Ph. 345; λόγῳ μάτην θνῄσκοντες Id. El. 63, cf. 1298; μ. βέβακεν, of a dream, A. Ag. 423 (lyr.).—Originally acc. of μάτη, and we find εἰς μάτην in Luc. Trag. 28,241, Aristid. Or. 33(51).3; ἐπὶ μ. POxy. 530.8 (ii A.D.).",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86845",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "λέγοντες εἴτʼ ἀληθές, εἴτʼ ἄρʼ οὖν μ.",
                        "ref": "S. Ph. 345",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc2:345"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86846",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "λόγῳ μάτην θνῄσκοντες",
                        "ref": "Id. El. 63",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc2:63"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86847",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπὶ μ.",
                        "ref": "POxy. 530.8",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Oxy.:530.perseus-grc2.8"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
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  "key": "ma/thn",
  "type": "main"
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