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  "headword": "μειλίσσω",
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        "quote": "μειλίξατο",
        "ref": "Id. 1.650",
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          "definition": "<i>make mild, soothe, treat kindly,</i> τινα Theoc. 16.28; esp. <i>appease, propitiate</i>: rarely c. gen., πυρὸς μειλισσέμεν (like πυρὸς χαρίζεσθαι) <i>to appease</i> [the dead] <i>by</i> fire, i.e. funeral rites, Il. 7.410; of rivers, λιπαροῖς χεύμασι γαίας . . μειλίσσοντες οὖδας <i>gladdening</i> the soil with rich streams, A. Supp. 1029 (lyr.); ὀργὰς μ. E. Hel. 1339 (lyr.); μ. τινὰ λοιβαῖς, χύτλοις, Lyc. 542, A.R. 4.708.",
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                "quote": "ὀργὰς μ.",
                "ref": "E. Hel. 1339",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc2:1339"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>implore,</i> ἐγὼ κεῖνόν γε τεὰς ἐς χεῖρας ἱκέσθαι μειλίξω ib. 416.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Pass., μειλίσσομαι <i>to be soothed, grow calm,</i> h.Cer. 290; <i>to be subdued,</i> πυρὸς μειλίσσετʼ ἀϋτμή A.R. 3.531.",
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                    "quote": "μειλίσσομαι",
                    "ref": "h.Cer. 290",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc2:290"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πυρὸς μειλίσσετʼ ἀϋτμή",
                    "ref": "A.R. 3.531",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.531"
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Med., <i>use soothing words,</i> μηδέ τί μʼ αἰδόμενος μειλίσσεο μηδʼ ἐλεαίρων <i>extenuate</i> not aught from respect or pity, Od. 3.96.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>propitiate,</i> Κύπριν ἀοιδῇσιν θυέεσσί τε A.R. 1.860; συκοφάντας ἀπομαγδαλιᾷ Philostr. VA 7.23; <i>soften, subdue,</i> ἔθνη . . καθάπερ ζῷα τιθασεύων καὶ μ. Plu. Alex. fort. 2.330b.",
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                        "quote": "Κύπριν ἀοιδῇσιν θυέεσσί τε",
                        "ref": "A.R. 1.860",
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                        "quote": "συκοφάντας ἀπομαγδαλιᾷ",
                        "ref": "Philostr. VA 7.23",
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                        "quote": "ἔθνη . . καθάπερ ζῷα τιθασεύων καὶ μ.",
                        "ref": "Plu. Alex. fort. 2.330b",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>implore,</i> A.R. 3.985, 4.1012.",
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