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  "headword": "μελαίνω",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "μελᾶναι",
        "ref": "Arist. Mete. 371a23",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:371a.perseus-grc2.23"
      }
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87707",
      "data": {
        "quote": "μεμέλαμμαι",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
      }
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87708",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐμελάνθην",
        "ref": "S. Aj. 919",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:919"
      }
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87709",
      "data": {
        "quote": "μελάνθησαν",
        "ref": "Hes. Sc. 300",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc2:300"
      }
    }
  ],
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    {
      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>blacken, make black,</i> Arist. l.c., Pr. 966b22, Nic. Al. 472: metaph., μ. φράσιν <i>use an obscure</i> expression, Ath. 10.451c; μ. τὸ σαφές D.H. Pomp. 2:— Pass., μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν she <i>had her</i> fair skin <i>stained black</i> (i.e. with blood), Il. 5.354; μελανθὲν αἷμα S. l.c., cf. Gal. 18(1).33; of earth just turned up, ἡ δὲ μελαίνετʼ ὄπισθεν Il. 18.548; of ripening grapes, Hes. l.c.; of a newly-bearded chin, ib. 167; αἱ λευκαὶ τρίχες ἐμελαίνοντο Pl. Plt. 270e; of hair, <i>to be dyed black,</i> Ar. Ec. 736; μεμελαμμένοι ὀδόντες Antyll. l.c.",
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          "citations": [
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87710",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μ. τὸ σαφές",
                "ref": "D.H. Pomp. 2",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg015.perseus-grc2:2"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87711",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μελανθὲν αἷμα",
                "ref": "",
                "urn": ""
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87712",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἡ δὲ μελαίνετʼ ὄπισθεν",
                "ref": "Il. 18.548",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.548"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87713",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἱ λευκαὶ τρίχες ἐμελαίνοντο",
                "ref": "Pl. Plt. 270e",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc2:270e"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "definition": "",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n65803-0-0-0",
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>cause μελασμός</i> (q. v.), Hp. Aph. 5.20:— Pass., <i>turn black,</i> as a symptom of mortification, Id. Art. 69, Fract. 11.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n65803-0-0-0-0",
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>blacken, misrepresent,</i> Simp. in Cael. 290.24.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "Pass., <i>receive an impression of blackness,</i> S.E. M. 7.293.",
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                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "= Pass., <i>grow black,</i> Pl. Ti. 83a, Thphr. Ign. 50, AP 5.123 ( Phld.), Plu. Curios. 2.517c.",
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            }
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