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        "quote": "μέλᾰς",
        "ref": "Rhian. 58",
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    }
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      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>black, dark</i>: in Hom. generally, <i>dark</i> in colour, οἶνος Od. 5.265; μέλαν αἷμα, κῦμα, Il. 4.149, 23.693; γαῖα μέλαινα 2.699, cf. Sapph. Supp. 5.2; ὕδωρ μέλαν Αἰσήποιο Il. 2.825, cf. Od. 4.359, νηῦς μ., from its being <i>pitched over,</i> Il. 1.300, al.; of men, <i>dark, swarthy,</i> μέλανας δὲ ἀνδρικοὺς ἰδεῖν Pl. R. 474e; ἰσχυρός τις ἦν, μ. D. 21.71; τὰ μ. <i>black marks</i> about the ears of dogs, X. Cyn. 5.23.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "οἶνος",
                "ref": "Od. 5.265",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.265"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87772",
              "data": {
                "quote": "γαῖα μέλαινα",
                "ref": "2.699",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.699"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87773",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὕδωρ μέλαν Αἰσήποιο",
                "ref": "Il. 2.825",
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              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87774",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μέλανας δὲ ἀνδρικοὺς ἰδεῖν",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 474e",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:474e"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87775",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἰσχυρός τις ἦν, μ.",
                "ref": "D. 21.71",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc2:71"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>dark, murky,</i> ἕσπερος Od. 1.423; εὐφρόνα Pi. N. 7.3.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἕσπερος",
                    "ref": "Od. 1.423",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.423"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87777",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εὐφρόνα",
                    "ref": "Pi. N. 7.3",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc2:7.3"
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                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>black, dark,</i> θάνατος Il. 2.834, etc.; κήρ ib. 859, etc.; ὀδύναι 4.117, etc. (the origin of the metaphor is seen in the phrases θανάτου μ. νέφος, ἄχεος νεφέλη μ., 16.350, 18.22); μ. τύχα, ἀρά, A. Supp. 89 (lyr.), Th. 832 (lyr.); Ἐρινύς ib. 993 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 52; ἄτα Id. Ag. 769 (lyr.); Ἄρης ib. 1511 (lyr.); Ἅιδης S. OT 29; Ἅιδου μ. ἀνάγκα E. Hipp. 1388 (lyr.), etc.; ἡμέραι μέλαιναι, = Lat. dies atri, Plu. Luc. 27.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "θάνατος",
                    "ref": "Il. 2.834",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.834"
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                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὀδύναι",
                    "ref": "4.117",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.117"
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                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἄτα",
                    "ref": "Id. Ag. 769",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:769"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87781",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Ἅιδης",
                    "ref": "S. OT 29",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:29"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87782",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Ἅιδου μ. ἀνάγκα",
                    "ref": "E. Hipp. 1388",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1388"
                  }
                }
              ],
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                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>indistinct,</i> Arist. Top. 106a25, Philostr. VA 4.44; βραχὺ καὶ μ. φώνημα, of Nero, D.C. 61.20.",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>dark, obscure, enigmatical,</i> ἱστορίη AP 11.347 ( Phil.).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἱστορίη",
                        "ref": "AP 11.347",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.347"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>dark, malignant,</i> μ. φρήν, καρδία, Sol. 42.4, Pi. Fr. 123.4; μ. ἄνθρωποι Plu. Lib.educ. 2.12d; μ. ἦθος M. Ant.4.28.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μ. ἄνθρωποι",
                        "ref": "Plu. Lib.educ. 2.12d",
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                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "Comp. μελάντερος, α, ον, <i>blacker, very black,</i> τοῦ δʼ οὔ τι μελάντερον ἔπλετο ἔσθος Il. 24.94: prov. of thick darkness, [ νέφος] μελάντερον ἠΰτε πίσσα (v. ἠΰτε) 4.277: Sup. μελάντατος Hp. VC 14, Ar. Fr. 580, etc.:— Comp. also μελανώτερος Str. 16.4.12: Sup. μελαινότατος AP 11.68 ( Lucill.), Epigr.Gr. 320.4 ( Thyatira).",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τοῦ δʼ οὔ τι μελάντερον ἔπλετο ἔσθος",
                    "ref": "Il. 24.94",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.94"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87786",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μελάντατος",
                    "ref": "Hp. VC 14",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg007.perseus-grc2:14"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87787",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μελανώτερος",
                    "ref": "Str. 16.4.12",
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-87788",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μελαινότατος",
                    "ref": "AP 11.68",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.68"
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                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "μέλαινα (sc. νοῦσος), ἡ, Medic., of diseases causing black secretions (such as <i>melaena</i>), Hp. Morb. 2.73.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "VI",
              "definition": "μέλαν, τό, v. sub voc. (Cf. Skt. málam ‘dirt’, malinás ‘dirty’, Lett. melns ‘black’.)",
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              "children": []
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