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  "headword": "μέλλω",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "μέλλον",
        "ref": "Il. 17.278",
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88009",
      "data": {
        "quote": "μέλλεσκον",
        "ref": "Theoc. 25.240",
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    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88010",
      "data": {
        "quote": "μελλήσω",
        "ref": "D. 6.15",
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      }
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88011",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐμέλλησα",
        "ref": "Th. 3.55",
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88012",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἠμέλλησα",
        "ref": "Thgn. 259",
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88013",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἔμελλον",
        "ref": "Hyp. Ath. 7",
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              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>to be destined</i> or <i>likely to,</i> indicating an estimated certainty or strong probability in the present, past, or future (cf. Aristonic. ap. Sch. Il. 10.326, 11.817, 16.46, al.):",
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                      "label": "a",
                      "definition": "pres. inf. (or its equivalent), of a probability in the present, ὅθι που μέλλουσιν ἄριστοι βουλὰς βουλεύειν where <i>belike</i> the best are holding counsel, Il. 10.326; ᾧ μέλλεις εὔχεσθαι to whom thou <i>doubtless</i> prayest, 11.364; μέλλεις δὲ σὺ ἴδμεναι <i>doubtless</i> thou knowest, Od. 4.200; τὰ δὲ μέλλετʼ ἀκουέμεν <i>belike</i> you have heard it, Il. 14.125, cf. Od. 4.94; οὕτω που Διὶ μέλλει ὑπερμενέϊ φίλον εἶναι Il. 2.116; ὄλβον δὲ θεοὶ μέλλουσιν ὀπάζειν <i>methinks</i> it is the gods who give wealth, Od. 18.19; εἰ δʼ οὕτω τοῦτʼ ἐστίν, ἐμοὶ μέλλει φίλον εἶναι <i>you may be sure</i> it is my good pleasure, Il. 1.564.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88014",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οὕτω που Διὶ μέλλει ὑπερμενέϊ φίλον εἶναι",
                            "ref": "Il. 2.116",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.116"
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                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "aor. inf., of a probability in the past, μέλλω που ἀπεχθέσθαι Διὶ πατρί I <i>must have</i> become hateful to father Zeus, 21.83; κελευσέμεναι δέ σʼ ἔμελλε δαίμων a god <i>must surely have</i> bidden thee, Od. 4.274; πολλάκι που μέλλεις ἀρήμεναι you <i>must</i> often <i>have</i> prayed, 22.322; μέλλω ἀθανάτους ἀλιτέσθαι I <i>must have</i> sinned against the immortals, 4.377; ἄλλοτε δή ποτε μᾶλλον ἐρωῆσαι πολέμοιο μέλλω at any other time rather than this I <i>may have</i> drawn back . . , Il. 13.777; μέλλει μέν πού τις καὶ φίλτερον ἄλλον ὀλέσσαι before now, <i>no doubt,</i> a man <i>has</i> lost . . , 24.46, cf. 18.362; τοῦ δʼ ἤδη μέλλουσι κύνες ταχέες τʼ οἰωνοὶ ῥινὸν ἀπʼ ὀστεόφιν ἐρύσαι Od. 14.133; of a destiny in the past, ἔμελλεν οἷ αὐτῷ θάνατον . . λιτέσθαι he <i>was fated to have</i> been praying for his own death, Il. 16.46; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἄρʼ ἔμελλον ἑταίρῳ κτεινομένῳ ἐπαμῦναι since I <i>was</i> ( i.e. <i>am</i>) not <i>destined to have</i> succoured my comrade when they were slaying him, 18.98: c. pres. inf., οὐκ ἄρʼ ἔμελλες ἀνάλκιδος ἀνδρὸς ἑταίρους ἔδμεναι he <i>was to turn out</i> no helpless man whose comrades you ate, Od. 9.475.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88015",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τοῦ δʼ ἤδη μέλλουσι κύνες ταχέες τʼ οἰωνοὶ ῥινὸν ἀπʼ ὀστεόφιν ἐρύσαι",
                            "ref": "Od. 14.133",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.133"
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                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "fut. inf., of a destiny or probability in the future, ἅ οὐ τελέεσθαι ἔμελλον which <i>were</i> not <i>to be</i> accomplished, Il. 2.36; τάχα δʼ ἀνστήσεσθαι ἔμελλεν ib. 694; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἄρʼ ἔμελλον ἔγωγε νοστήσας οἶκόνδε . . εὐφρανέειν ἄλοχον 5.686, cf. 12.113, 22.356, Od. 13.293, 384; μέλλον ἔτι ξυνέσεσθαι ὀϊζυῖ πολλῇ 7.270; περὶ τρίποδος γὰρ ἔμελλον θεύσεσθαι they <i>were to have</i> run . . , Il. 11.700, cf. E. HF 463; χρόνῳ ἔμελλέ σʼ Ἕκτωρ . . ἀποφθίσειν S. Aj. 1027; ἔμελλον ἄρα παύσειν ποθʼ ὑμᾶς τοῦ κοάξ Ar. Ra. 268; φεύγεις; ἔμελλόν σʼ ἆρα κινήσειν ἐγώ Id. Nu. 1301, cf. V. 460, Pl. 103, Ach. 347: c. pres. inf., καὶ γὰρ ἐγώ ποτʼ ἔμελλον ἐν ἀνδράσιν ὄλβιος εἶναι I <i>had a chance</i> of being, <i>might have</i> been . . , Od. 18.138; μέλλεν ποτὲ οἶκος ὅδʼ ἀφνειὸς καὶ ἀμύμων ἔμμεναι, ὄφρʼ ἔτι κεῖνος ἀνὴρ ἐπιδήμιος ἦεν 1.232: c. aor. inf. (cf. infr. II), οὐδεὶς ἂν οὐδὲ μελλήσειε γενέσθαι ἀγαθός Arist. EN 1105b11: with inf. understood, [ τὰ μὲν] πάσχουσι, τὰ δὲ μέλλουσι [πάσχειν] A. Pers. 814; ἀλλʼ οὐχ οὑμὸς τοῦτο πέπονθεν βίος οὐ μὰ Δίʼ οὐδέ γε μέλλει no, not <i>likely!</i> Ar. Pl. 551; οὐδὲν . . οὔτε ἐπάθετε οὔτε ἐμελλήσατε Th. 3.55; οὔτʼ ἐμὲ ἀπέφηνεν ἡ βουλὴ οὔτʼ ἐμέλλησεν Din. 1.49.",
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἄρʼ ἔμελλον ἔγωγε νοστήσας οἶκόνδε . . εὐφρανέειν ἄλοχον",
                            "ref": "5.686",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.686"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88017",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "μέλλον ἔτι ξυνέσεσθαι ὀϊζυῖ πολλῇ",
                            "ref": "7.270",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:7.270"
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                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88018",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "χρόνῳ ἔμελλέ σʼ Ἕκτωρ . . ἀποφθίσειν",
                            "ref": "S. Aj. 1027",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1027"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88019",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἔμελλον ἄρα παύσειν ποθʼ ὑμᾶς τοῦ κοάξ",
                            "ref": "Ar. Ra. 268",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc2:268"
                          }
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88020",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "φεύγεις; ἔμελλόν σʼ ἆρα κινήσειν ἐγώ",
                            "ref": "Id. Nu. 1301",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1301"
                          }
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88021",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "μέλλεν ποτὲ οἶκος ὅδʼ ἀφνειὸς καὶ ἀμύμων ἔμμεναι, ὄφρʼ ἔτι κεῖνος ἀνὴρ ἐπιδήμιος ἦεν",
                            "ref": "1.232",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.232"
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                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88022",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οὐδεὶς ἂν οὐδὲ μελλήσειε γενέσθαι ἀγαθός",
                            "ref": "Arist. EN 1105b11",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010:1105b.perseus-grc2.11"
                          }
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                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88023",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οὐδὲν . . οὔτε ἐπάθετε οὔτε ἐμελλήσατε",
                            "ref": "Th. 3.55",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.55"
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                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88024",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οὔτʼ ἐμὲ ἀπέφηνεν ἡ βουλὴ οὔτʼ ἐμέλλησεν",
                            "ref": "Din. 1.49",
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "d",
                      "definition": "εἰ clauses, εἰ μέλλει πόλις εἶναι if it <i>is to</i> be a city, Pl. Prt. 324e: c. fut. inf., εἰ ἐμέλλομεν . . ἀνοίσειν if we <i>were to</i> refer . . , Id. Phd. 75b: c. aor. inf., εἰ μέλλομεν . . δηλῶσαι Id. Lg. 713a, cf. Smp. 184d, Plt. 268d, al.: so in part., τὴν μέλλουσαν οἰκήσεσθαι πόλιν καλῶς Arist. Pol. 1261a3, etc.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88025",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "εἰ μέλλομεν . . δηλῶσαι",
                            "ref": "Id. Lg. 713a",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:713a"
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                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88026",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τὴν μέλλουσαν οἰκήσεσθαι πόλιν καλῶς",
                            "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1261a3",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1261a.perseus-grc2.3"
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "e",
                      "definition": "ξυνεπιμέλεσθαι ᾗ μέλλει ἄριστα ἕξειν, = ᾗ ἄριστα ἕξει, Th. 8.39; εἴχομεν ἂν . . ἐπιστάτην λαβεῖν . . ὃς ἔμελλεν . . ποιήσειν Pl. Ap. 20b, cf. App. Syr. 46, etc.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88027",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "εἴχομεν ἂν . . ἐπιστάτην λαβεῖν . . ὃς ἔμελλεν . . ποιήσειν",
                            "ref": "Pl. Ap. 20b",
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                        }
                      ],
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "f",
                      "definition": "inf. being understood, τί οὐ μέλλω ( μέλλεις, etc.); why <i>shouldnʼt</i> I? why <i>is it</i> not <i>likely</i> that I should?, i.e. <i>yes, of course,</i> τὸν υἱὸν ἑόρακας αὐτοῦ; Answ. τί δʼ οὐ μέλλω (sc. ἑορακέναι); <i>of course</i> I have, X. HG 4.1.6; τί δʼ οὐ μέλλει, εἴπερ γε δρᾷ αὐτό; Pl. R. 605c; πῶς γὰρ οὐ μέλλει; Id. Phd. 78b, etc.; ἀλλὰ τί μέλλει; what (else) <i>would you expect?</i> i.e. <i>yes, of course,</i> Id. R. 349d, Hp.Mi. 373d.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>to be about to,</i> in purely temporal sense, c. fut. inf., Ἕκτορα δῖον ἔτετμεν ἀδελφεόν, εὖτʼ ἄρʼ ἔμελλε στρέψεσθʼ ἐκ χώρης Il. 6.515; ὁ μέν μιν ἔμελλε γενείου . . ἁψάμενος λίσσεσθαι (perh. pres. inf.), ὁ δʼ αὐχένα μέσσον ἔλασσε 10.454; ἄλεισον ἀναιρήσεσθαι ἔμελλε Od. 22.9, cf. Il. 23.544, 2.39, 6.52, 393; δειπνήσειν μέλλομεν, ἢ τί; Ar. Av. 464, cf. Eq. 931 (lyr.), Th. 2.8, etc.: c. pres. inf., τί μέλλεις δρᾶν; Ar. V. 1379, Th. 215, cf. Ec. 760, Ach. 493, Av. 498, al.; μέλλω μαίνεσθαι Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 1.23: more rarely c. aor. inf., παθεῖν A. Pr. 625; κτανεῖν S. OT 967 (nisi leg. κτενεῖν) ; ἀναλαβεῖν, λιπεῖν, θανεῖν, E. Or. 292, Heracl. 709, Med. 393; ἀπολέσαι, λαβεῖν, Ar. Av. 366, Ach. 1159 (lyr.); προσθεῖναι Th. 3.92; οὐδὲ ἐμέλλησαν οὐδὲ διενοήθησαν ἐνθέσθαι D. 35.19: Phryn. 316 wrongly condemns this constr.—The inf. is sts. omitted, τὸ μέλλειν ἀγαθά (sc. πράσσειν or πράξειν) the <i>expectation</i> of good things, E. Or. 1182, cf. IA 1118.",
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88028",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Ἕκτορα δῖον ἔτετμεν ἀδελφεόν, εὖτʼ ἄρʼ ἔμελλε στρέψεσθʼ ἐκ χώρης",
                    "ref": "Il. 6.515",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.515"
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88029",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὁ δʼ αὐχένα μέσσον ἔλασσε",
                    "ref": "10.454",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.454"
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88030",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἄλεισον ἀναιρήσεσθαι ἔμελλε",
                    "ref": "Od. 22.9",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.9"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88031",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μέλλω μαίνεσθαι",
                    "ref": "",
                    "urn": ""
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88032",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "παθεῖν",
                    "ref": "A. Pr. 625",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:625"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88033",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κτανεῖν",
                    "ref": "S. OT 967",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:967"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88034",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "προσθεῖναι",
                    "ref": "Th. 3.92",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.92"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88035",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οὐδὲ ἐμέλλησαν οὐδὲ διενοήθησαν ἐνθέσθαι",
                    "ref": "D. 35.19",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg035.perseus-grc2:19"
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                }
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              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>to be always going to do</i> without ever doing: hence, <i>delay, put off,</i> freq. in Trag. (also in Med. μέλλομαι, v. infr. IV fin.): in this signf. usu. folld. by pres. inf., S. OT 678 (lyr.), OC 1627, etc.; τοὺς ξυμμάχους . . οὐ μελλήσομεν τιμωρεῖν· οἱ δʼ οὐκέτι μέλλουσι κακῶς πάσχειν we <i>shall</i> not <i>delay</i> to succour our allies, for their sufferings <i>are</i> not <i>being delayed,</i> Th. 1.86: freq. with μὴ οὐ, A. Pr. 627, S. Aj. 540: with μή, τί μέλλομεν . . μὴ πράσσειν κακά; E. Med. 1242: rarely folld. by aor. inf., Id. Ph. 299 (lyr.), Rh. 673: inf. is freq. omitted, τί μέλλεις; why <i>delayest thou?</i> A. Pr. 36, cf. Pers. 407, Ag. 908, 1353, S. Fr. 917, Th. 8.78, etc.; μακρὰ μ. S. OC 219 (lyr.); Ἄρης στυγεῖ μέλλοντας E. Heracl. 723; ἴωμεν καὶ μὴ μέλλωμεν ἔτι Pl. Lg. 712b; μέλλον τι . . ἔπος a <i>hesitating</i> word, which one hesitates to speak, E. Ion 1002; μέλλων σφυγμός a <i>hesitating</i> pulse, Gal. 8.653.",
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              "citations": [
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88036",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μακρὰ μ.",
                    "ref": "S. OC 219",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc2:219"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88037",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Ἄρης στυγεῖ μέλλοντας",
                    "ref": "E. Heracl. 723",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc2:723"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88038",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἴωμεν καὶ μὴ μέλλωμεν ἔτι",
                    "ref": "Pl. Lg. 712b",
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            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "part. μέλλων is used quasi-adjectivally, ὁ μ. χρόνος the <i>future</i> time, Pi. O. 10(11).7, A. Pr. 839, Arist. Top. 111b28: Gramm., ὁ μέλλων <i>the future tense,</i> D.T. 638.23, A.D. Synt. 69.28, etc.; ἡ μ. αὐτοῦ δύναμις his <i>future</i> power, Pl. R. 494c; μ. φυλάξασθαι χρέος Pi. O. 7.40; τὸν μ. βλαστόν ( καρπόν codd.) Thphr. HP 4.15.1: esp. in neut., τὸ μέλλον, τὰ μέλλοντα <i>things to come, the future,</i> Pi. O. 2.56, A. Pr. 102, Th. 1.138, 4.71, Pl. Tht. 178e, etc.; opp. to what is simply future ( τὸ ἐσόμενον), Arist. Div.Somn. 463b29, cf. GC 337b4; εἰς τὸ μέλλον (sc. ἔτος) Ev.Luc. 13.9, cf. PLond. 3.1231.4 (ii A. D.), Plu. Caes. 14:—also in Med., τὰ ἰσχυρότατα ἐλπιζόμενα μέλλεται your strongest pleas <i>are</i> hopes <i>in futurity,</i> Th. 5.111:— but",
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                    "quote": "μ. φυλάξασθαι χρέος",
                    "ref": "Pi. O. 7.40",
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            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "Pass. μέλλομαι, ὡς μὴ μέλλοιτο τὰ δέοντα that the necessary steps <i>might</i> not <i>be delayed,</i> X. An. 3.1.47; ἐν ὅσῳ ταῦτα μέλλεται while these <i>delays are going on,</i> D. 4.37: fut. μελλήσομαι dub. l. in Procop. Goth. 2.30: pf. part. μεμελλημένος, = μέλλων, σφυγμός Gal. 9.308.",
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              "children": []
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