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          "definition": "<i>limb,</i> in early writers always in pl., Il. 7.131, Pi. N. 1.47, etc. ( κατὰ μέλος is corrupt for κατὰ μέρος in h.Merc. 419); μελέων ἔντοσθε within my <i>bodily frame,</i> A. Pers. 991 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 265 (lyr.); κατὰ μέλη ( -εα) <i>limb by limb,</i> like μελεϊστί, Pi. O. 1.49, Hdt. 1.119; τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη καὶ μέρη Pl. Lg. 795e; μέλη ποιεῖν <i>dismember,</i> LXX 2 Ma. 1.16: later in sg., AP 9.141, Gal. UP 12.3, al.; ἡ κατὰ μέλος τομή Str. 2.1.30.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη καὶ μέρη",
                "ref": "Pl. Lg. 795e",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἡ κατὰ μέλος τομή",
                "ref": "Str. 2.1.30",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἐσμὲν . . ἀλλήλων μέλη Ep.Rom. 12.5, cf. 1 Ep.Cor. 6.15.",
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                        "quote": "ἐσμὲν . . ἀλλήλων μέλη",
                        "ref": "Ep.Rom. 12.5",
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                    }
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>features, form,</i> οὐκέτʼ ἐγὼ . . γονέων μ. ὄψομαι BMus.Inscr. 1077 ( Sudan).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐκέτʼ ἐγὼ . . γονέων μ. ὄψομαι",
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          "label": "B",
          "definition": "<i>musical member, phrase</i>: hence, <i>song, strain,</i> first in h.Hom. 19.16 (pl.), of the nightingale (the Hom. word being μολπή), cf. Thgn. 761, etc.; μέλη βοῶν ἄναυλα S. Fr. 699; esp. of <i>lyric poetry,</i> τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ. Pi. O. 9.1; ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν to write in <i>lyric strain,</i> Hdt. 5.95, cf. 2.135; ἐν μέλει ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ Pl. R. 607d, cf. D.H. Comp. 11; Ἀδμήτου μ. Cratin. 236; μέλη, τά, <i>lyric poetry, choral songs,</i> opp. Epic or Dramatic verse, Pl. R. 379a, 607a, al.; [ μ.] ἐκ τριῶν συγκείμενον, λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ ib. 398d.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "μέλη βοῶν ἄναυλα",
                "ref": "S. Fr. 699",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc2:699"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88050",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ.",
                "ref": "Pi. O. 9.1",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.1"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88051",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐν μέλει ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 607d",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:607d"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88052",
              "data": {
                "quote": "Ἀδμήτου μ.",
                "ref": "Cratin. 236",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001.perseus-grc2:236"
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            }
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          "children": [
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>lyric portion</i> of the Comic παράβασις, Heph. Poëm. 8.2.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>music to which a song is set, tune,</i> Arist. Po. 1450a14; opp. ῥυθμός, μέτρον, Pl. Grg. 502c; opp. ῥυθμός, ῥῆμα, Id. Lg. 656c; Κρητικόν, Καρικόν, Ἰωνικὸν μ., Cratin. 222, Pl.Com. 69.12, 14: metaph., ἐν μέλει <i>properly, correctly,</i> ἐν μ. φθέγγεσθαι Pl. Sph. 227d; παρὰ μέλος <i>incorrectly, inopportunely,</i> πὰρ μ. ἔρχομαι Pi. N. 7.69; παρὰ μ. φθέγξασθαι Pl. Phlb. 28b, Lg. 696d; παρὰ μέλος λαμπρύνεσθαι Arist. EN 1123a22, cf. EE 1233a39.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐν μ. φθέγγεσθαι",
                        "ref": "Pl. Sph. 227d",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πὰρ μ. ἔρχομαι",
                        "ref": "Pi. N. 7.69",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc2:7.69"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "παρὰ μ. φθέγξασθαι",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phlb. 28b",
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                      }
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88056",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "παρὰ μέλος λαμπρύνεσθαι",
                        "ref": "Arist. EN 1123a22",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010:1123a.perseus-grc2.22"
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>melody</i> of an instrument, φόρμιγξ δʼ αὖ φθέγγοιθʼ ἱερὸν μ. ἠδὲ καὶ αὐλός Thgn. 761; αὐλῶν πάμφωνον μ. Pi. P. 12.19; πηκτίδων μέλη S. Fr. 241: generally, <i>tone,</i> μ. βοῆς E. El. 756. [In h.Merc. 502 θεὸς δʼ ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄεισεν must be read for θεὸς δʼ ὑπὸ μέλος ἄεισεν, and Ἕλλησιν δʼ ᾄδων μέλεα καὶ ἐλέγους is corrupt in Epigr. ap. Paus. 10.7.6.]",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "φόρμιγξ δʼ αὖ φθέγγοιθʼ ἱερὸν μ. ἠδὲ καὶ αὐλός",
                        "ref": "Thgn. 761",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:761"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88058",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "αὐλῶν πάμφωνον μ.",
                        "ref": "Pi. P. 12.19",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πηκτίδων μέλη",
                        "ref": "S. Fr. 241",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μ. βοῆς",
                        "ref": "E. El. 756",
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