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  "headword": "μέλπω",
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        "quote": "μέλπον",
        "ref": "Hes. Fr. 265",
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      }
    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88063",
      "data": {
        "quote": "μέλψω",
        "ref": "E. Alc. 446",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc2:446"
      }
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88064",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἔμελψα",
        "ref": "A. Ag. 245",
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    }
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          "definition": "<i>celebrate with song and dance,</i> μέλποντες ἑκάεργον Il. l.c.; Φοῖβον Hes. l.c., cf. Pi. Fr. 75.11; μ. τινὰ κατὰ χέλυν E. l.c.; τινὰ κώμοις Ar. Th. 989 (lyr.); μ. ᾠδαῖς Σπάρτην Anaxandr. 41.19 (anap.); μ. τὸν πόσιν E. Tr. 339 (lyr.).",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88065",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τινὰ κώμοις",
                "ref": "Ar. Th. 989",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc2:989"
              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88066",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μ. ᾠδαῖς Σπάρτην",
                "ref": "Anaxandr. 41.19",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001.perseus-grc2:41.19"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88067",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μ. τὸν πόσιν",
                "ref": "E. Tr. 339",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc2:339"
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            }
          ],
          "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>sing,</i> A. Ag. 245, E. IT 429 (both lyr.): c.acc.cogn., μ. θανάσιμον γόον A. Ag. 1445; ἰαχάν, βοάν, E. Med. 150, Tr. 547 (both lyr.); μ. τᾶς κιθάρας ἐνοπάν <i>let</i> it <i>sound,</i> Id. Ion 881 (lyr.): c. dat. instrum., μ. αὐλῷ <i>play</i> on . . , AP 6.195 ( Arch.); μ. πτεροῖς, of the swan, Anacreont. 58.9.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μ. θανάσιμον γόον",
                        "ref": "A. Ag. 1445",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1445"
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                    }
                  ],
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Med. μέλπομαι, Hom. (v. infr.), E. Ph. 787 (lyr.): aor. part. μελψάμενος AP 7.19 ( Leon.): fut. μέλψομαι in pass. sense, ib. 9.521:— <i>sing</i> to the lyre or harp, μετὰ δέ σφιν ἐμέλπετο θεῖος ἀοιδός, φορμίζων Od. 4.17, cf. 13.27; μέλπεο καὶ κιθάριζε h.Merc. 476; Μελπόμενος, epith. of Dionysus at Athens, Paus. 1.2.5; <i>dance and sing,</i> as a chorus, μετὰ μελπομένῃσιν ἐν χορῷ Il. 16.182, cf. h.Hom. 19.21; μέλπεσθαι Ἄρηϊ <i>to dance a war-dance</i> in honour of Ares, by a bold metaph. for <i>to fight on foot</i> ( ἐνὶ σταδίῃ), Il. 7.241: c. acc. cogn., στοναχὰς μέλποντο <i>let</i> them <i>sound,</i> E. Andr. 1039 (lyr.), cf. Ph. l.c. (lyr.).",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μελψάμενος",
                    "ref": "AP 7.19",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.19"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88070",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μετὰ δέ σφιν ἐμέλπετο θεῖος ἀοιδός, φορμίζων",
                    "ref": "Od. 4.17",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.17"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88071",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μέλπεο καὶ κιθάριζε",
                    "ref": "h.Merc. 476",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc2:476"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88072",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μετὰ μελπομένῃσιν ἐν χορῷ",
                    "ref": "Il. 16.182",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.182"
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                }
              ],
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>sing of, celebrate,</i> νόμους καὶ ἤθεα Hes. Th. 66, cf. Pi. P. 3.78; μ. χοροῖσι E. Tr. 554 (lyr.).",
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                        "quote": "νόμους καὶ ἤθεα",
                        "ref": "Hes. Th. 66",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc2:66"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-88074",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μ. χοροῖσι",
                        "ref": "E. Tr. 554",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc2:554"
                      }
                    }
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