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  "headword": "μητρόπολις",
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          "definition": "<i>mother-state,</i> as related to her colonies, of Athens in relation to the Ionians, Hdt. 7.51, Th. 6.82; of Doris in relation to the Peloponn. Dorians, Hdt. 8.31, Th. 1.107, 3.92; of Meroe in relation to the Ethiopians, Hdt. 2.29; of Thera, μεγαλᾶν πολίων μ. Pi. P. 4.20; μ. Λοκρῶν Ὀπόεις Simon. 93; of the Attic Salamis, as the μ. of the Cyprian, A. Pers. 895 (lyr.); of Corinth, as the μ. of Corcyra, Th. 1.24; of Rome, Gal. 14.296.",
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                "quote": "μεγαλᾶν πολίων μ.",
                "ref": "Pi. P. 4.20",
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                "quote": "μ. Λοκρῶν Ὀπόεις",
                "ref": "Simon. 93",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἐστὶ μ. τοῦ ψυχροῦ [ὁ ἐγκέφαλος] Hp. Carn. 4; ἡ ἱστορία μ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας D.S. 1.2, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.199; γεωμετρία ἀρχὴ καὶ μ. τῶν ἄλλων (sc. μαθημάτων) Philol. ap. Plu. QConv. 2.718e.",
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                        "quote": "ἡ ἱστορία μ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας",
                        "ref": "D.S. 1.2",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>oneʼs mother-city, mother-country, home,</i> Pi. N. 5.8, S. OC 707 (lyr.), Ant. 1122 (lyr.).",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἁ σὰ ματρόπολις thy <i>motherʼs city,</i> Isyll. 59.",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>capital city,</i> X. An. 5.2.3, 5.4.15; ἡ μ. τῆς Ἀσίας, of Ephesus, OGI 496.6, IG 3.485; ἡ μ. τῆς Ἰωνίας, of Miletus, ib. 480.",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>chief town</i> of a νομός, PRev.Laws 48.16 (iii B. C.), BGU 326 ii 10 (ii A. D.), etc.",
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