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  "headword": "μιμέομαι",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐμιμησάμην",
        "ref": "Pi. P. 12.21",
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          "definition": "<i>imitate, represent, portray,</i> ἔργα Γιγάντων Batr. 7; φωνάς h.Ap. 163; γόον Pi. P. 12.21; γλώσσης ἀϋτήν A. Ch. 564; τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ὄρχησιν X. Smp. 2.21; τινα Thgn. 370, Hdt. 4.166, Th. 2.37, E. El. 1037, etc.; μ. τινά τι one <i>in</i> a thing, Hdt. 5.67; τινὰ κατὰ τὰ αἰδοῖα dub. in Id. 2.104; κατὰ φωνὴν ἢ κατὰ σχῆμα Pl. R. 393c; [ ὀρθὴν πολιτείαν] ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα μεμιμημένας, Id. Plt. 293e; ἐπὶ τὸ σεμνόν Id. Lg. 814e; ἡδοναὶ μεμιμημέναι τὰς ἀληθεῖς ἐπὶ τὰ γελοιότερα Id. Phlb. 40c: c. acc. cogn., μιμήσεις πονηρὰς μ. τινά <i>imitate</i> him in what is bad, Id. Lg. 705c, cf. Ar. Nu. 1430, Pl. 306; τὰ πλεῖστα μ. τὴν Κρητικὴν πολιτείαν Arist. Pol. 1271b22: pf. part. μεμιμημένος, in act. sense, στύλοισι φοίνικας μεμιμημένοισι pillars <i>made to represent</i> palms, Hdt. 2.169, cf. Pl. Cra. 414b: in pass. sense, <i>made exactly like, portrayed,</i> γραφῇ Hdt. 2.78, 86, cf. Arist. Rh. 1371b6: pres. part. in pass. sense, Pl. R. 604e: fut. part. μιμηθησόμενον ib. 599a: aor. part. μιμηθέν Id. Lg. 668b.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἔργα Γιγάντων",
                "ref": "Batr. 7",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90818",
              "data": {
                "quote": "φωνάς",
                "ref": "h.Ap. 163",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc2:163"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90819",
              "data": {
                "quote": "γόον",
                "ref": "Pi. P. 12.21",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.21"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90820",
              "data": {
                "quote": "γλώσσης ἀϋτήν",
                "ref": "A. Ch. 564",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc2:564"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90821",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ὄρχησιν",
                "ref": "X. Smp. 2.21",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc2:2.21"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90822",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κατὰ φωνὴν ἢ κατὰ σχῆμα",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 393c",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:393c"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90823",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐπὶ τὸ σεμνόν",
                "ref": "Id. Lg. 814e",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:814e"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90824",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἡδοναὶ μεμιμημέναι τὰς ἀληθεῖς ἐπὶ τὰ γελοιότερα",
                "ref": "Id. Phlb. 40c",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010.perseus-grc2:40c"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90825",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὰ πλεῖστα μ. τὴν Κρητικὴν πολιτείαν",
                "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1271b22",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1271b.perseus-grc2.22"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90826",
              "data": {
                "quote": "γραφῇ",
                "ref": "Hdt. 2.78",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.78"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90827",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μιμηθέν",
                "ref": "Id. Lg. 668b",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:668b"
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>represent, express by means of imitation,</i> of an actor, Id. R. 605c, cf. Ar. Pl. 291 (lyr.); of painting and music, Pl. Plt. 306d; τὴν τῶν μελῶν μίμησιν τὴν εὖ καὶ τὴν κακῶς μεμιμημένην Id. Lg. 812c; of poetry, Arist. Po. 1447a17, al.; of μῖμοι, <i>represent, act,</i> τι X. Smp. 2.21.—Neither μῖμος, μιμέομαι, nor any derivs. occur in Il. or Od.:—Trag. use only pres. and fut. μῑμ-ηλάζω, = foreg., ἀγαθὸν κακῷ μ. Ph. 1.557 (s. v.l.); - άζοντες καὶ παρακόπτοντες τὸ δόκιμον νόμισμα ib. 610 (- ίζοντες codd.), cf. Hsch.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90828",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὴν τῶν μελῶν μίμησιν τὴν εὖ καὶ τὴν κακῶς μεμιμημένην",
                    "ref": "Id. Lg. 812c",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:812c"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90829",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀγαθὸν κακῷ μ.",
                    "ref": "Ph. 1.557",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.557"
                  }
                }
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