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  "headword": "μνηστεύω",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "μεμνήστευκα",
        "ref": "D.S. 18.23",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "μνηστεύσομαι",
        "ref": "Palaeph. 29",
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91216",
      "data": {
        "quote": "μεμνήστευμαι",
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      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>court, seek in marriage,</i> c. acc., ἀγαθήν τε γυναῖκα καὶ ἀφνειοῖο θύγατρα μνηστεύειν Od. 18.277; τὴν πλεῖστοι . . μνήστευον Hes. Fr. 33.2; ἐμνήστευσε τὴν γυναῖκα λαβεῖν X. HG 6.4.37; μ. γάμους E. IA 847, cf. Pl. Lg. 773b; <i>woo and win, espouse,</i> Thgn. 1112, Theoc. 18.6:— Med., <i>court for oneself,</i> Περσεφόνης γάμον Apollod. 2.5.12, cf. J. AJ 4.8.23, Palaeph. l.c.: censured by Luc. Sol. 9, but used by him, Merc.Cond. 23, Tox. 37; ὁ τὴν κόρην μεμνηστευμένος Id. Asin. 26; -ευσαμένου μου τῷ . . υἱῷ . . τὴν . . θυγατέρα PFlor. 36.4 (iv A. D.):— Pass., of the woman, μναστευθείσᾳʼ ξ Ἑλλάνων E. IT 208 (lyr.), cf. Isoc. 10.39.",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91217",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀγαθήν τε γυναῖκα καὶ ἀφνειοῖο θύγατρα μνηστεύειν",
                "ref": "Od. 18.277",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.277"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91218",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὴν πλεῖστοι . . μνήστευον",
                "ref": "Hes. Fr. 33.2",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007.perseus-grc2:33.2"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91219",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐμνήστευσε τὴν γυναῖκα λαβεῖν",
                "ref": "X. HG 6.4.37",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001:6.4.perseus-grc2.37"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91220",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μ. γάμους",
                "ref": "E. IA 847",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc2:847"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91221",
              "data": {
                "quote": "Περσεφόνης γάμον",
                "ref": "Apollod. 2.5.12",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001:2.5.perseus-grc2.12"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91222",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὁ τὴν κόρην μεμνηστευμένος",
                "ref": "Id. Asin. 26",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg001.perseus-grc2:26"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91223",
              "data": {
                "quote": "-ευσαμένου μου τῷ . . υἱῷ . . τὴν . . θυγατέρα",
                "ref": "PFlor. 36.4",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Flor.:36.perseus-grc2.4"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91224",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μναστευθείσᾳʼ ξ Ἑλλάνων",
                "ref": "E. IT 208",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc2:208"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>promise in marriage, betroth,</i> τινά τινι E. El. 313; γάμον μνηστεύειν (with or without τινι) <i>to bring about</i> a marriage <i>for</i> another, help him to a wife, Call. Dian. 265, A.R. 2.511:— Pass., τῇ μεμνηστευμένῃ αὐτῷ γυναικί his <i>betrothed</i> wife, Ev.Luc. 2.5.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91225",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τινά τινι",
                    "ref": "E. El. 313",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc2:313"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "definition": "",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "τοσόνδε κίνδυνον αὐτῷ ὁ ὄλεθρος τῶν ἀδελφῶν μ. J. AJ 17.1.1; ἡδονήν [τινι] μ. τῷ κάλλει Jul. Ep. 180; ἡμῖν τοῦ μέλους τὸ ἐνδόσιμον μ. ib. 186.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91226",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τοσόνδε κίνδυνον αὐτῷ ὁ ὄλεθρος τῶν ἀδελφῶν μ.",
                            "ref": "J. AJ 17.1.1",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001:17.1.perseus-grc2.1"
                          }
                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91227",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἡδονήν [τινι] μ. τῷ κάλλει",
                            "ref": "Jul. Ep. 180",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg013.perseus-grc2:180"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>sue, canvass for</i> a thing, c. acc., χειροτονίαν Isoc. 8.15: c. inf., μνηστευόμενος ἄρχειν ἑκόντων Plu. Caes. 58:—also in Med., μ. πόλεμον, διαλλαγάς, J. BJ 2.17.3, AJ 5.7.4.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91228",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "χειροτονίαν",
                    "ref": "Isoc. 8.15",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg017.perseus-grc2:15"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91229",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μνηστευόμενος ἄρχειν ἑκόντων",
                    "ref": "Plu. Caes. 58",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048.perseus-grc2:58"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "λόγον μ. τινί <i>pass off</i> a speech upon a person, <i>hawk</i> it to him, Socr. Ep. 30.13.",
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