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  "headword": "μύουρος",
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          "definition": "<i>tapering</i> (lit. <i>mouse-tailed</i>), of a non-carnivorous fishʼs στόμα (snout), Arist. PA 662a32, 697a1; of the αἱμόρροος II, ἐπʼ εὖρος τέτρυται μύουρος ἀπὸ φλογέοιο καρήνου Nic. Th. 287, cf. 225; ἐξ εὐρείας τῆς κεφαλῆς μείουρος κάτεισιν ἔστε ἐπὶ τὴν οὐράν Ael. NA 15.13; εἰς (ἐπὶ) μείουρον ἄγεσθαι <i>taper</i> towards the tail, Philum. Ven. 21.1, 27.1; ἐν τῷ μειούρῳ τῆς οὐρᾶς the <i>tapering part</i> of a horseʼs tail, Hippiatr. 55; τὸ μείουρον (sc. τοῦ σπέρματος) πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἄγοντας Gp. 10.57.8, cf. 10.63.4; κάμαξ μύουρος Apollod. Poliorc. 172.9 (v.l. μεί-), 182.6, cf. Ph. Bel. 51.8 ( μύ-), 83.20 ( μεί-) ; πύργον . . ἐς μύουρον ἀνιόντα Paus. 10.16.1; αἱ πρὸς ὄμμα τε καὶ ὀρθογώνιοι στοαὶ πόρρωθεν μείουροι φαίνονται Hero *Deff. 135.9 (v.l. μύ-) ; μετρεῖ τὰ μείουρα ὡς κώνους κολούρους, i.e. roughly, ib. 8; σφὴν μείουρος Id. *Stereom. 1.28; λίθος μείουρος ib. 2.17 (v.l. μύ-), 59; ξύλον μύουρον Id. *Mens. 8 (as Subst. μείουρος, ὁ, <i>tapering prism,</i> Id. *Deff. 133.2, *Geom. 3.24); ἐκφύσεις κατὰ τὸ ἄκρον μείουροι Diocl. Fr. 27; μείουρος σχηματισμὸς [τῶν δακτύλων], i.e. with the tips pressed together, Sor. 2.60; μύουρον σχῆμα Str. 2.5.6, Apollod. Poliorc. 181.3; μερίς, τμῆμα, γραμμή, Str. 11.11.7. Adv., συνηγμένων μειούρως τῶν δακτύλων Paul.Aeg. 6.74.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐπʼ εὖρος τέτρυται μύουρος ἀπὸ φλογέοιο καρήνου",
                "ref": "Nic. Th. 287",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-92003",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐξ εὐρείας τῆς κεφαλῆς μείουρος κάτεισιν ἔστε ἐπὶ τὴν οὐράν",
                "ref": "Ael. NA 15.13",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.13"
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            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-92004",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἄγοντας",
                "ref": "Gp. 10.57.8",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4080.tlg001:10.57.perseus-grc2.8"
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            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-92005",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κάμαξ μύουρος",
                "ref": "Apollod. Poliorc. 172.9",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "; πύργον . . ἐς μύουρον ἀνιόντα",
                "ref": "Paus. 10.16.1",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-92007",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἱ πρὸς ὄμμα τε καὶ ὀρθογώνιοι στοαὶ πόρρωθεν μείουροι φαίνονται",
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              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-92008",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐκφύσεις κατὰ τὸ ἄκρον μείουροι",
                "ref": "Diocl. Fr. 27",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "μύουρον σχῆμα",
                "ref": "Str. 2.5.6",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "συνηγμένων μειούρως τῶν δακτύλων",
                "ref": "Paul.Aeg. 6.74",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0715.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.74"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "στίχοι μείουροι ‘tapering’ hexameters, in which the first syllable of one of the last two feet is short instead of long, Ath. 14.632e, cf. Sch.Heph. p.290 C., Eust. 900.7.",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>dying away gradually,</i> Gal. 8.480,524, 9.314. Adv. - ρως ibid.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "μῦθος, ὥστε . . βραχέως δεικνύμενον μύουρον φαίνεσθαι it seems <i>too short,</i> Arist. Po. 1462b6; of periods, Id. Rh. 1409b18. (In this group of words codd. freq. vary between μυ- and μει-; both μυουρία and μειουρία are recognized by Eust. l.c.: μυ- prob. became μει- by phonetic change, cf. ἐρρηγεῖα, κώδεια, etc.: μῠ- Nic. Th. 225, D.P. l.c., but μῡ- Nic. Th. 287.)",
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