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  "headword": "νείφω",
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          "definition": "<i>snow,</i> sts. person., ὅτε ὤρετο Ζεὺς νειφέμεν ( Ep. inf.) Il. 12.280; ὅταν νείφῃ ὁ θεός X. Cyn. 8.1; ἔνειφεν ὁ Ζεύς Babr. 45; imper. νεῖφε (sc. Ζεῦ) AP 5.63 ( Asclep.); ὁπόταν σχολάζῃς, νεῖψον Pherecr. 20: metaph., χρυσῷ νείφων <i>falling in a shower of</i> gold, Pi. I. 7(6).5.",
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                "quote": "ὅταν νείφῃ ὁ θεός",
                "ref": "X. Cyn. 8.1",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-92738",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἔνειφεν ὁ Ζεύς",
                "ref": "Babr. 45",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0614.tlg001.perseus-grc2:45"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-92739",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὁπόταν σχολάζῃς, νεῖψον",
                "ref": "Pherecr. 20",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "νείφει <i>it snows,</i> Ar. Ach. 1141, cf. V. 773; νειφέτω ἀλφίτοις <i>let it snow</i> with barley-meal, Nicopho 13.",
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                        "quote": "νείφει",
                        "ref": "Ar. Ach. 1141",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1141"
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                    }
                  ],
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "Med. = Act., νιφάδος νειφομένας when the snow <i>is falling,</i> A. Th. 213 (lyr.); also ὑρίχους νειφομένους σύκων ὁμοῦ τε μύρτων Ar. Fr. 569.5.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὑρίχους νειφομένους σύκων ὁμοῦ τε μύρτων",
                        "ref": "Ar. Fr. 569.5",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012.perseus-grc2:569.5"
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                    }
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "Pass., <i>to be snowed on,</i> Hdt. 4.31, Ar. Ach. 1075, X. HG 2.4.3, Plb. 16.12.3; χιόνι πολλῇ νείφεται D.S. 5.25: metaph., πολιῷ γήραϊ νειφόμενος AP 6.198 (Antip. Thess.); Παναθηναίοισιν ἐλαίου νειφόμενον δώροις Inscr.Cos 58.10.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χιόνι πολλῇ νείφεται",
                        "ref": "D.S. 5.25",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.25"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-92743",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πολιῷ γήραϊ νειφόμενος",
                        "ref": "AP 6.198",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.198"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-92744",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Παναθηναίοισιν ἐλαίου νειφόμενον δώροις",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>rain,</i> Nonn. D. 22.283:— Pass., <i>to be rained on,</i> τῶν ὑπὲρ Μέμφιν μηδὲ νειφομένων παράπαν Ph. 2.99.",
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                    "quote": "τῶν ὑπὲρ Μέμφιν μηδὲ νειφομένων παράπαν",
                    "ref": "Ph. 2.99",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.99"
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                }
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "θεὸς ν. τροφὰς ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ Id. 1.617:— Pass., τὸ νειφόμενον, i.e. manna, Id. 2.114. [νίφω, ἔνιψα, etc. ( μακρὰ ἡ πρώτη συλλαβή Phot.) freq. in codd., but the true early spelling is νείφω, ἔνειψα, etc., Inscr.Cos l.c., Hdn.Gr. 2.430, 554, sts. in codd., as Nicopho l.c.; νιφ- is correct in derivs., which have short ι.] (I.-E. sneigṷh- and snǐgṷh-, cf. Lat. nix, nivis, ninguit, Lith. sniẽga ‘it snows’, Goth. snaiws ‘snow’, etc.)",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "θεὸς ν. τροφὰς ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ",
                    "ref": "Id. 1.617",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.617"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-92747",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μακρὰ ἡ πρώτη συλλαβή",
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