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  "headword": "ξυρόν",
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          "definition": "<i>razor,</i> E. El. 241, Ar. Ec. 65, Th. 219, Nic. Al. 411, Plu. Art. 29, etc.: prov., ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἵσταται ἀκμῆς . . , ὄλεθρος ἠὲ βιῶναι death or life is balanced on a <i>razorʼs</i> edge, Il. 10.173 : freq. in later authors, to express a delicately balanced likelihood of failure or success, ἀκμᾶς ἑστακυῖαν ἐπὶ ξυροῦ Ἑλλάδα Simon. 97 ; ἐπὶ ξ. γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα Hdt. 6.11 ; κίνδυνος ἐπὶ ξ. ἵσταται ἀκμῆς Thgn. 557 ; βεβὼς . . ἐπὶ ξ. τύχης S. Ant. 996 ; ἔβητʼ ἐπὶ ξ. ; E. HF 630 ; ἐπὶ ξ. εἶναι Theoc. 22.6 ; ἐπὶ ξ. ἑστηκέναι Luc. JTr. 3.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀκμᾶς ἑστακυῖαν ἐπὶ ξυροῦ Ἑλλάδα",
                "ref": "Simon. 97",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001.perseus-grc2:97"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐπὶ ξ. γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα",
                "ref": "Hdt. 6.11",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.11"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-95071",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κίνδυνος ἐπὶ ξ. ἵσταται ἀκμῆς",
                "ref": "Thgn. 557",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:557"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-95072",
              "data": {
                "quote": "βεβὼς . . ἐπὶ ξ. τύχης",
                "ref": "S. Ant. 996",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:996"
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                "quote": "ἐπὶ ξ. εἶναι",
                "ref": "Theoc. 22.6",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.6"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-95074",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐπὶ ξ. ἑστηκέναι",
                "ref": "Luc. JTr. 3",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg018.perseus-grc2:3"
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