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  "headword": "ὄστρεον",
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          "definition": "<i>oyster</i>; the proper Att. form is ὄστρειον ( ὄστρεια . . ἔλεγον οἱ ἀρχαῖοι Ath. 3.92e, cf. Moer. p.285P. (who recommends ὀστρία [ῑ] wrongly), Phot., etc.), and this is required by the metre in the earlier Poets, κόγχοι, μύες, κὤστρεια A. Fr. 34; ὄστρεια συμμεμυκότα Epich. 42 ( ὄστρεα codd. Ath.); πίννῃσι καὶ ὀστρείοισιν ὁμοίη Cratin. 8; πίνναι, λεπάδες, μύες, ὄστρεια Anaxandr. 41.61 (anap.); while ὄστρεον is used in late Ep., Matro Conv. 16, Nic. Fr. 83, and is found in Pap., PCair.Zen. 82.13 (iii B. C.), POxy. 738.5 (i A. D.):—the readings vary in Pl. (v. infr. III), as in Arist., cf. HA 490b10, 525a20: generally, of all <i>bivalves,</i> ib. 525a20, 528a1, Fr. 304, Gal. 12.345.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὄστρεια . . ἔλεγον οἱ ἀρχαῖοι",
                "ref": "Ath. 3.92e",
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              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-100534",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κόγχοι, μύες, κὤστρεια",
                "ref": "A. Fr. 34",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008.perseus-grc2:34"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-100535",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὄστρεια συμμεμυκότα",
                "ref": "Epich. 42",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001.perseus-grc2:42"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-100536",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πίννῃσι καὶ ὀστρείοισιν ὁμοίη",
                "ref": "Cratin. 8",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-100537",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πίνναι, λεπάδες, μύες, ὄστρεια",
                "ref": "Anaxandr. 41.61",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001.perseus-grc2:41.61"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>oyster-</i> or <i>bivalve-shell,</i> Arist. HA 531b5, 590a32.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>purple pigment,</i> prob. that produced by the murex, cf. Arist. HA 548a12; ὄστρεον μόνον ἐπιφέρειν Pl. Cra. 424d; ὀστρείῳ ἐναληλιμμένος Id. R. 420c; τὰ σώματα ἐκέχριντο ὀστρείῳ Callix. 2: ὄστρεα· τὰ κογχύλια, Λάκωνες ἄνθος, Hsch.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὄστρεον μόνον ἐπιφέρειν",
                    "ref": "Pl. Cra. 424d",
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-100539",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὀστρείῳ ἐναληλιμμένος",
                    "ref": "Id. R. 420c",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:420c"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-100540",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὰ σώματα ἐκέχριντο ὀστρείῳ",
                    "ref": "Callix. 2",
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                }
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            }
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