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  "headword": "οὐσία",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "-ιη",
        "ref": "Hdt. 1.92",
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    }
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    {
      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>that which is oneʼs own, oneʼs substance, property,</i> Hdt. ll.cc., S. Tr. 911 (s. v. l.), E. HF 337, Hel. 1253 (pl., Fr. 354 (s. v. l.)), Ar. Ec. 729, Lys. 18.17, Pl. R. 551b, SIG l.c., etc.; opp. τὰ σώματα (civil status), And. 1.74; καλῶς . . ἐπεμελήθη τῶν οὐσιῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ δημάρχου BSA 24.154 ( Attica, iv B.C.); εἰ ἐκεκτήμην οὐ. if I had been a man of <i>substance,</i> Lys. 24.11; ὑπὲρ τὴν οὐ. δαπανᾶν Diph. 32.7; πατρῴαν οὐ. κατεσθίειν Anaxipp. 1.32, cf. Critias 45 D.; φανερὰ οὐσία real <i>property, immovables,</i> And. 1.118; opp. ἀφανής, Lys. 32.4; freq. of <i>estates</i> in Egypt, PTeb. 6.23 ( ii B. C., pl.), BGU 650.3 (i A. D.), OGI 665.30 (i A. D.), etc.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "καλῶς . . ἐπεμελήθη τῶν οὐσιῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ δημάρχου",
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                "urn": ""
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὑπὲρ τὴν οὐ. δαπανᾶν",
                "ref": "Diph. 32.7",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001.perseus-grc2:32.7"
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            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101227",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πατρῴαν οὐ. κατεσθίειν",
                "ref": "Anaxipp. 1.32",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0407.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.32"
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          "children": [
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Ion. φύσις (with which it is interchanged in various uses, e. g. Philol. 11, Pl. R. 359a, 359b, Arist. PA 646a25, Thphr. HP 6.1.1), <i>stable being, immutable reality,</i> opp. γένεσις, ὅτιπερ πρὸς γένεσιν οὐσία, τοῦτο πρὸς πίστιν ἀλήθεια Pl. Ti. 29c, cf. Sph. 232c; ὧν κίνησις γένεσιν παραλαβοῦσα ἀέναον οὐ. ἐπόρισεν Id. Lg. 966e; γένεσις μὲν τὸ σπέρμα, οὐ. δὲ τὸ τέλος Arist. PA 641b32, cf. 640a18, etc.; ὁδὸς εἰς οὐσίαν Id. Metaph. 1003b7: hence, <i>being</i> in the abstract, opp. non-being ( τὸ μὴ εἶναι), Pl. Tht. 185c.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "γένεσις, ὅτιπερ πρὸς γένεσιν οὐσία, τοῦτο πρὸς πίστιν ἀλήθεια",
                    "ref": "Pl. Ti. 29c",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031.perseus-grc2:29c"
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101229",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὧν κίνησις γένεσιν παραλαβοῦσα ἀέναον οὐ. ἐπόρισεν",
                    "ref": "Id. Lg. 966e",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:966e"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101230",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "γένεσις μὲν τὸ σπέρμα, οὐ. δὲ τὸ τέλος",
                    "ref": "Arist. PA 641b32",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:641b.perseus-grc2.32"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101231",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὁδὸς εἰς οὐσίαν",
                    "ref": "Id. Metaph. 1003b7",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:1003b.perseus-grc2.7"
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              ],
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>substance, essence,</i> opp. πάθη (ʼmodesʼ), Id. Euthphr. 11a; πάθη οὐσίας Arist. Metaph. 1003b7; opp. συμβεβηκότα (ʼaccidentsʼ), Id. APo. 83a24, PA 643a27; ἡ φύσις [τῆς ψυχῆς] καὶ ἡ οὐ., εἶθʼ ὅσα συμβέβηκε περὶ αὐτήν Id. de An. 402a8.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101232",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πάθη οὐσίας",
                        "ref": "Arist. Metaph. 1003b7",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101233",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἡ φύσις [τῆς ψυχῆς] καὶ ἡ οὐ., εἶθʼ ὅσα συμβέβηκε περὶ αὐτήν",
                        "ref": "Id. de An. 402a8",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:402a.perseus-grc2.8"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>true nature</i> of that which is a member of a kind, defined as ὃ τυγχάνει ἕκαστον ὄν Pl. Phd. 65d; as τὸ ὅ ἐστι ib. 92d; as τὸ τί ἐστι Arist. APo. 90b30; τὸ εἶναί τε καὶ τὴν οὐ. Pl. R. 509b; expressed in a formula or definition, ψυχῆς οὐ. τε καὶ λόγον Id. Phdr. 245e; τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι οὗ ὁ λόγος ὁρισμός, καὶ τοῦτο οὐ. λέγεται Arist. Metaph. 1017b22; μόνης τῆς οὐ. ἐστὶν ὁ ὁρισμός ib. 1031a1.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101234",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὃ τυγχάνει ἕκαστον ὄν",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phd. 65d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:65d"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101235",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ τί ἐστι",
                        "ref": "Arist. APo. 90b30",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:90b.perseus-grc2.30"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101236",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ψυχῆς οὐ. τε καὶ λόγον",
                        "ref": "Id. Phdr. 245e",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:245e"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101237",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι οὗ ὁ λόγος ὁρισμός, καὶ τοῦτο οὐ. λέγεται",
                        "ref": "Arist. Metaph. 1017b22",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:1017b.perseus-grc2.22"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>substantiality,</i> ἔτι ἐπέκεινα τῆς οὐ. πρεσβείᾳ . . ὑπερέχοντος Pl. R. 509b.",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101238",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔτι ἐπέκεινα τῆς οὐ. πρεσβείᾳ . . ὑπερέχοντος",
                        "ref": "Pl. R. 509b",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:509b"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>the primary real,</i> the <i>substratum</i> underlying all change and process in nature, applied by Arist. to the atoms of Democritus, Fr. 208; to τὰ ἁπλᾶ σώματα Id. Cael. 298a29, cf. Metaph. 1017b10; πᾶσαι αἱ φυσικαὶ οὐ. ἢ σώματα ἢ μετὰ σωμάτων γίγνονται Id. Cael. 298b3, al.; ταὐτὸν σῶμα καὶ οὐσίαν ὁριζόμενοι Pl. Sph. 246a; but also, νοητὰ ἄττα καὶ ἀσώματα εἴδη . . τὴν ἀληθινὴν οὐ. ib. b.",
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                  "citations": [
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101239",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὰ ἁπλᾶ σώματα",
                        "ref": "Id. Cael. 298a29",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:298a.perseus-grc2.29"
                      }
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101240",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πᾶσαι αἱ φυσικαὶ οὐ. ἢ σώματα ἢ μετὰ σωμάτων γίγνονται",
                        "ref": "Id. Cael. 298b3",
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                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101241",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ταὐτὸν σῶμα καὶ οὐσίαν ὁριζόμενοι",
                        "ref": "Pl. Sph. 246a",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc2:246a"
                      }
                    }
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                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>substance</i> as the leading category, Arist. Cat. 1b26, Metaph. 1045b29; αἱ πρῶται οὐ. (individuals), αἱ δεύτεραι οὐ. (species and genera), Id. Cat. 2b5, 2a15 (but ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ὁ ἵππος . . οὐκ ἔστιν οὐ. ἀλλὰ σύνολόν τι Id. Metaph. 1035b29, cf. σύνθετος or συνθέτη οὐ. ib. 1043a30, de An. 412a16); ἡ μὲν ψυχὴ οὐ. ἡ πρώτη, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ὕλη Id. Metaph. 1037a5; ἡ ψυχὴ οὐ. ὡς εἶδος Id. de An. 412a19; ἡ οὐ. ἐντελέχεια ib. 21; [ ψυχὴ] οὐ. τοῦ ἐμψύχου Id. Metaph. 1035b15; of the abstract objects of mathematics, μονὰς οὐ. ἄθετος, στιγμὴ δὲ οὐ. θετός Id. APo. 87a36.",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101242",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ὁ ἵππος . . οὐκ ἔστιν οὐ. ἀλλὰ σύνολόν τι",
                        "ref": "Id. Metaph. 1035b29",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:1035b.perseus-grc2.29"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101243",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἡ μὲν ψυχὴ οὐ. ἡ πρώτη, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ὕλη",
                        "ref": "Id. Metaph. 1037a5",
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101244",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἡ ψυχὴ οὐ. ὡς εἶδος",
                        "ref": "Id. de An. 412a19",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:412a.perseus-grc2.19"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101245",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ψυχὴ] οὐ. τοῦ ἐμψύχου",
                        "ref": "Id. Metaph. 1035b15",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:1035b.perseus-grc2.15"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101246",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μονὰς οὐ. ἄθετος, στιγμὴ δὲ οὐ. θετός",
                        "ref": "Id. APo. 87a36",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:87a.perseus-grc2.36"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "Pl. and Arist. in various uses, as ἡ ἄποιος οὐ., = ἡ ὕλη, Zeno Stoic. 1.24; κατὰ οὐσίαν, opp. κατὰ δύναμιν ἢ ἐνέργειαν, Polystr. p.12 W.; πᾶς νοῦς ἀμέριστός ἐστιν οὐ. Procl. Inst. 171, cf. Plot. 2.4.5, 2.6.1, 4.7.8, 6.1.2, al.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "8",
                  "definition": "Pythag. name for I, Theol.Ar. 6.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Aët. 15.15,45.",
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              "citations": [],
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            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "αἱ οὐ. <i>fire-resisting substances,</i> Zos.Alch. p. 168B.; of the four σώματα (copper, tin, lead, iron), Ps.-Democr. ap. eund. p.167 B.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "<i>a material thing by which a connexion is established between the person to be acted upon and the supernatural agent,</i> e.g. a hair, λαβὼν βελόνην διείρων τὴν οὐ. εἰς αὐτήν PMag.Par. 1.2949, cf. PMag.Osl. 1.73; mould from a tomb, PMag.Par. 1.435; κυνοκεφάλου οὐ., . . κυνὸς οὐ., = κόπρος (cf. 2460), ib. 2687, etc.",
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-101247",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "λαβὼν βελόνην διείρων τὴν οὐ. εἰς αὐτήν",
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                    "urn": ""
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