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  "headword": "ὀφθαλμός",
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          "definition": "<i>eye,</i> used by Hom. and Hes. mostly in pl.; ὀφθαλμοὶ δʼ ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν . . ἀτρέμας ἐν βλεφάροισι Od. 19.211: sg., παίειν τινὰ ἐς τὸν ὀ. Hdt. 9.22: the pl. continued most common, but the dual also occurs, as in Ar. Nu. 362: pl. is used in many phrases, ἐλθέμεν ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος before oneʼs <i>eyes,</i> Il. 24.204; οὐδʼ Ἀχιλῆος ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴσειμι ib. 463; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, ὁρᾶσθαι, etc., 10.275, Od. 4.47, etc.; but ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρᾶν, νοεῖν, to see before oneʼs <i>eyes,</i> 8.459, Il. 24.312; ἔχειν ἐν ὀ. to have before oneʼs <i>eyes,</i> X. An. 4.5.29; τὰ ἐν ὀ. what is before oneʼs <i>eyes,</i> Pl. Tht. 174c; τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὀ. δὴ γελοῖον what was ridiculous <i>to the eye,</i> Id. R. 452d; ἐπίπροσθε τῶν ὀ. Id. Smp. 213a; πρὸ τῶν ὀ. προφαίνεσθαι Aeschin. 2.148; ἐπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν Luc. Tox. 20; γενέσθαι τινὶ ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν to get out of any oneʼs <i>sight,</i> Hdt. 5.106; ἐξ ὀ. ἀποπέμψασθαι Id. 1.120; ἐξ ὀ. ποιεῖν Alciphr. 3.20; κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς λέγειν τινί to tell one <i>to oneʼs face,</i> opp. εἰς οὖς, Ar. Ra. 626; τυράννου κατʼ ὀ. κατηγορεῖν to accuse him to his <i>face,</i> X. Hier. 1.14: sg. in the phrase πρὸς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπιχεῖν, μίσγειν, <i>by eye,</i> PHolm. 7.23, PLeid.X. 62; <i>eyes</i> were painted on the bows of vessels, βλοσυροῖς κατὰ πρῷραν ὀφθαλμοῖς οἷον βλέπει Philostr. Im. 1.19, cf. IG 2(2).1607.24, Poll. 1.86; whence the joke in Ar. Ach. 97.",
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                "quote": "ὀφθαλμοὶ δʼ ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν . . ἀτρέμας ἐν βλεφάροισι",
                "ref": "Od. 19.211",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πρὸ τῶν ὀ. προφαίνεσθαι",
                "ref": "Aeschin. 2.148",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν",
                "ref": "Luc. Tox. 20",
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                "quote": "ἐξ ὀ. ἀποπέμψασθαι",
                "ref": "Id. 1.120",
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                "quote": "ἐξ ὀ. ποιεῖν",
                "ref": "Alciphr. 3.20",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "βλοσυροῖς κατὰ πρῷραν ὀφθαλμοῖς οἷον βλέπει",
                "ref": "Philostr. Im. 1.19",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "στέρησις ὀφθαλμῶν temporary loss of <i>sight,</i> Gal. 17(1).400.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>the eye</i> of a master or ruler, πάντα ἰδὼν Διὸς ὀ. Hes. Op. 267; Δίκης ὀ. ὃς τὰ πάνθʼ ὁρᾷ Men. Mon. 179; δεσπότου ὀ. X. Oec. 12.20; ἀκοίμητος ὀ., of God, Secund. Sent. 3; so a king is called ὀ. οἴκων A. Ch. 934 (so ὄμμα Pers. 169); and in Persia ὀφθαλμὸς βασιλέως <i>the kingʼs eye</i> was a confidential officer, through whom he beheld his kingdom and subjects, A. Pers. 979 (lyr.), Hdt. 1.114, Ar. Ach. 92, X. Cyr. 8.2.10 sq., Arist. Pol. 1287b29, Ph. 1.642; cf. οὖς.",
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                    "quote": "Δίκης ὀ. ὃς τὰ πάνθʼ ὁρᾷ",
                    "ref": "Men. Mon. 179",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "δεσπότου ὀ.",
                    "ref": "X. Oec. 12.20",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὀ. οἴκων",
                    "ref": "A. Ch. 934",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὄμμα",
                    "ref": "Pers. 169",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>the eye of heaven,</i> ἑσπέρας ὀ., νυκτὸς ὀ., of the moon, Pi. O. 3.20, A. Th. 390; also οὐράνιος ὀ., of the sun, Secund. Sent. 5.",
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              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>the dearest, best,</i> as the eye is the most precious part of the body, hence of men, ὀ. Σικελίας, στρατιᾶς, Pi. O. 2.10, 6.16; also, <i>light, cheer, comfort,</i> μέγας &lt;γʼ&gt; ὀ. οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι S. OT 987, cf. E. Andr. 406.",
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                    "quote": "μέγας &lt;γʼ&gt; ὀ. οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι",
                    "ref": "S. OT 987",
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              "label": "V",
              "definition": "<i>eye</i> or <i>bud</i> of a plant or tree, Alcm. 43, Ion Eleg. 1.6, Hp. Nat.Puer. 26, X. Oec. 19.10, Thphr. HP 1.8.5, etc.",
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              "label": "VI",
              "definition": "<i>a surgical bandage covering one or both eyes,</i> Hp. Off. 7, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.29, 30.",
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              "label": "VII",
              "definition": "<i>disks</i> forming the centres of the volutes of an Ionic capital, IG 1(2).374.291.",
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