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  "headword": "πεσσός",
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        "quote": "πεσσά",
        "ref": "S. Fr. 429",
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          "definition": "<i>oval-shaped stone for playing draughts</i> or <i>backgammon,</i> usu. in pl. ( λευκοῖο σημήϊα π. AP 9.482.21 ( Agath.)), πεσσοῖσι . . θυμὸν ἔτερπον Od. 1.107, cf. Hdt. 1.94 ; τοὶ μὲν ἵπποις . . , τοὶ δὲ πεσσοῖς . . τέρπονται Pi. Fr. 129.4 ; πεττῶν θέσις Pl. R. 333b ; ἐφηῦρε πεσσοὺς κύβους τε (sc. Palamedes) S. Fr. 479.4 ; πόλεις πεσσῶν ὁμοίως διαφοραῖς ἐκτισμέναι as if moved from place to place like draughts, E. Fr. 360.9; ἒν μὲν τόδʼ ἡμῖν, ὥσπερ ἐν πεσσοῖς, δίδως κρεῖσσον you have given me <i>a piece</i> (as at chess), Id. Supp. 409 ; κατὰ τὸν ἐν πεττοῖς νόμον Ar. Ec. 987 ; πεττῶν δίκην τὰς κοινὰς ἐννοίας μετατιθείς Plu. Comm.not. 2.1068c ; ἐν πεττοῖς καὶ κύβοις διημερεύειν ib. Aet.Gr. 272f ; ἄζυξ ὢν ὥσπερ ἐν πεττοῖς Arist. Pol. 1253a7.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πεσσοῖσι . . θυμὸν ἔτερπον",
                "ref": "Od. 1.107",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τοὶ μὲν ἵπποις . . , τοὶ δὲ πεσσοῖς . . τέρπονται",
                "ref": "Pi. Fr. 129.4",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005.perseus-grc2:129.4"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-110259",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πεττῶν θέσις",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 333b",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-110260",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κατὰ τὸν ἐν πεττοῖς νόμον",
                "ref": "Ar. Ec. 987",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc2:987"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πεττῶν δίκην τὰς κοινὰς ἐννοίας μετατιθείς",
                "ref": "Plu. Comm.not. 2.1068c",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg138.perseus-grc2:1068c"
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            },
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἄζυξ ὢν ὥσπερ ἐν πεττοῖς",
                "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1253a7",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1253a.perseus-grc2.7"
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          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "definition": "",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>the board on which the game was played,</i> πεσσὰ πεντέγραμμα, since the pieces were placed on five lines, S. Fr. 429.",
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                },
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "οἱ π. <i>the place</i> in which the game was played, or <i>the game itself,</i> E. Med. 68 ; ἔνθα Διὸς . . θᾶκοι π. τε καλοῦνται Cratin. 7.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-110263",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔνθα Διὸς . . θᾶκοι π. τε καλοῦνται",
                        "ref": "Cratin. 7",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>medicated plug of wool</i> or <i>lint</i> to be introduced into the vagina, anus, etc., <i>pessary,</i> Thphr. HP 9.20.4, Dsc. 1.106, 2.61, Cels. 5.21, etc.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>any oval body,</i> π. ἐκ μολύβδου App. Mith. 31.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "π. ἐκ μολύβδου",
                        "ref": "App. Mith. 31",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg014.perseus-grc2:31"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>ticket</i> or <i>tally</i> showing attendance at an ἐκκλησία, JHS 8.118 ( Iasus).",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>bolt</i> of a door, PMag.Lond. 121.616, POxy. 2146.10 (iii A. D.).",
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                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>cubic mass of building, terrace,</i> Str. 16.1.5, POxy. 1272.6 (ii A. D.), Procop. Aed. 1.1.37.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>dark edge of the pupil</i> (in the eye), Poll. 2.71, Hsch.",
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