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  "headword": "πλεῖστος",
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          "definition": "<i>most, greatest, largest,</i> in number, size, extent, etc., π. ὅμιλος, λαός, Il. 15.616, 16.377, etc.; π. κακόν Od. 4.697; πλεῖστοι ἐπιχθονίων ἀνθρώπων Hes. Fr. 33.1; π. εὐκλείας γέρας S. Ph. 478; φιλοσοφία παλαιοτάτη τε καὶ πλείστη <i>most in vogue,</i> Pl. Prt. 342a; π. τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν φῦλον τὸ Ἀρκαδικόν X. HG 7.1.23, etc.; τῇ γνώμῃ πλεῖστός εἰμι, ἡ π. γνώμη, Hdt. 7.220 (s.v.l.), 5.126; πλεῖστον σχήσειν, as Sup. of πλέον ἔχειν (v. πλείων), Th. 7.36.",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Il. 15.616,",
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            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312345",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "16.377, etc.;",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.377"
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            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312346",
              "data": {
                "quote": "π. κακόν",
                "ref": "Od. 4.697",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.697"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312347",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πλεῖστοι ἐπιχθονίων ἀνθρώπων",
                "ref": "Hes. Fr. 33.1",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007.perseus-grc2:33.1"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312348",
              "data": {
                "quote": "π. εὐκλείας γέρας",
                "ref": "S. Ph. 478",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc2:478"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312349",
              "data": {
                "quote": "φιλοσοφία παλαιοτάτη τε καὶ πλείστη",
                "ref": "Pl. Prt. 342a",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022.perseus-grc2:342a"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312350",
              "data": {
                "quote": "π. τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν φῦλον τὸ Ἀρκαδικόν",
                "ref": "X. HG 7.1.23",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001:7.1.perseus-grc2.23"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312351",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Hdt. 7.220 (s.v.l.),",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.220"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312352",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "5.126;",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.126"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312353",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Th. 7.36.",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.36"
              }
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "οἱ π. <i>the greatest number,</i> Id. 4.90, etc.; τὸ π. τοῦ βίου <i>the greatest part</i> of . . , Pl. Lg. 718a, etc. (also same gender as the foll. Noun, ὁ π. τοῦ βίου, ἡ π. τῆς στρατιᾶς, Th. 1.5, 7.3); τῇ ὄψει τοῦ θαρσεῖν τὸ π. εἰληφότες Id. 4.34; τῷ πλούτῳ διδοὺς τὸ π. E. Supp. 408.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312354",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οἱ π.",
                        "ref": "Id. 4.90",
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                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312355",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 718a, etc. (also same gender as the foll. Noun,",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312356",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Th. 1.5,",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312357",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "7.3);",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312358",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῇ ὄψει τοῦ θαρσεῖν τὸ π. εἰληφότες",
                        "ref": "Id. 4.34",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.34"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312359",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῷ πλούτῳ διδοὺς τὸ π.",
                        "ref": "E. Supp. 408",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc2:408"
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "ὅσας ἂν πλείστας δύνωνται καταστρέφεσθαι subdue <i>the greatest</i> number that they <i>possibly</i> could, Hdt. 6.44; ὡς ἂν δύνωνται πλεῖστα IG 1(2).98.4, cf. 109.10, 113.37; ὁπόσσω κα πλείστω ἄξιος ᾖ Berl.Sitzb. 1927.160 ( Cyrene); ὅς κα πλεῖστον διδῷ ἀποδόμενοι Leg.Gort. 5.48; ὡς π. χρόνον Pl. Grg. 481b; ὅτι π. Th. 6.64, etc.: coupled with εἷς (q.v.), εἷς ἀνὴρ π. πόνον ἐχθροῖς παρασχών A. Pers. 327: in comp. sense, πλείστον ἄξια ἢ ὥς τις οἴεται Hp. Art. 57 (but πλεῖστα ἤ is corrupt in Hdt. 2.35).",
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 6.44;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.44"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312361",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὡς ἂν δύνωνται πλεῖστα",
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                    "urn": ""
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312362",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὁπόσσω κα πλείστω ἄξιος ᾖ",
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                  }
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὅς κα πλεῖστον διδῷ ἀποδόμενοι",
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                    "urn": ""
                  }
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὡς π. χρόνον",
                    "ref": "Pl. Grg. 481b",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023.perseus-grc2:481b"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312365",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὅτι π.",
                    "ref": "Th. 6.64",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312366",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἷς ἀνὴρ π. πόνον ἐχθροῖς παρασχών",
                    "ref": "A. Pers. 327",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312367",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πλείστον ἄξια ἢ ὥς τις οἴεται",
                    "ref": "Hp. Art. 57",
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                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 2.35).",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.35"
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Adv. usages: πλεῖστον <i>most,</i> Il. 19.287, Hes. Th. 231, etc.; ὡς π. X. An. 2.2.12: sts. added to a Sup., π. ἐχθίστη S. Ph. 631; π. ἀνθρώπων . . κάκιστος Id. OC 743; τὴν π. ἡδίστην θεῶν E. Alc. 790: πλεῖστα as Adv., Pi. P. 9.97, S. OC 720, etc.; πολλάκις μὲν . . , π. δὲ . . Pl. Hp.Ma. 281b; π. χαίρειν, freq. in letters, POxy. 742 (i B.C.), etc.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312369",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πλεῖστον",
                    "ref": "Il. 19.287",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312370",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Hes. Th. 231, etc.;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc2:231"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312371",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὡς π.",
                    "ref": "X. An. 2.2.12",
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312372",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "π. ἐχθίστη",
                    "ref": "S. Ph. 631",
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312373",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "π. ἀνθρώπων . . κάκιστος",
                    "ref": "Id. OC 743",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc2:743"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312374",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὴν π. ἡδίστην θεῶν",
                    "ref": "E. Alc. 790",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc2:790"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312375",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Pi. P. 9.97,",
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312376",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "S. OC 720, etc.;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc2:720"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312377",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πολλάκις μὲν . . , π. δὲ . .",
                    "ref": "Pl. Hp.Ma. 281b",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025.perseus-grc2:281b"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312378",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "POxy. 742",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Oxy..perseus-grc2:742"
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                  "definition": "",
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                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>furthest,</i> π. ἀφεστηκέναι Pl. R. 587a, Arist. Mu. 391a13.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312379",
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                            "quote": "π. ἀφεστηκέναι",
                            "ref": "Pl. R. 587a",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312380",
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                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "Arist. Mu. 391a13.",
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                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "τὸ π. <i>at most,</i> ἡμερῶν τεσσάρων τὸ π. Ar. V. 260, etc.; τὰ π. <i>for the most part,</i> Pl. Criti. 118c, etc.; opp. ἐνίοτε, Arist. HA 563a31.—The form πλείστως is cited by Gal. 17(1).855 from Hp. Epid. 6.1.10 ( πλεῖστα codd.).",
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                  "citations": [
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312381",
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                        "quote": "ἡμερῶν τεσσάρων τὸ π.",
                        "ref": "Ar. V. 260",
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312382",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὰ π.",
                        "ref": "Pl. Criti. 118c",
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                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312383",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Arist. HA 563a31.—The form",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:563a.perseus-grc2.31"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312384",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Hp. Epid. 6.1.10 (",
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                    }
                  ],
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": [
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "διὰ πλείστου <i>furthest off,</i> in point of space or time, Th. 4.115, 6.11.",
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                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312385",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Th. 4.115,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.115"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312386",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "6.11.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.11"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἐς πλεῖστον <i>most,</i> S. OC 739.",
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                  "citations": [
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312387",
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                        "quote": "ἐς πλεῖστον",
                        "ref": "S. OC 739",
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                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "ἐπὶ πλεῖστον <i>over the greatest distance, to the greatest extent,</i> in point of space, time, or extent, ἐπὶ π. χλιδῆς ἀπίκετο Hdt. 6.127; ἐπὶ π. τοῦ γενησομένου Th. 1.138; ἐκ τοῦ ἐπὶ π. Id. 1.2; ἐπὶ π. ἀνθρώπων ib. 1; ὡς ἐπὶ π. or ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π., <i>for the most part,</i> Id. 4.14, Pl. Lg. 720d.",
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                  "citations": [
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312388",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπὶ π. χλιδῆς ἀπίκετο",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 6.127",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.127"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312389",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπὶ π. τοῦ γενησομένου",
                        "ref": "Th. 1.138",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.138"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312390",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐκ τοῦ ἐπὶ π.",
                        "ref": "Id. 1.2",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.2"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312391",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "1;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.1"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312392",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. 4.14,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.14"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-312393",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 720d.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:720d"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "κατὰ τὸ π. <i>for the most part,</i> Plb. 11.4.7, etc.",
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                  "citations": [
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