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  "headword": "πότερος",
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      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>whether of the two?</i> both in direct and indirect questions; once in Hom., οὐκ ἂν γνοίης ποτέροισι μετείη Il. 5.85; κότερα τούτων αἱρετώτερά ἐστι . .; Hdt. 3.52, cf. 1.126; πότερα τύχης καὶ πότερα γνώμης ἔργα κρίνεις; X. Mem. 1.4.4; σκόπει πρὸς ποτέρους διαλέγῃ Pl. R. 528a, etc.: sts. the two objects referred to follow in apposition, ἐρωτώσης τῆς μητρός, π. καλλίων . . δοκεῖ εἶναι, ὁ πατὴρ ἢ οὗτος X. Cyr. 1.3.2, cf. Mem. 1.6.9; πότερος . . , ὁ ἰατρὸς ἢ ὁ ὀψοποιός; Pl. Grg. 464d, cf. 498a, etc.; modified by τις, Id. Lg. 715a, etc.; repeated in the same sentence, πότερος ποτερου φίλος γίγνεται; Id. Ly. 212a.",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321888",
              "data": {
                "quote": "οὐκ ἂν γνοίης ποτέροισι μετείη",
                "ref": "Il. 5.85",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.85"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321889",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κότερα τούτων αἱρετώτερά ἐστι . .;",
                "ref": "Hdt. 3.52",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.52"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321890",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "1.126;",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.126"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321891",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πότερα τύχης καὶ πότερα γνώμης ἔργα κρίνεις;",
                "ref": "X. Mem. 1.4.4",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:1.4.perseus-grc2.4"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321892",
              "data": {
                "quote": "σκόπει πρὸς ποτέρους διαλέγῃ",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 528a",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:528a"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321893",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐρωτώσης τῆς μητρός, π. καλλίων . . δοκεῖ εἶναι, ὁ πατὴρ ἢ οὗτος",
                "ref": "X. Cyr. 1.3.2",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:1.3.perseus-grc2.2"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321894",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Mem. 1.6.9;",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:1.6.perseus-grc2.9"
              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321895",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πότερος . . , ὁ ἰατρὸς ἢ ὁ ὀψοποιός;",
                "ref": "Pl. Grg. 464d",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023.perseus-grc2:464d"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321896",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "498a, etc.; modified by",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023.perseus-grc2:498a"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321897",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Id. Lg. 715a, etc.; repeated in the same sentence,",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:715a"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321898",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πότερος ποτερου φίλος γίγνεται;",
                "ref": "Id. Ly. 212a",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020.perseus-grc2:212a"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "πότερον and πότερα (interchangeable, πότερον δέδρακεν ἢ οὔ, καὶ πότερʼ ἄκων ἢ ἑκών; D. 23.79, cf. X. Mem. 3.6.16), as Adv. at the beginning of an interrog. sentence containing two alternative propositions, the second being connected by ἤ . . , <i>whether . . or,</i>",
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              "citations": [
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321899",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πότερον δέδρακεν ἢ οὔ, καὶ πότερʼ ἄκων ἢ ἑκών;",
                    "ref": "D. 23.79",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc2:79"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321900",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "X. Mem. 3.6.16), as",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:3.6.perseus-grc2.16"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
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                  "definition": "",
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                    {
                      "label": "a",
                      "definition": "Pi. P. 11.22, Fr. 213, B. 17.33, Hdt. 1.88, etc.; τίνες κατῆρξαν, πότερον Ἕλληνες ἢ παῖς ἐμός; A. Pers. 351, etc.; πότερα δικαστὴν ἢ δικηφόρον λέγεις; Id. Ch. 120, cf. Supp. 336.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321901",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "Pi. P. 11.22,",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.22"
                          }
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                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321902",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "Fr. 213,",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005.perseus-grc2:213"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321903",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "B. 17.33,",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.33"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321904",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "Hdt. 1.88, etc.;",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.88"
                          }
                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321905",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τίνες κατῆρξαν, πότερον Ἕλληνες ἢ παῖς ἐμός;",
                            "ref": "A. Pers. 351",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc2:351"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321906",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "πότερα δικαστὴν ἢ δικηφόρον λέγεις;",
                            "ref": "Id. Ch. 120",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc2:120"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321907",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "Supp. 336.",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc2:336"
                          }
                        }
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                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "ἐπείρεσθαι κότερα τὴν ἑωυτοῦ ἢ τὴν Κύρου λέγοι ἀρχήν Hdt. 1.91, cf. 3.32, etc.: the Verb is sts. repeated, π. οὐδενὶ δύναται ἀρέσαι, ἢ ἔστιν οἷς καὶ πάνυ ἀρέσκει; X. Mem. 2.3.6: sts. π. precedes the common Verb, π. βούλοιτο μένειν ἢ ἀπιέναι; Id. Cyr. 1.3.15, cf. Oec. 18.1.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321908",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐπείρεσθαι κότερα τὴν ἑωυτοῦ ἢ τὴν Κύρου λέγοι ἀρχήν",
                            "ref": "Hdt. 1.91",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.91"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321909",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "3.32, etc.: the Verb is sts. repeated,",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.32"
                          }
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321910",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "π. οὐδενὶ δύναται ἀρέσαι, ἢ ἔστιν οἷς καὶ πάνυ ἀρέσκει;",
                            "ref": "X. Mem. 2.3.6",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:2.3.perseus-grc2.6"
                          }
                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321911",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "π. βούλοιτο μένειν ἢ ἀπιέναι;",
                            "ref": "Id. Cyr. 1.3.15",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:1.3.perseus-grc2.15"
                          }
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                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321912",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "Oec. 18.1.",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc2:18.1"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
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                    }
                  ]
                },
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἤ) is inaccurately added, κότερα παρὰ δήμου ἢ ὀλιγαρχίης ἢ μουνάρχου; Hdt. 3.82, cf. A. Supp. 247, S. OT 112; and a fourth, Id. El. 539.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321913",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κότερα παρὰ δήμου ἢ ὀλιγαρχίης ἢ μουνάρχου;",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 3.82",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.82"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321914",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "A. Supp. 247,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc2:247"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321915",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "S. OT 112; and a fourth,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:112"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321916",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. El. 539.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc2:539"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "πότερα δὴ κερτομῶν λέγεις τάδε (sc. ἢ μή . . ); Id. Ph. 1235, cf. OC 333, A. Pers. 239, Th. 94 (lyr.), Ag. 274, Pl. Sph. 228a, R. 501d, etc.",
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                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321917",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. Ph. 1235, cf.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc2:1235"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321918",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "OC 333,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc2:333"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321919",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "A. Pers. 239,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc2:239"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321920",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Th. 94 (lyr.),",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:94"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321921",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Ag. 274,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:274"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321922",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Pl. Sph. 228a,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc2:228a"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321923",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "R. 501d, etc.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:501d"
                      }
                    }
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "πότερον is sts. omitted in the first clause, ἐπισκέψασθαι . . , ὀρθὴ ἢ ψευδής Id. Tht. 161d, cf. Lg. 670b.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321924",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπισκέψασθαι . . , ὀρθὴ ἢ ψευδής",
                        "ref": "Id. Tht. 161d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc2:161d"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321925",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Lg. 670b.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:670b"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "π . . ἤ, <i>either . .</i> or, Corn. ND 14, al.; so π . . . ἤ . . ἤ ib. 27.",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321926",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Corn. ND 14, al.; so",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0654.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321927",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "27.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0654.tlg002.perseus-grc2:27"
                      }
                    }
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                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>one of other, either of the two,</i> τί οὐ λέγει π. ὑμῶν; Pl. La. 181d; τούτων ποτέροις ἐπακολουθῆσαι Id. Chrm. 171b, cf. R. 499c, Phlb. 20e, Tht. 145b, etc.; ἅτεροι πότεροι, = ὁποτεροιοῦν, SIG 421.31 ( Thermon, iii B. C.): for ὁπότερος, ἐξέστω αὐτῷ πότερον ἂν βούληται, ἤ . . ἤ . . Abh.Berl.Akad. 1925(5).7 ( Cyrene, iii B. C.): in this sense Phot. would make it oxyt. ποτερός, ά, όν.",
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              "citations": [
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321928",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τί οὐ λέγει π. ὑμῶν;",
                    "ref": "Pl. La. 181d",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg019.perseus-grc2:181d"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321929",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τούτων ποτέροις ἐπακολουθῆσαι",
                    "ref": "Id. Chrm. 171b",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg018.perseus-grc2:171b"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321930",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "R. 499c,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:499c"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321931",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Phlb. 20e,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010.perseus-grc2:20e"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321932",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Tht. 145b, etc.;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc2:145b"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-321933",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὁπότερος, ἐξέστω αὐτῷ πότερον ἂν βούληται, ἤ . . ἤ . .",
                    "ref": "",
                    "urn": ""
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "Adv. ποτέρως, v. sub voc. (I.-E. qṷo-tero-s, cf. Skt. katarás, Goth. hwapar ‘which of two?ʼ)",
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