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  "headword": "πρόσχημα",
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          "definition": "<i>that which is held before</i>: hence,",
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              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>that which is held before to cover, screen, cloak,</i> τὸ σῶφρον τοῦ ἀνάνδρου π. Th. 3.82; <i>pretence, pretext,</i> πατὴρ . . σοὶ π. ἀεί, ὡς ἐξ ἐμοῦ τέθνηκεν S. El. 525; τοῦτο π. ποιούμενος Lys. 6.37; also π. τοῦ λόγου in the same sense, Hdt. 4.167, cf. 6.133: c. gen., αὗται [αἱ πόλεις] π. ἦσαν τοῦ στόλου ib. 44; Φίλιππος γίγνεται π. τοῦ πολέμου Plb. 11.5.4; τῷ τῆς τέχνης π. on <i>the ground</i> of . ., D. 5.6; π. ποιεύμενος ὡς ἐπʼ Ἀθήνας ἐλαύνει making <i>a pretence</i> or <i>show</i> of marching against Athens, Hdt. 7.157: c. inf., π. ποιούμενοι τοὺς ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης μὴ προδώσειν <i>pretend</i> that they will not . ., Th. 5.30; π. ἦν ἀμύνεσθαι Id. 1.96; also π. ποιεῖσθαι or ποιήσασθαί τι to put forward <i>as a screen</i> or <i>disguise,</i> Pl. Prt. 316d, 316e, cf. 317a: πρόσχημα, as acc. abs., <i>by way of pretext,</i> Hdt. 9.87; καλῶν ὀνομάτων καὶ προσχημάτων μεστή full of fair words and <i>appearances,</i> Pl. R. 495d.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πατὴρ . . σοὶ π. ἀεί, ὡς ἐξ ἐμοῦ τέθνηκεν",
                    "ref": "S. El. 525",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τοῦτο π. ποιούμενος",
                    "ref": "Lys. 6.37",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg006.perseus-grc2:37"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Φίλιππος γίγνεται π. τοῦ πολέμου",
                    "ref": "Plb. 11.5.4",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:11.5.perseus-grc2.4"
                  }
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "π. ἦν ἀμύνεσθαι",
                    "ref": "Id. 1.96",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.96"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>preface,</i> π. καὶ ἀρχὴ τοῦ λόγου Id. Hp.Ma. 286a.",
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                        "quote": "π. καὶ ἀρχὴ τοῦ λόγου",
                        "ref": "Id. Hp.Ma. 286a",
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>ornament,</i> τῆς Ἰωνίης π., of Miletus, Hdt. 5.28, cf. Plb. 3.15.3; τῆς Ἑλλάδος Str. 10.2.3, cf. 11.11.1, Plu. Alex. 17; τὸ κλεινὸν Ἑλλάδος π. ἀγῶνος, of the Pythian games, S. El. 682; μετὰ προσχήματος ἀξίου τῆς πόλεως with a <i>dignity,</i> D. 18.178; τὸ τοῦ γένους π. the <i>nobility</i> of his birth, OGI 470.23 ( i B.C. /i A.D.); Ἀχιλλέα τινʼ ἢ Νιόβην . ., π. τῆς τραγῳδίας <i>the pomp</i> or <i>show</i> of tragedy, Ar. Ra. 913; Δαρείου τὸ π. his <i>pomp,</i> Arist. Mu. 398a12; of a person, π. ἑαυτῆς (sc. τῆς πόλεως) IG 12(7).395.17 ( Amorgos).",
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                    "quote": "τῆς Ἑλλάδος",
                    "ref": "Str. 10.2.3",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001:10.2.perseus-grc2.3"
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                }
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              "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>outward appearance</i> of a wound, f.l. in Hp. Ulc. 24; <i>aspect,</i> τῆς ὅλης θεουργίας διττόν ἐστι π., τὸ ἱερατικὸν τῶν θεῶν π., Iamb. Myst. 4.2.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>costume, uniform,</i> PMasp. 334.12, PFlor. 288.9 (both vi A.D.).",
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