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  "headword": "σαρδάνιος",
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          "definition": "Adj. used of <i>bitter</i> or <i>scornful</i> smiles or laughter, μείδησε δὲ θυμῷ σαρδάνιον μάλα τοῖον Od. 20.302; so ἀνεκάγχασε μάλα σαρδάνιον Pl. R. 337a; ὑπομειδιάσας σαρδάνιον Plb. 18.7.6; τί μάταια γελᾷς . . ; τάχα που σαρδάνιον γελάσεις AP 5.178 ( Mel.); πεφύλαξο σίνεσθαι, μὴ καὶ σ. γελάσῃς APl. 16.86; <i>ridere</i> γέλωτα σαρδάνιον Cic. Fam. 7.25.1. (Perh. connected with σεσηρώς, <i>grinning, sneering,</i> Sch. Pl. l.c.; cf. σαρδάζων· μετὰ πικρίας γελῶν, Phot., Suid. —The common expl. given of this laugh was that it resembled the effect produced <i>by a Sardinian plant</i> ( <i>Ranunculus Sardoüs, Sardinian crowfoot,</i> called σαρδάνη by Tz. ad Hes. Op. 59, σαρδόνιον by Ps.- Dsc. 2.175, D.Chr. 32.99) which when eaten screwed up the face of the eater, Paus. 10.17.13, Sch. Pl. l.c., Phot., Serv.ad Verg. Ecl. 7.41; whence later authors wrote σαρδόνιον or σαρδώνιον (from Σαρδώ) for σαρδάνιον, Ps.- Dsc. l.c., D.Chr. l.c., Luc. Asin. 24, etc., σαρδώνιος γέλως and -ωνία πόα Dsc. Alex. 14, and σαρδόνιον appears as a v.l. in Hom. and Pl.; hence our form <i>sardonic</i>; this and other explanations are given in Timae. 29, Zen. 5.85, Tz.ad Lyc. 796, Sch. Pl. l.c.)",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "μείδησε δὲ θυμῷ σαρδάνιον μάλα τοῖον",
                "ref": "Od. 20.302",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀνεκάγχασε μάλα σαρδάνιον",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 337a",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:337a"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-124765",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὑπομειδιάσας σαρδάνιον",
                "ref": "Plb. 18.7.6",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:18.7.perseus-grc2.6"
              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-124766",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τί μάταια γελᾷς . . ; τάχα που σαρδάνιον γελάσεις",
                "ref": "AP 5.178",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.178"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-124767",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πεφύλαξο σίνεσθαι, μὴ καὶ σ. γελάσῃς",
                "ref": "APl. 16.86",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.86"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "γέλωτα σαρδάνιον",
                "ref": "Cic. Fam. 7.25.1",
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                "quote": "-ωνία πόα",
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