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  "headword": "σέβομαι",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "σεβήσομαι",
        "ref": "POxy. 1381.202",
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125002",
      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐσέφθην",
        "ref": "S. Fr. 164",
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          "definition": "<i>feel awe</i> or <i>fear</i> before God, <i>feel shame,</i> οὔ νυ σέβεσθε; Il. 4.242, cf. Ar. Nu. 293; τιμῶν καὶ σεβόμενος Pl. Lg. 729c; σεφθεῖσα <i>awe-stricken,</i> Id. Phdr. l.c.: rarely c. inf., <i>dread</i> or <i>fear to do</i> a thing, σ. προσιδέσθαι . ., ἀντία φάσθαι A. Pers. 694 (lyr.); μιαίνειν τὸ θεῖον Pl. Ti. 69d; σέβεται καὶ φοβεῖται . . τό τι κινεῖν τῶν καθεστώτων Id. Lg. 798b: so c. acc. rei, <i>to fear to do</i> it, Antipho 2.4.12: c. part., σ. προσορῶν Pl. Phdr. 250e.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τιμῶν καὶ σεβόμενος",
                "ref": "Pl. Lg. 729c",
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              }
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              "data": {
                "quote": "σ. προσιδέσθαι . ., ἀντία φάσθαι",
                "ref": "A. Pers. 694",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc2:694"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125005",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μιαίνειν τὸ θεῖον",
                "ref": "Pl. Ti. 69d",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031.perseus-grc2:69d"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125006",
              "data": {
                "quote": "σέβεται καὶ φοβεῖται . . τό τι κινεῖν τῶν καθεστώτων",
                "ref": "Id. Lg. 798b",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:798b"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125007",
              "data": {
                "quote": "σ. προσορῶν",
                "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 250e",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:250e"
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            }
          ],
          "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "Hom., c. acc. pers., <i>revere, worship,</i> Κρονίδαν Pi. P. 6.25; θεούς A. Supp. 921, etc.; πάντων ἀνάκτων κοινοβωμίαν ib. 223; Λατώ Ar. Th. 123; Λυκοῦργον σέβεσθαι <i>worship</i> him <i>as a hero,</i> Hdt. 1.66, cf. 7.197; προσορῶν ὡς θεὸν σ. τινά Pl. Phdr. 251a; <i>do homage to</i> Zeus, A. Pr. 937: generally, <i>pay honour</i> or <i>respect to . . ,</i> θνατοὺς ἄγαν σ. ib. 543 (lyr.); τὸ φίλον S. OC 187 (lyr.), cf. Ph. 1163 (lyr.), etc.; σ. τινὰ τύχης μάκαρος E. IT 648.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125008",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Κρονίδαν",
                        "ref": "Pi. P. 6.25",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.25"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125009",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "θεούς",
                        "ref": "A. Supp. 921",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc2:921"
                      }
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Λατώ",
                        "ref": "Ar. Th. 123",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc2:123"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125011",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "προσορῶν ὡς θεὸν σ. τινά",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 251a",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:251a"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125012",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ φίλον",
                        "ref": "S. OC 187",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125013",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. τινὰ τύχης μάκαρος",
                        "ref": "E. IT 648",
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                    }
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "σεβομένη τὸν θεόν Act.Ap. 16.14, cf. J. AJ 14.7.2; σεβόμενοι προσήλυτοι, Ἕλληνες, Act.Ap. 13.43, 17.4; σεβόμεναι γυναῖκες ib. 13.50.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125014",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "σεβομένη τὸν θεόν",
                            "ref": "Act.Ap. 16.14",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc2:16.14"
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "τὰ βυβλία σεβόμενοι μεγάλως Hdt. 3.128; ὄργια Ar. Th. 949; ὦ Πιερία, σέβεταί σʼ Εὔιος E. Ba. 566 (lyr.); τὸ σῶφρον αἰδούμενος ἅμα καὶ σ. Pl. Lg. 837c.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125015",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὰ βυβλία σεβόμενοι μεγάλως",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 3.128",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.128"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125016",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὄργια",
                        "ref": "Ar. Th. 949",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc2:949"
                      }
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125017",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὦ Πιερία, σέβεταί σʼ Εὔιος",
                        "ref": "E. Ba. 566",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125018",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ σῶφρον αἰδούμενος ἅμα καὶ σ.",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 837c",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Act. σέβω is post- Hom., used only in pres. and impf., <i>worship, honour,</i> mostly of the gods, σ. Δήμητρος πανήγυριν Archil. 120; πατρὸς Ὀλυμπίοιοτιμάν Pi. O. 14.12; θεούς A. Th. 596; Νύμφας Id. Eu. 22; Ἅιδην S. Ant. 777; τἀν Ἅιδου ib. 780; θεῶν θέσμια Id. Aj. 713 (lyr.), etc.; rare in Prose, νομίζεται θεοὺς σέβειν X. Mem. 4.4.19, cf. Ar. Nu. 600; but also of parents, S. OC 1377, cf. Ant. 511; of kings, Id. Aj. 667, etc.; of suppliants, A. Eu. 151 (lyr.); λέγω κατʼ ἄνδρα, μὴ θεόν, σέβειν ἐμέ Id. Ag. 925; αἰχμὴν . . μᾶλλον θεοῦ σ. Id. Th. 530; σ. ὀνείρων φάσματα Id. Ag. 274; τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σ. S. Ant. 744 ( εὖ σέβουσι is dub. cj. for εὐσεβοῦσι in A. Ag. 338, cf. E. Ph. 1320, Tr. 85); σέβειν ἐν τιμῇ c. acc., A. Pers. 166, Pl. Lg. 647a: c. inf., ὑβρίζειν ἐν κακοῖσιν οὐ σέβω, i.e. τὸ ὑβρίζειν, I do not <i>respect, approve</i> it, A. Ag. 1612; τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν σέβοντες Id. Eu. 749: rarely of a god, Ποσειδῶν . . τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρὰς σέβων E. Hipp. 896:— σέβομαι as Pass., <i>to be reverenced,</i> ἡ δʼ οἴκοι [πόλις] πλέον δίκῃ σέβοιτʼ ἄν S. OC 760; τὸ σεβόμενον <i>reverence,</i> Plu. Suav. 2.1101d.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125019",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "σ. Δήμητρος πανήγυριν",
                    "ref": "Archil. 120",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πατρὸς Ὀλυμπίοιοτιμάν",
                    "ref": "Pi. O. 14.12",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.12"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125021",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "θεούς",
                    "ref": "A. Th. 596",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:596"
                  }
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Νύμφας",
                    "ref": "Id. Eu. 22",
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                  }
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Ἅιδην",
                    "ref": "S. Ant. 777",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:777"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "θεῶν θέσμια",
                    "ref": "Id. Aj. 713",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:713"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "νομίζεται θεοὺς σέβειν",
                    "ref": "X. Mem. 4.4.19",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:4.4.perseus-grc2.19"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125026",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "λέγω κατʼ ἄνδρα, μὴ θεόν, σέβειν ἐμέ",
                    "ref": "Id. Ag. 925",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:925"
                  }
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125027",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "αἰχμὴν . . μᾶλλον θεοῦ σ.",
                    "ref": "Id. Th. 530",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:530"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125028",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "σ. ὀνείρων φάσματα",
                    "ref": "Id. Ag. 274",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:274"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125029",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σ.",
                    "ref": "S. Ant. 744",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:744"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν σέβοντες",
                    "ref": "Id. Eu. 749",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc2:749"
                  }
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Ποσειδῶν . . τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρὰς σέβων",
                    "ref": "E. Hipp. 896",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc2:896"
                  }
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125032",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἡ δʼ οἴκοι [πόλις] πλέον δίκῃ σέβοιτʼ ἄν",
                    "ref": "S. OC 760",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc2:760"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>to worship, to be religious,</i> τὸν σέβοντʼ εὐεργετεῖν A. Eu. 725, cf. 897; οὐ γὰρ σέβεις S. Ant. 745; κρίνοντες ἐν ὁμοίῳ καὶ σέβειν καὶ μή Th. 2.53; but in all these places an object shd. perh. be supplied from the context. ( σέβομαι prob. orig. <i>‘I shrink from . . ’,</i> of which σοβέω is the causal; perh. cogn. with Skt. tyajati ‘desert, let go’.)",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸν σέβοντʼ εὐεργετεῖν",
                        "ref": "A. Eu. 725",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc2:725"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐ γὰρ σέβεις",
                        "ref": "S. Ant. 745",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κρίνοντες ἐν ὁμοίῳ καὶ σέβειν καὶ μή",
                        "ref": "Th. 2.53",
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