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  "headword": "σελήνη",
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          "definition": "<i>the moon,</i> σ. πλήθουσα the full- <i>moon,</i> Il. 18.484; σ. ἀεξομένη, ὀλίγη κεράεσσι, Arat. 780, 733; <i>a moonʼs breadth,</i> measure used by early astronomers, Ptol. Alm. 9.10; νουμηνία κατὰ σελήνην, i.e. by the <i>lunar</i> month, Th. 2.28, cf. SIG 683.44 (ii B.C.); τὰς ἡμέρας κατὰ σ. ἄγειν D.L. 1.59, cf. PHib. 1.27.42 (iii B.C.); πρὸς τὴν σ. ὁρᾶν by <i>moonlight,</i> And. 1.38, cf. X. HG 5.1.9; ἐν σελήνῃ Ach.Tat. 3.2; ἡ ἐκ τῆς σ. νόσος,= σεληνιασμός, Ael. NA 14.27; τὴν σ. καθελεῖν, of Thessalian witches, Ar. Nu. 750, cf. Pl. Grg. 513a, Sosiph. 1.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τὰς ἡμέρας κατὰ σ. ἄγειν",
                "ref": "D.L. 1.59",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐν σελήνῃ",
                "ref": "Ach.Tat. 3.2",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>month,</i> δεκάτῃ σελήνῃ in the tenth <i>moon,</i> E. El. 1126, cf. Alc. 431, Tr. 1075 (lyr.); πολλὰς σ. Id. Hel. 114; τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς σ. Astramps. Orac. p.3 H.; ὁρῶν ἄγουσαν τὴν σ. εἰκάδας Ar. Nu. 17.",
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                            "quote": "ὁρῶν ἄγουσαν τὴν σ. εἰκάδας",
                            "ref": "Ar. Nu. 17",
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                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>a moon-shaped wheaten cake,</i> E. Fr. 350, cf. Alciphr. 2.4, Poll. 6.76.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>a round table,</i> or <i>tripod,</i> Ath. 11.489d.",
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                },
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "Ps.-Plu. Fluv. 18.5; cf. σελήνιον II.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>Selene, the goddess of the moon</i> (never in Hom.), Hes. Th. 371, h.Merc. 100, etc. ( σελήνη ( σελάνα, σελάννα) fr. *σελάσνᾱ, cf. σέλας.)",
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