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          "definition": "<i>sign, mark, token,</i> Il. 10.466, 23.326, Od. 19.250, etc.; of the star on a horseʼs forehead, Il. 23.455; ἥβης σήματα γεινομένης Sol. 27.4; νέφος σ. χειμῶνος Archil. 54; esp.",
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                "quote": "ἥβης σήματα γεινομένης",
                "ref": "Sol. 27.4",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "νέφος σ. χειμῶνος",
                "ref": "Archil. 54",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>sign from heaven, omen, portent,</i> in phrases, σήματα φαίνω Il. 2.353, cf. 308; κτύπε Ζεύς, σ. τιθεὶς Τρώεσσι 8.171; δεικνὺς σ. βροτοῖσι 13.244; θεοῦ σάμασιν πιθόμενοι Pi. P. 4.200, cf. 1.3; φλογωπὰ σ. A. Pr. 498, cf. Ch. 259; of things heard as well as seen, ἔπος φάτο σ. ἄνακτι Od. 20.111.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σήματα φαίνω",
                        "ref": "Il. 2.353",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κτύπε Ζεύς, σ. τιθεὶς Τρώεσσι",
                        "ref": "8.171",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δεικνὺς σ. βροτοῖσι",
                        "ref": "13.244",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.244"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125291",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "θεοῦ σάμασιν πιθόμενοι",
                        "ref": "Pi. P. 4.200",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.200"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125292",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔπος φάτο σ. ἄνακτι",
                        "ref": "Od. 20.111",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.111"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>sign to do</i> or <i>begin something,</i> τόδε σ. τετύχθω 21.231; σ. ἀροτοῖο Hes. Op. 450; esp. <i>watchword,</i> τί τὸ σῆμα; θρόει E. Rh. 12 (anap.), cf. 688; <i>battle-sign, signal,</i> σ. μάχης Id. Ph. 1378.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125293",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τόδε σ. τετύχθω",
                        "ref": "21.231",
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125294",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. ἀροτοῖο",
                        "ref": "Hes. Op. 450",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:450"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125295",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τί τὸ σῆμα; θρόει",
                        "ref": "E. Rh. 12",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg052.perseus-grc2:12"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. μάχης",
                        "ref": "Id. Ph. 1378",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc2:1378"
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>sign by which a grave is known, mound, cairn, barrow,</i> Il. 2.814, etc.; τοῦ δὲ τάφον καὶ σῆμʼ ἀϊδὲς ποίησεν Ἄναυρος Hes. Sc. 477; ἐπὶ σῆμʼ ἔχεεν raised <i>a mound,</i> Il. 6.419, etc.; σ. κυνός E. Hec. 1273: c. dat. pers., σῆμά τέ οἱ χεύω Od. 2.222; σῆμά τέ μοι χεῦαι . . ἀνδρὸς δυστήνοιο 11.75; σάματι πὰρ Πέλοπος Pi. O. 10(11).24; <i>grave, tomb,</i> Hdt. 1.93, 4.72, Berl.Sitzb. l.c., etc.; τὸ δημόσιον σ. Th. 2.34; στῆλαι ἀπὸ σημάτων Id. 1.93, cf. Ar. Th. 886, 888, etc.; ἤδη του . . ἤκουσα τῶν σοφῶν ὡς τὸ μὲν σῶμά ἐστιν ἡμῖν σ. Pl. Grg. 493a, cf. Cra. 400c.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοῦ δὲ τάφον καὶ σῆμʼ ἀϊδὲς ποίησεν Ἄναυρος",
                        "ref": "Hes. Sc. 477",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc2:477"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125298",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. κυνός",
                        "ref": "E. Hec. 1273",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc2:1273"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σῆμά τέ οἱ χεύω",
                        "ref": "Od. 2.222",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σῆμά τέ μοι χεῦαι . . ἀνδρὸς δυστήνοιο",
                        "ref": "11.75",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.75"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125301",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σάματι πὰρ Πέλοπος",
                        "ref": "Pi. O. 10(11).24",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.24"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125302",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "στῆλαι ἀπὸ σημάτων",
                        "ref": "Id. 1.93",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>mark to show the cast of a quoit</i> or <i>javelin,</i> ὑπέρβαλε σήματα πάντων Il. 23.843; ὑπέρπτατο σ. πάντων Od. 8.192; also, <i>boundary,</i> D.P. 18.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὑπέρβαλε σήματα πάντων",
                        "ref": "Il. 23.843",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.843"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125304",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὑπέρπτατο σ. πάντων",
                        "ref": "Od. 8.192",
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                    }
                  ],
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                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>token</i> by which any oneʼs identity or commission was certified, μιν ἐρέεινε καὶ ᾔτεε σ. ἰδέσθαι Il. 6.176, cf. 178; σ. λυγρά, of written characters or symbols, ib. 168; <i>mark, token</i> on the lot of Ajax, 7.189; so, <i>device</i> or <i>bearing</i> on a shield, by which a warrior is known, freq. in A. Th., as 387, 404, E. El. 456 (lyr.); of the <i>seal</i> set on a box, τῶνδʼ ἀποίσεις σ. S. Tr. 614; <i>mark</i> made by an illiterate person, PMasp. 163.37 (vi A.D.).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μιν ἐρέεινε καὶ ᾔτεε σ. ἰδέσθαι",
                        "ref": "Il. 6.176",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.176"
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                    }
                  ],
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                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>constellation,</i> mostly in pl., <i>heavenly bodies,</i> S. Fr. 432; also λαμπρότατος μὲν ὅ γʼ ἐστί, κακὸν δέ τε σῆμα τέτυκται, of Sirius, Il. 22.30. (Perh. cogn. with Skt. dhyāti ‘thinks’.)",
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