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  "headword": "σκέλος",
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          "definition": "<i>leg</i> from the hip downwards, only once in Hom., πρυμνὸν σκέλος the ham or buttock, Il. 16.314; κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σ. ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα Hdt. 3.103, cf. 7.61, 88; τὰ σκέλη τε καὶ τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐρείσας Pl. Phdr. 254e, cf. Arist. HA 494a4; of dancers, τὸ σ. ῥίψαντες, αἴρειν, Ar. Pax 332, Ec. 265; σ. οὐράνιον ἐκλακτίζων Id. V. 1492, cf. 1526; οὐρανῷ σκέλη προφαίνων, of one thrown head foremost, S. El. 753; βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφʼ ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους, Pl. Smp. 190d; ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος, ὁ κατὰ τοῖν σκελοῖν he <i>with the legs, the strider,</i> Ar. Pax 241 (but expld. by Sch. ἀπὸ τῶν διὰ δειλίαν ἀποτιλώντων, cf. Men. Per. 18); dual, τὼ σκέλει Ar. Pax 325, al., cf. Luc. Tim. 26, Anach. 1; σκέλε (i.e. prob. σκέλει) δύο IG 2(2).1388.24, cf. 1502.5; but σκέλη (pl.) δύο in Att. Inscrr. from 390 B.C., ib. 1425.15, cf. 57, etc.; and so τὰ σ. Luc. Ind. 9: sg., <i>leg</i> of sacrificial victim, IG 1(2).190.32, al.,4(2)(1).40.10 ( Epid., v B.C.).",
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                "quote": "κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σ. ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα",
                "ref": "Hdt. 3.103",
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                "quote": "τὰ σκέλη τε καὶ τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐρείσας",
                "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 254e",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "σ. οὐράνιον ἐκλακτίζων",
                "ref": "Id. V. 1492",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τὼ σκέλει",
                "ref": "Ar. Pax 325",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "δύο",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τὰ σ.",
                "ref": "Luc. Ind. 9",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἐπὶ σκέλος πάλιν χωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, retreat with the face towards the enemy, retire leisurely, E. Ph. 1400, Ar. Av. 383; cf. πούς 1.6b.",
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                        "quote": "πούς",
                        "ref": "1.6b",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "κατὰ σκέλος βαδίζειν, of the lion and the camel, <i>with the hind foot following the fore on the same side</i> (not crosswise), Arist. HA 498b7, cf. 629b14.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "παρὰ σκέλος ἀπαντᾷ it meets one <i>across,</i> i.e. crosses oneʼs path, thwarts one, Arr. Epict. 2.12.2 (v.l. π. μέλος).",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "τὰ σ. the <i>legs,</i> i.e. the <i>two long walls</i> connecting Athens with Piraeus, Str. 9.1.15, Plu. Cim. 13; τὰ μακρὰ σ. D.S. 13.107, Plu. Lys. 14; of the long walls between Megara and Nisaea, τὰ Μεγαρικὰ σ. Ar. Lys. 1170; between Corinth and Lechaeum, Str. 8.6.22.",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>side-wall</i> of a temple, SIG 247 K 1 iii 3, 11 ( Delph., iv B.C.); of other structures, PPetr. 3p.88 (iii B.C.), etc.",
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                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>side-poles</i> or <i>frames of an engine,</i> Orib. 49.4.4.",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>tails of a surgical bandage,</i> Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.20.5; of the <i>ends</i> of the Persian head-dress, Plu. Praec. 2.820d.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>members</i> of a sentence, Sch.rec. A. Th. 94. (Written σχέλος IG ΙΙ(2).161 B 61 ( Delos, iii B.C.).)",
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