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  "headword": "σκῆπτρον",
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      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>staff</i> or <i>stick,</i> used by the lame or aged, Il. 18.416, Od. 13.437, 14.31, 17.199, 18.103; ἰσχὺν . . νέμοντες ἐπὶ σκήπτροις A. Ag. 75; σκήπτρῳ προδεικνύς, of a blind man feeling his way, S. OT 456; πρεσβῦται . . σκήπτροισιν ἄκασκα προβῶντες Cratin. 126: metaph. of the daughters of Oedipus, ὦ σκῆπτρα φωτός his <i>staffs</i> or <i>supports,</i> S. OC 1109, cf. 848:—the Prose word is βακτηρία.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἰσχὺν . . νέμοντες ἐπὶ σκήπτροις",
                "ref": "A. Ag. 75",
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-126087",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πρεσβῦται . . σκήπτροισιν ἄκασκα προβῶντες",
                "ref": "Cratin. 126",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001.perseus-grc2:126"
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            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>staff</i> or <i>baton,</i> esp. as the badge of command, <i>sceptre</i>: in Hom. borne by kings and chiefs, and transmitted from father to son (whence Il. 2.101 sqq. is called ἡ τοῦ σκήπτρου παράδοσις, Th. 1.9), Il. 9.156, Od. 11.569: also borne by heralds, Il. 7.277, al.; by speakers, who on rising to speak received it from the herald, 1.234, 18.505, 23.568, Od. 2.37; by priests and soothsayers, Il. 1.15, A. Ag. 1265; later by minstrels, first in Hes. Th. 30; σ. χρύσεον Il. 1.15, 2.268, Od. 11.91, 569; wrought by Hephaestus, Il. 2.101; χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον 1.245. In oaths or protests it was held up, the gods being called to witness, ib. 234, 7.412, 10.321, 328; ὁ δʼ ὅρκος ἦν τοῦ σ. ἐπανάτασις Arist. Pol. 1285b12; used as a <i>stick</i> or <i>cudgel</i> to punish the refractory, Il. 2.199, 265, Pi. O. 7.28, S. OT 811.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-126088",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "σ. χρύσεον",
                    "ref": "Il. 1.15",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.15"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-126089",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον",
                    "ref": "1.245",
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                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-126090",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὁ δʼ ὅρκος ἦν τοῦ σ. ἐπανάτασις",
                    "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1285b12",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1285b.perseus-grc2.12"
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                }
              ],
              "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>royalty, kingly power,</i> etc., Il. 6.159, 9.38; τοι Ζεὺς ἐγγυάλιξε σκῆπτρόν τʼ ἠδὲ θέμιστας ib. 99, cf. 156, 298, A. Pr. 172 (anap.); τὸ θεῖον Διὸς σ. S. Ph. 140 (lyr.): freq. in pl. in this sense, Hdt. 7.52; τύραννα σ. A. Pr. 761, cf. Eu. 626; ὃς . . σκῆπτρα καὶ θρόνους ἔχει S. OC 425, cf. 449, etc.; σκῆπτρα χώρας E. HF 1167.",
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                        "quote": "ὃς . . σκῆπτρα καὶ θρόνους ἔχει",
                        "ref": "S. OC 425",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σκῆπτρα χώρας",
                        "ref": "E. HF 1167",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc2:1167"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "= Hebr. Shevet, of the tribes ( φυλαί) of Israel, LXX 3 Ki. 11.13, al.(but in 1 Ki. 10.20 sq., φυλή is a sub-division of σκῆπτρον).",
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            },
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              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "Dsc. 3.100.",
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              "children": []
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