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  "headword": "σκώψ",
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          "definition": "<i>owl</i> ( γλαῦξ being the generic name), <i>the little horned owl, Strix scops,</i> Od. 5.66, Epich. 166, Theoc. 1.136, cf. Arist. HA 592b11, 617b31.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>a dance</i> in which the dancers mimicked an owl, Ael. NA 15.28, Poll. 4.103, Ath. 9.391a, 14.629f:—in the last place it is explained (as if = σκοπός) of <i>shading the eyes with the hand</i> so as to see better; so also Hsch. s.v. σκωπευμάτων: cf. ὑπόσκοπος.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>fish,</i> Nic. Fr. 18. (In Ael. l.c., Ath. 9.391a, b, σκώπτω (as if = <i>mimic</i>) is expld. fr. σκώψ, the owl being captured by means of its tendency to mimic one who danced in front of it; other explanations in Sch. Theoc. 1.136.)",
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