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          "definition": "<i>cleverness</i> or <i>skill</i> in handicraft and art, as in carpentry, τέκτονος, ὅς ῥά τε πάσης εὖ εἰδῇ σ. Il. 15.412; of the Telchines, Pi. O. 7.53; ἡ ἔντεχνος σ., of Hephaestus and Athena, Pl. Prt. 321d; of Daedalus and Palamedes, X. Mem. 4.2.33, cf. 1.4.2; in music and singing, τέχνῃ καὶ σ. h.Merc. 483, cf. 511; in poetry, Sol. 13.52, Pi. O. 1.117, Ar. Ra. 882, X. An. 1.2.8, etc.; in driving, Pl. Thg. 123c; in medicine or surgery, Pi. P. 3.54; in divination, S. OT 502 (lyr.); δυσθανατῶν ὑπὸ σοφίας εἰς γῆρας ἀφίκετο Pl. R. 406b; σ. δημηγορική, δικανική, ib. 365d; ἡ περὶ Ὁμήρου σ. Id. Ion 542a; οὐ σοφίᾳ ἀλλὰ φύσει ποιεῖν Id. Ap. 22b; σημαίνοντες τὴν σ. …, ὅτι ἀρετὴ τέχνης ἐστίν Arist. EN 1141a12: rare in pl., Pi. O. 9.107, Ar. Ra. 676 (lyr.), IG 1(2).522 (vase, v B.C.).",
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                "quote": "δυσθανατῶν ὑπὸ σοφίας εἰς γῆρας ἀφίκετο",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 406b",
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                "quote": "οὐ σοφίᾳ ἀλλὰ φύσει ποιεῖν",
                "ref": "Id. Ap. 22b",
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                "quote": "σημαίνοντες τὴν σ. …, ὅτι ἀρετὴ τέχνης ἐστίν",
                "ref": "Arist. EN 1141a12",
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                  "definition": "<i>skill</i> in matters of common life. <i>sound judgement, intelligence, practical wisdom,</i> etc., such as was attributed to the seven sages, like φρόνησις, Thgn. 790, 876, 1074, Hdt. 1.30, 60; ἡ τῶν δεινῶν σ., opp. ἀμαθία, Pl. Prt. 360d; τὴν τότε καλουμένην σ., οὖσαν δὲ δεινότητα πολιτικὴν καὶ δραστήριον σύνεσιν Plu. Them. 2; also, <i>cunning, shrewdness, craft,</i> Hdt. 1.68, etc.; τὸ λοιδορῆσαι θεοὺς ἐχθρὰ σ. Pi. O. 9.38.",
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                        "quote": "δεινότητα πολιτικὴν καὶ δραστήριον σύνεσιν",
                        "ref": "Plu. Them. 2",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>learning, wisdom,</i> μείζω τινὰ ἢ κατʼ ἄνθρωπον σοφίαν σοφοί Pl. Ap. 20e; opp. ἀμαθία, ib. 22e; freq. in E., e.g. μόρσιμα . . οὐ σοφίᾳ τις ἀπώσεται Heracl. 615 (lyr.); τὸ σοφὸν οὐ σοφία (v. σοφός I.3) Ba. 395 (lyr.), etc.; freq. in Arist., <i>speculative wisdom, EN</i> 1141a19, Metaph. 982a2, 995b12 (pl.), 1059a18; defined as θείων τε καὶ ἀνθρωπίνων ἐπιστήμη, Stoic. 2.15; but also of <i>natural philosophy and mathematics,</i> σ. τις καὶ ἡ φυσική Arist. Metaph. 1005b1, cf. 1061b33.",
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                        "quote": "μείζω τινὰ ἢ κατʼ ἄνθρωπον σοφίαν σοφοί",
                        "ref": "Pl. Ap. 20e",
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                        "quote": "μόρσιμα . . οὐ σοφίᾳ τις ἀπώσεται",
                        "ref": "Heracl. 615",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. τις καὶ ἡ φυσική",
                        "ref": "Arist. Metaph. 1005b1",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος Κυρίου LXX Pr. 1.7, cf. Jb. 28.28, al.; Σοφία, recognized first as an attribute of God, was later identified with the Spirit of God, cf. LXX Pr. 8 with Si. 24 sq.",
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                        "quote": "ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος Κυρίου",
                        "ref": "LXX Pr. 1.7",
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                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "ἡ ὑμετέρα, ἡ ὑμῶν σ., POxy. 1165.6, PSI 7.790.14 (both vi A.D.).",
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