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  "headword": "στάθμη",
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          "definition": "<i>carpenterʼs line</i> or <i>rule,</i> ξέσσε δʼ ἐπισταμένως καὶ ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν [δοῦρα] Od. 5.245, cf. 23.197; [ πελέκεας] ἐπὶ σ. ἴθ. 21.121; also στάθμη δόρυ νήϊον ἐξιθύνει Il. 15.410; τόρνου καὶ στάθμης καὶ γνώμονος . . ἰθύτερον Thgn. 805; ἐπὶ σ. θεῖναι μίαν on a <i>level,</i> Arist. PA 657a10: prop. στάθμη was <i>the line rubbed with chalk</i> or <i>red ochre,</i> being distd. from the rule ( κανών) by Pl. Phlb. 56c, X. Ages. 10.2; κανόσι καὶ στάθμαις Plu. Praec. 2.807d, etc.; λευκὴ σ., v. λευκός II.1a: metaph., ἀτεχνῶς λευκὴ σ. εἰμὶ πρὸς τοὺς καλούς a white <i>measuring-line,</i> i.e. unable to discriminate, Pl. Chrm. 154b, cf. Plu. Garr. 2.513f.",
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                "quote": "ξέσσε δʼ ἐπισταμένως καὶ ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν [δοῦρα]",
                "ref": "Od. 5.245",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "στάθμη δόρυ νήϊον ἐξιθύνει",
                "ref": "Il. 15.410",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τόρνου καὶ στάθμης καὶ γνώμονος . . ἰθύτερον",
                "ref": "Thgn. 805",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:805"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "κανόσι καὶ στάθμαις",
                "ref": "Plu. Praec. 2.807d",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "παρὰ στάθμην <i>by the rule,</i> εἶμι παρὰ σ. ὀρθὴν ὁδόν Thgn. 945, cf. 543; τέκτονος παρὰ σ. ἰόντος S. Fr. 474; for A. Ag. 1045 v. παρά C. II.2; κατὰ στάθμην ἵστασθαι, c. gen., <i>in a straight line with,</i> Democr. ap. Plu. Fac.lun. 2.929c; κατὰ σ. ἐνόησας you guessed <i>aright,</i> Theoc. 25.194; ὡς ἂν ἀπὸ στάθμης D.H. Comp. 23; στάθμῃ Aret. SD 2.11; πρὸς στάθμῃ πέτρον τίθεσθαι, μή τι πρὸς πέτρῳ στάθμην, i.e. when facts are obstinate, do not relax your standard, Com.(?) ap. Plu. Profect. 2.75f (cf. Bergk PLG 3.740); στάθμα πατρῴα perh. the <i>measure</i> [of piety] towards his father, Pi. P. 6.45; στάθμας ἑλκόμενοι περισσᾶς perh. straining at an over-exact <i>measure,</i> ib. 2.90.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἶμι παρὰ σ. ὀρθὴν ὁδόν",
                        "ref": "Thgn. 945",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τέκτονος παρὰ σ. ἰόντος",
                        "ref": "S. Fr. 474",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc2:474"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὡς ἂν ἀπὸ στάθμης",
                        "ref": "D.H. Comp. 23",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012.perseus-grc2:23"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "στάθμῃ",
                        "ref": "Aret. SD 2.11",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.11"
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                    }
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>verification, certification,</i> τὰς σ. τῶν μέτρων ἀπὸ τοῦ βελτίστου ποιεῖσθαι prob. in PTeb. 5.88 (ii B.C.).",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>plummet</i> or <i>plumbline,</i> μολιβαχθής AP 6.103 ( Phil.); ῥιπτεῖσθαι ἄνω κατὰ στάθμην to be thrown perpendicularly upwards, Arist. Cael. 296b24.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μολιβαχθής",
                    "ref": "AP 6.103",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.103"
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>the line which bounds the racecourse, goal,</i> δραμεῖν ποτὶ στάθμαν, metaph. of manʼs life, Pi. N. 6.7; παρʼ οἵαν ἤλθομεν σ. βίου E. Ion 1514.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "παρʼ οἵαν ἤλθομεν σ. βίου",
                    "ref": "E. Ion 1514",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>starting point,</i> ‘scratch’, στάθμης ὁρμηθέντες ἀπόσσυτοι Opp. H. 4.102, cf. Eust. 1023.5.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "στάθμης ὁρμηθέντες ἀπόσσυτοι",
                        "ref": "Opp. H. 4.102",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.102"
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              ]
            },
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              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>law, rule,</i> ὑπὸ στάθμᾳ νέμεσθαι Pi. Fr. 1.4; Ὑλλίδος στάθμας ἐν νόμοις, i.e. according to laws of Dorian <i>rule,</i> Id. P. 1.62.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὑπὸ στάθμᾳ νέμεσθαι",
                    "ref": "Pi. Fr. 1.4",
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                }
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            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "δοράτων στάθμαι <i>butt-ends,</i> like σαυρωτῆρες, D.S. 17.35, cf. PCair.Zen. 782 ( <i>a</i>). 49 (iii B.C.).",
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