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  "headword": "στοιχεῖον",
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              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>the shadow of the gnomon, the length of which in feet indicated the time of day,</i> ὅταν ᾖ δεκάπουν τὸ σ. when the <i>shadow</i> is ten feet long, Ar. Ec. 652, v. Sch.; ὁπηνίκʼ ἂν εἴκοσι ποδῶν . . τὸ σ. ᾖ Eub. 119.7, cf. Philem. 83.",
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                    "ref": "Ar. Ec. 652,",
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                    "quote": "ὁπηνίκʼ ἂν εἴκοσι ποδῶν . . τὸ σ. ᾖ",
                    "ref": "Eub. 119.7",
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Philem. 83.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>element,</i>",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>simple sound</i> of speech, as the <i>first component</i> of the syllable, Pl. Cra. 424d; τὸ ῥῶ τὸ σ. ib. 426d; γραμμάτων σ. καὶ συλλαβάς Id. Tht. 202e; σ. ἐστι φωνὴ ἀδιαίρετος Arist. Po. 1456b22; φωνῆς σ. καὶ ἀρχαὶ δοκοῦσιν εἶναι ταῦτʼ ἐξ ὧν σύγκεινται αἱ φωναὶ πρώτων Id. Metaph. 998a23, cf. Gal. 15.6:— στοιχεῖα therefore, strictly, were different from <i>letters</i> ( γράμματα), Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213, Sch.D.T. p.32, al., but are freq. not clearly distd. from them, as by Pl. Tht. l.c., Cra. 426d; τὰ σ. τῶν γραμμάτων τὰ τέτταρα καὶ εἴκοσι Aen.Tact. 31.21; σ. ε̄ <i>letter</i> ε (in a filing-system), BGU 959.2 (ii A.D.); ἀκουόμενα σ. <i>letters</i> which are pronounced, A.D. Adv. 165.17; γράμματα and σ. are expressly identified by D.T. 630.32; the σ. and its name are confused by A.D. Synt. 29.1, but distd. by Hdn.Gr. ap. Choerob. in Theod. 1.340, Sch. D.T. l.c.:— κατὰ στοιχεῖον <i>in the order of the letters, alphabetically,</i> AP 11.15 ( Ammian.); dub.sens. in Plu. Def.orac. 2.422e.",
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                        "ref": "Pl. Cra. 424d;",
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                        "ref": "426d;",
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                        "quote": "γραμμάτων σ. καὶ συλλαβάς",
                        "ref": "Id. Tht. 202e",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362444",
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                        "quote": "σ. ἐστι φωνὴ ἀδιαίρετος",
                        "ref": "Arist. Po. 1456b22",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362445",
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                        "quote": "φωνῆς σ. καὶ ἀρχαὶ δοκοῦσιν εἶναι ταῦτʼ ἐξ ὧν σύγκεινται αἱ φωναὶ πρώτων",
                        "ref": "Id. Metaph. 998a23",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213, Sch.D.T.",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "p.32, al., but are freq. not clearly distd. from them, as by",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Cra. 426d;",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362449",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὰ σ. τῶν γραμμάτων τὰ τέτταρα καὶ εἴκοσι",
                        "ref": "Aen.Tact. 31.21",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc2:31.21"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362450",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "BGU 959.2",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,BGU:959.2"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362451",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "A.D. Adv. 165.17;",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "D.T. 630.32; the",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362453",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "A.D. Synt. 29.1, but distd. by",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362454",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Choerob. in Theod. 1.340, Sch.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362455",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κατὰ στοιχεῖον",
                        "ref": "AP 11.15",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.15"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362456",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Plu. Def.orac. 2.422e.",
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                  "definition": "στοιχεῖα were the <i>components into which matter is ultimately divisible, elements,</i> reduced to four by Empedocles, who called them ῥιζώματα, the word στοιχεῖα being first used (acc. to Eudem. ap. Simp. in Ph. 7.13) by Pl., τὰ πρῶτα οἱονπερεὶ σ., ἐξ ὧν ἡμεῖς τε συγκείμεθα καὶ τἄλλα Tht. 201e; τὰ τῶν πάντων σ. Plt. 278d; αὐτὰ τιθέμενοι σ. τοῦ παντός Ti. 48b, cf. Arist. GC 314a29, Metaph. 998a28, Thphr. Sens. 3, al., D.L. 3.24; σ. σωματικά Arist. Mete. 338a22, Thphr. Fr. 46; ἄτομα σ. Epicur. Ep. 2p.36U.; equivalent to ἀρχαί, Thales ap. Plu. 2.875c, Anaximand. ap. D.L. 2.1, Anon. ap. Arist. Ph. 188b28, Metaph. 1059b23, al.; but Arist. also distinguishes σ. from ἀρχή as less comprehensive, ib. 1070b23; τὰ σ. ὕλη τῆς οὐσίας ib. 1088b27; τρία τὰ σ. Id. Ph. 189b16; distd. from ἀρχή on other grounds by Stoic. 2.111; σ. used in three senses by Chrysipp., ib. 136, cf. Zeno ib. 1.24, al.; in Medicine, Gal. 6.3, 420, al., 15.7, al.; Αἰθέρ, κόσμου σ. ἄριστον Orph. H. 5.4; ἀνηλεὲς σ., of the sea, Babr. 71.4; τὸ σ., of the sea, Polem. Cyn. 44; ἄμφω τὰ σ., i.e. land and sea, ib. 11, cf. Hdn. 3.1.5, Him. Ecl. 2.18.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362457",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Simp. in Ph. 7.13) by",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg004.perseus-grc2:7.13"
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Tht. 201e;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc2:201e"
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Plt. 278d;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc2:278d"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "αὐτὰ τιθέμενοι σ. τοῦ παντός",
                        "ref": "Ti. 48b",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031.perseus-grc2:48b"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362461",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Arist. GC 314a29,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg013:314a.perseus-grc2.29"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362462",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Metaph. 998a28,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:998a.perseus-grc2.28"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362463",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Thphr. Sens. 3, al.,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg003.perseus-grc2:3"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362464",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "D.L. 3.24;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.24"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362465",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. σωματικά",
                        "ref": "Arist. Mete. 338a22",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:338a.perseus-grc2.22"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362466",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Thphr. Fr. 46;",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362467",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Epicur. Ep. 2p.36U.; equivalent to",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006.perseus-grc2:2p.36U"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362468",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Plu. 2.875c,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg124.perseus-grc2:875c"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362469",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "D.L. 2.1,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.1"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362470",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Arist. Ph. 188b28,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:188b.perseus-grc2.28"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362471",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Metaph. 1059b23, al.; but",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:1059b.perseus-grc2.23"
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                    {
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "ib. 1070b23;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:1070b.perseus-grc2.23"
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "ib. 1088b27;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:1088b.perseus-grc2.27"
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362474",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. Ph. 189b16; distd. from",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:189b.perseus-grc2.16"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362475",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Αἰθέρ, κόσμου σ. ἄριστον",
                        "ref": "Orph. H. 5.4",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.4"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362476",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Babr. 71.4;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0614.tlg001.perseus-grc2:71.4"
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                    },
                    {
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Polem. Cyn. 44;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1617.tlg001.perseus-grc2:44"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362478",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "11, cf.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1617.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362479",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Hdn. 3.1.5,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0015.tlg001:3.1.perseus-grc2.5"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362480",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Him. Ecl. 2.18.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2051.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.18"
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>elements of proof,</i> e.g. in general reasoning the πρῶτοι συλλογισμοί, Arist. Metaph. 1014b1; in Geometry, the propositions whose proof is involved in the proof of other propositions, ib. 998a26, 1014a36; title of geometrical works by Hippocrates of Chios, Leon, Theudios, and Euclid, Procl. in Euc. pp. 66,67, 68F.: hence applied to whatever is one, small, and capable of many uses, Arist. Metaph. 1014b3; to whatever is most universal, e.g. the unit and the point, ib. 6; the line and the circle, Id. Top. 158b35; the τόπος (argument applicable to a variety of subjects), ib. 120b13, al., Rh. 1358a35, al.; στοιχεῖα τὰ γένη λέγουσί τινες Id. Metaph. 1014b10; τὸ νόμισμα σ. καὶ πέρας τῆς ἀλλαγῆς coin is the <i>unit . .</i> of exchange, Id. Pol. 1257b23; in Grammar, σ. τῆς λέξεως <i>parts</i> of speech, D.H. Comp. 2; but also, the <i>letters</i> composing a word, A.D. Synt. 313.7; <i>letters</i> of the alphabet, Diog.Bab. Stoic. 3.213; σ. τοῦ λόγου the <i>elements</i> of speech, viz. <i>words,</i> or the <i>kinds of words, parts</i> of speech, Thphr. ap. Simp. in Cat. 10.24, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.45, A.D. Synt. 7.1, 313.6.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362481",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Arist. Metaph. 1014b1; in Geometry, the propositions whose proof is involved in the proof of other propositions, ib.",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362482",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "998a26,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:998a.perseus-grc2.26"
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362483",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "1014a36; title of geometrical works by Hippocrates of Chios, Leon, Theudios, and Euclid,",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362484",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Procl. in Euc. pp. 66,67,",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "68F.: hence applied to whatever is one, small, and capable of many uses,",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Arist. Metaph. 1014b3; to whatever is most universal, e.g. the unit and the point, ib.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "6; the line and the circle,",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. Top. 158b35; the",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "120b13, al.,",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Rh. 1358a35, al.;",
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                        "quote": "στοιχεῖα τὰ γένη λέγουσί τινες",
                        "ref": "Id. Metaph. 1014b10",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362492",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. Pol. 1257b23; in Grammar,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1257b.perseus-grc2.23"
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362493",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "D.H. Comp. 2; but also, the",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362494",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "A.D. Synt. 313.7;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004.perseus-grc2:313.7"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362495",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Diog.Bab. Stoic. 3.213;",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362496",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Simp. in Cat. 10.24,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg003.perseus-grc2:10.24"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362497",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.45,",
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362498",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "A.D. Synt. 7.1,",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362499",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "313.6.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>elementary</i> or <i>fundamental principle,</i> ἀρξάμενοι ἀπὸ τῶν σ. X. Mem. 2.1.1; σ. χρηστῆς πολιτείας Isoc. 2.16; τὸ πολλάκις εἰρημένον μέγιστον σ. Arist. Pol. 1309b16; σ. τῆς ὅλης τέχνης Nicol.Com. 1.30, cf. Epicur. Ep. 1p.10U., Ep. 3p.59U., Phld. Rh. 1.127S., Gal. 6.306.",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "X. Mem. 2.1.1;",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. χρηστῆς πολιτείας",
                        "ref": "Isoc. 2.16",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362502",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1309b16;",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362503",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. τῆς ὅλης τέχνης",
                        "ref": "Nicol.Com. 1.30",
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                      }
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Epicur. Ep. 1p.10U.,",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Ep. 3p.59U.,",
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                  "definition": "ἄστρων στοιχεῖα the <i>stars,</i> Man. 4.624; σ. καυσούμενα λυθήσεται 2 Ep.Pet. 3.10, cf. 12; esp. <i>planets,</i> στοιχείῳ Διός PLond. 1.130.60 (i/ii A.D.); so perh. in Ep.Gal. 4.3, Ep.Col. 2.8; esp. a <i>sign of the Zodiac,</i> D.L. 6.102; of the Great Bear, PMag.Par. 1.1303.",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Man. 4.624;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2583.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.624"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362507",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. καυσούμενα λυθήσεται",
                        "ref": "2 Ep.Pet. 3.10",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg022.perseus-grc2:3.10"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362508",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "12; esp.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg022.perseus-grc2:12"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362509",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "στοιχείῳ Διός",
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                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Lond.:1:130.perseus-grc2:60"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362510",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Ep.Gal. 4.3,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg009.perseus-grc2:4.3"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362511",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Ep.Col. 2.8; esp. a",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-362512",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "D.L. 6.102; of the Great Bear,",
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                  "definition": "σ. = ἀριθμός, as etym. of Στοιχαδεύς, Sch.D.T.p.192 H.",
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