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            "lemma": "Σειρήν",
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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ῆνος (ἡ) :<br\/>   I<\/b> Sirène, <i>n. d’êtres symbolisant les âmes des morts, figurés en oiseaux à tête humaine, plus tard en femmes à queue de poisson ; elles habitaient la côte S. de l’Italie et attiraient par leurs chants les navigateurs pour les faire périr,<\/i> OD. <i>12, 39, etc. ;<\/i> EUR. <i>El. 167, etc. ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Rsp. 617 b et c, etc. ; fig<\/i>. une sirène, <i>càd<\/i>. une femme habile à séduire, EUR. <i>Andr. 936 ; d’où<\/i> grâce, séduction, ESCHN. <i>86, 17 ;<\/i> DH. <i>Comp. 26 ;<\/i> ANTH. <i>App. 349 ; joint à<\/i> χάρις, PLUT. <i>Mar. 44 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>p. anal. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> <i>sorte d’abeille sauvage,<\/i> ARSTT. <i>H.A. 9, 40, 2 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> animal ailé, <i>vraisembl<\/i>. dragon, SPT. <i>Esaï. 13, 23 ; 34, 13, etc<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Duel gén<\/i>. Σειρήνοιϊν, OD. <i>12, 52 et 167<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>incert<\/i>.<\/p>"
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                    "dictionary": "LSJ",
                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ῆνος, ἡ, Siren; in pl., Σειρῆνες, αἱ, Sirens, <i>Od.<\/i> 12.39, al., cf. <i>Sch. ad loc. ; Ep. dual gen.<\/i> Σειρήνοιϊν <i>ib.<\/i> 52, 167; πτεροφόροι νεανίδες… Σειρῆνες E. <i>Hel.<\/i> 169 (lyr.), cf. <i>Fr.<\/i> 911 (lyr.); Σειρὴν… τὰ σκέλη δὲ κοψίχου Anaxil. 22.20; cf. ἁρπυιόγουνος· σειρῆνα κόμπον… ὃς Ζεφύρου σιγάζει πνοάς Pi. Parth. 2.13, cf. Hes. <i>Fr.<\/i> 69; ἐπὶ τῶν κύκλων [τοῦ ἀτράκτου]… ἐφ’ ἑκάστου βεβηκέναι Σειρῆνα… φωνὴν μίαν ἱεῖσαν Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 617b (hence σειρῆνες· τὰ ἄστρα, <i>Lex.Rhet.<\/i> ap. Eust. 1709.54, cf. Theo Sm. p. 146H.); as a grave-ornament, στᾶλαι καὶ Σειρῆνες ἐμαί <i>AP<\/i> 7.710 (Erinna), cf. 491 (Mnasalc.). <i>metaph<\/i>, <b>Siren, deceitful woman<\/b>, E. <i>Andr.<\/i> 936; also, <b>the Siren charm<\/b> of eloquence, persuasion, and the like, Alcm. 7, Aeschin. 3.228, Alex. Aet. 7 (pl.); ποικίλη σ., of philosophy, Phld. <i>Rh.<\/i> 2.145 S. ; λόγων σ. καὶ χάρις Plu. <i>Mar.<\/i> 44, cf. D.H. Comp. 26, Jul. <i>Or.<\/i> 2.52d; ὤλετο παρθενίη σ. ἐμή <i>Supp.Epigr.<\/i> 1.567.7 (Fayum), cf. IG 14.1942 (Rome); σειρῆνα θεάτρων, of Menander, <i>ib.<\/i> 1183; ἔνθεον σειρῆνα χεύῃ <i>ib.<\/i> 4²(1).130.17 (Epid.). ὁ, a kind of <b>solitary bee<\/b> or <b>wasp<\/b>, Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 623b11. a small <b>singingbird<\/b>, Hsch. prob.<br\/><b>ostrich<\/b>, LXX Is. 13.21, al., 1 Enoch 19.2. as name of Zeus, <font color='darkorange'>dub.<\/font> in Antim. 94 (σείρινα acc. sg., codd. EM).<br\/><b>a light garment<\/b>, Harp. s.v. σείρινα, Phot. (Correctly written with -ει-, as name of a ship, IG2². 1629.687.)"
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ῆνος, ἡ, <i>die Sirene<\/i> (s. nom. pr.). Uebertr., <i>der Zauber der Ueberredung<\/i>, ἡ τοῦ λόγου σ. καὶ χάρις, Plut. <i>Mar<\/i>. 44 ; <i>bezaubernder Liebreiz<\/i>, Dion.Hal., vgl. <font color='green'>Schaefer<\/font> zu <i>C.V<\/i>. p. 26.<br\/>Bei Arist. <i>H.A<\/i>. 9.40 <i>eine wilde Bienenart<\/i> ; vgl. Phot. σειρὴν μὲν φίλον ἀγγέλλει, ξεῖνον δὲ μέλισσα.<br\/>Bei Hesych. <i>eine kleine Vogelart<\/i>, vielleicht <i>der Zeisig<\/i>, franz. <i>serin<\/i>."
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                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": "1. <b>a Siren <\/b>: in <i>plural<\/i> Σειρῆνες, αἱ, <b>the Sirens <\/b>, mythical sisters on the south coast of Italy, who enticed seamen by their songs, and then slew them, [Odyssey by Homer (8th\/7th c.BC)] [Homer (8th\/7th c.BC)] only knows of <b>two <\/b>, whence epic dual. <i>genitive<\/i> Σειρήνοιιν. <br\/>2. <i>metaphorically<\/i> <b>a Siren, deceitful woman <\/b>, [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)]: <b>the Siren charm <\/b> of eloquence, [Aeschines Orator (Refs 4th c.BC)] <br\/>derivation uncertain (ML)"
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