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                    "description": "<b>οῦ (ὁ) :<br\/>      1<\/b> industrieux, laborieux, entreprenant, OD. <i>1, 349 ; 6, 8 ; 13, 261 ;<\/i> HH. <i>Ap. 458 ;<\/i> HÉS. <i>Th. 511 ; p. suite,<\/i> opulent, ESCHL. <i>Sept. 770 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> sorte de poisson de mer, EPICH. (ATH. <i>281<\/i> f) ; <i>fig. en parl. d’un débauché,<\/i> SOPHR. (ATH. <i>281<\/i> f).<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>litt<\/i>. « qui se nourrit de pain », <i>de<\/i> ἄλφι, ἔδω.<\/p>"
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