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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>α, ον<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰ]<\/font><br\/><b>   I<\/b> qui sert à lancer (des projectiles) JOS. <i>B.J. 3, 5, 2 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> qui concerne le lieu d’où les chars <i>ou<\/i> les chevaux s’élancent dans la carrière ; <i>p. suite,<\/i> qui préside à l’entrée de la carrière, <i>ép. des Dioscures, dont les statues se trouvaient à l’entrée du stade,<\/i> PAUS. <i>3, 14, 7. Subst<\/i>. ἡ ἀφετηρία (<i>s.-e<\/i>. γραμμή) entrée de la carrière, SYN. <i>161<\/i> c ; τὸ ἀφετήριον, STR. <i>494,<\/i> lieu d’embarquement, port ; <i>fig<\/i>. DH. CLÉM.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. ἀφετήρ.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "α, ον, (&lt; ἀφίημι) <b>for letting go<\/b>, ἀ. ὄργανα engines <b>for throwing stones<\/b>, etc., J. <i>BJ<\/i> 3.5.2, cf. 5.6.3. ἀφετηρία (sc. γραμμή), ἡ, <b>starting-point of a race<\/b>, CIG 2758iii D 7 (Aphrodisias), Sch. Ar. <i>Eq.<\/i> 1156; hence ἀ. Διόσκουροι, whose statues adorned the race-course, Paus. 3.14.7; ἀ. ἕρμα <i>AP<\/i> 9.319 (Philox.); <i>metaph<\/i>, ἀφετήριον πρὸς μάθησιν S.E. <i>M.<\/i> 1.41; ἀ. ἡ ῥητορική Phld. <i>Rh.<\/i> 1.223S.<br\/>ἀφετηρία· ἀρχή, ἡγεμονία, Hsch.<br\/>ἀφετήριον (sc. πλοίων), τό, <b>outlet of a harbour<\/b>, Str. 11.2.4.<br\/><b>gate<\/b> of a sluice, PLond. 3.1177.291 (ii AD)."
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                    "description": "<b>1)<\/b> <i>zum Loslassen, Abschießen<\/i>, ὄργανα, Schleudermaschinen. Suid.<br\/><b>2)<\/b> <i>zum Entlassen gehörig<\/i>, Διόσκουροι, die an der ἀφετηρία, an den Schranken, standen, Paus. 3.14 ; Ἑρμῆς ἀφετήριον ἕρμα Philox. <i>ep<\/i>. (IX.319); τὸ ἀφετήριον, <i>der Hafen<\/i>, als Platz zum Auslaufen, Strab. XI p. 494."
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