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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>εως (ἡ) :<br\/>      1<\/b> sorte de mantelet <i>ou<\/i> de créneau sur une muraille <i>ou<\/i> sur une maison, <i>d’ord. au pl<\/i>. IL. <i>12, 258, etc. ;<\/i> HDT. <i>9, 7 ;<\/i> ESCHL. <i>Sept. 30, 158 ;<\/i> EUR. <i>Ph. 1158 ;<\/i> THC. <i>3, 23 ; 4, 69 ; au sg<\/i>. ligne des créneaux <i>ou<\/i> du rempart, IL. <i>12, 381, etc. ;<\/i> THC. <i>2, 13 ;<\/i> AR. <i>Ach. 72 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>fig<\/i>. rempart, défense, ESCHL. <i>Ag. 381 ;<\/i> EUR. <i>Or. 1203, etc<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. ἐπαλέξω.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "εως, ἡ, (&lt; ἐπαλέξω) <b>means of defence<\/b>; mostly in pl., <b>battlements<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 12.263, Hdt. 9.7, A. <i>Th.<\/i> 30, 158 (lyr.), E. <i>Ph.<\/i> 1158, etc. ; τὰς ἐ. ἀπώσαντες Th. 3.23; αἱ οἰκίαι… ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσι Id. 4.69, cf. 115. in sg., mostly, <b>line of battlements, parapet<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 12.381, al. (never in <i>Od.<\/i>); οἱ παρ’ ἔπαλξιν the defenders of the wall, Th. 2.13, cf. 7.28, Ar. <i>Ach.<\/i> 72; pl., of individual <b>crenellations<\/b>, Th. 3.21. generally, <b>defence, protection<\/b>, πλούτου A. <i>Ag.<\/i> 381 (lyr.); σωτηρίας E. <i>Or.<\/i> 1203, etc. court for trial of homicide, <i>EM<\/i> 353.26, <i>AB<\/i> 243."
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                    "description": "ἡ, <i>die Schutzwehr<\/i> (ἐπαλέξω), bes. <i>Brustwehr, Zinnen auf den Mauern<\/i>, hinter denen sich die Bürger verteidigen, <i>Il<\/i>. 12.263, 381 u. öfter ; Her. 9.7 u. Folgde ; auch an anderen Häusern, ἀπ' οἰκιῶν ἐπάλξεις ἐχουσῶν Thuc. 4.115, vgl. 3.22. – Uebertr., <i>Schutz, Beistand<\/i>, πλούτου Aesch. <i>Ag<\/i>. 371 ; σωτηρίας Eur. <i>Or<\/i>. 1203. – Nach <i>EM<\/i>. und <i>B.A<\/i>. 243, <i>ein Gerichtshof in Athen<\/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 means of defence <\/b>: in <i>plural<\/i> <b>battlements <\/b>, (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;in <i>singular<\/i> <b>the battlements, parapet <\/b>, (Iliad by Homer) <br\/>2. generally, <b>a defence, protection <\/b>, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)"
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