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                    "description": "<b>      1<\/b> tromper par de vaines espérances, OD. <i>19, 565 ; avec l’acc<\/i>. IL. <i>23, 388 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> dévaster, HÉS. <i>Th. 330<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Prés. ind. 3 pl<\/i>. ἐλεφαίρονται, OD. <i>19, 565 ; impf. 3 sg<\/i>. ἐλεφαίρετο, HÉS. <i>Th. 330, et part. ao<\/i>. ἐλεφηράμενος, IL. <i>23, 388<\/i>.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "old Ep. Verb, perh. connected with ὀλοφώϊος, <b>cheat with empty hopes<\/b>, said of the <b>false<\/b> dreams that come through the <b>ivory<\/b> gate (with play on ἐλέφας, cf. κραίνω), οἱ μέν κ’ ἔλθωσι διὰ πριστοῦ ἐλέφαντος, οἵ ῥ’ ἐλεφαίρονται <i>Od.<\/i> 19.565; generally, <b>cheat, overreach<\/b>, ἐλεφηράμενος… Τυδεΐδην <i>Il.<\/i> 23.388. of the Nemean lion, ἐλεφαίρετο φῦλ’ ἀνθρώπων he <b>used to destroy<\/b> them, Hes. <i>Th.<\/i> 330. (<i>Act.<\/i> only in Hsch., who also has <i>aor.1<\/i> ἐλεφῆραι· ἀπατῆσαι.)"
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