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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>ᾶς (ἡ)<\/b> action de tondre, <i>d’où :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> action de couper <i>ou<\/i> de raser les cheveux, HDT. <i>3, 8 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Rsp. 425<\/i> b : <i>d’où<\/i> tête tondue <i>ou<\/i> rasée, <i>particul. en signe de deuil,<\/i> EUR. <i>Alc. 427, 512, etc. ; p. ext<\/i>. boucle de cheveux coupée, ESCHL. <i>Ch. 226 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> action d’élaguer des arbres, PLAT. <i>Pol. 288<\/i> d ;<br\/><b>      3<\/b> action de tondre un pré en paissant, ARSTT. <i>P.A. 4, 12, 10<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Ion<\/i>. κουρή, HDT. <i>l. c<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>cf<\/i>. κείρω.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "Ion. κουρή, ἡ, (&lt; κείρω) <b>cropping<\/b> of the hair, τῶν τριχῶν τὴν κ. κείρεσθαι Hdt. 3.8; κουρᾶς δεῖσθαι Arist. <i>PA<\/i> 658b20; ἐν χρῷ κ. Diocl. <i>Fr.<\/i> 141; freq. as a sign of mourning, κ. πενθίμῳ E. <i>Alc.<\/i> 512, <i>Or.<\/i> 458; κουραῖσι καὶ θρήνοισι Id. <i>Hel.<\/i> 1054; κουραῖς διατετιλμένης φόβην S. <i>Fr.<\/i> 659.7. generally, <b>cropping, lopping<\/b>, δρυοτομικὴ καὶ κ. σύμπασα Pl. <i>Plt.<\/i> 288d; of animals that feed on grass, Arist. <i>PA<\/i> 693a17.<br\/><b>shearing<\/b> of sheep, Porph. <i>Abst.<\/i> 3.26, PThead. 8.6 (iv AD).<br\/><b>that which is cut off; lock of hair<\/b>, A. <i>Ch.<\/i> 226.<br\/><b>wool shorn, fleece<\/b>, PCair. Zen. 433.26 (pl., iii BC); κουρᾷ κοσμοῦντα θρέμματα Porph. <i>Abst.<\/i> 3.19; pl., κουρὰς προβάτων καὶ γάλα βοῶν <i>ib.<\/i> 18.<br\/><b>cut-off end<\/b>, σφηνός Ph. <i>Bel.<\/i> 67.12; δοκῶν <i>Inscr.Délos<\/i> 442 A 157 (ii BC); ἡ κάτω κ., of a rod, Hero <i>Dioptr.<\/i> 5; in pl., <b>slips<\/b> of wood, Ph. <i>Bel.<\/i> 57.22."
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ἡ (von κείρω, verwandt mit ξύρω), <i>die Schur, das Scheren, Abscheren des Haares<\/i> ; κουραῖς ἀτίμως διατετιλμένης φόβης Soph. frg. 587 ; es war bes. ein Zeichen der Trauer, dah. κουραῖσι καὶ θρήνοισι Eur. <i>Hel<\/i>. 1060 ; τί χρῆμα κουρᾷ τῇδε πενθίμῳ πρέπεις <i>Alc<\/i>. 515 ; κουρᾷ θυγατρὸς πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος <i>Or<\/i>. 458, geschoren aus Trauer um die Tochter ; Plat. <i>Rep<\/i>. IV.425b u. Folgde. – Auch <i>das abgeschnittene Haar<\/i>, κουρὰν ἰδοῦσα τήνδε κηδείου τριχός Aesch. <i>Ch<\/i>. 226. – Allgemeiner, ἡ τῆς τροφῆς σπάσις καὶ κουρά, <i>das Abschneiden, Abhauen<\/i>, Arist. <i>part.anim<\/i>. 4.12."
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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 shearing <\/b> or <b>cropping <\/b> of the hair, <b>tonsure <\/b>, (Herdotus Historicus) <br\/>2. <b>a lock cut off <\/b>, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)"
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