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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ἡ, gen. ὀσφύος ; acc. ὀσφῦν, also ὀσφύα <i>AP<\/i> 12.213 (Strat.) : — <b>lion<\/b> or <b>loins, lower part of the back<\/b>, Epich. 80, Hp. <i>Aët.<\/i> 20, Aph. 3.23, Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 493a22, al. ; opp. κῶλα, ὦμοι, A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 497, Hdt. 2.40; <b>loin<\/b> of a victim, SIG 57.9 (Milet., v BC), 1037.2 (iv\/iii BC), Pherecr. 23.4, Ar. <i>Pax<\/i> 1053, <i>Lys.<\/i> 964, Men. 319.12; of wasps, ἔχουσι κέντρον ἐκ τῆς ὀ. Ar. <i>V.<\/i> 225, cf. 740 (anap.); of a horse, X. <i>Eq.<\/i> 1.12; of a fish, Antiph. 132.6 (anap.). Hellenist., <i>metaph<\/i>, ὁ καρπὸς τῆς ὀ., of a son, Act. Ap. 2.30, cf. LXX Ge. 35.11, al. περιζώννυσθαι or ἀναζώννυσθαι τὴν ὀσφύν gird up one΄s <b>loins<\/b>, <i>ib.<\/i> Je. 1.17; βυσσίνῳ <i>ib.<\/i> Da. 10.5, cf. Ev. Luc. 12.35. [υ in nom. and acc. sg., which are accented ὀσφῦς, ὀσφῦν by Hdn. <i>Gr.<\/i> 2.937; ὀσφύς, ύν freq. in codd., and this may be admitted for late writers; cf. ὀφρῦς.]"
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