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            "lemma": "πίθηκος",
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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>ου (ὁ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ῐ]<\/font> singe, AR. <i>Ach. 120, etc. ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Hipp. ma. 289<\/i> b ; ARSTT. <i>H.A. 2, 8, 1, etc. ;<\/i> ἡ πίθηκος, BABR. <i>55, 1,<\/i> guenon ; <font color='blue'><i>prov<\/i>. ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι<\/font>, PLAT. <i>Rsp. 590<\/i> b, devenir singe au lieu de lion ; π. ὑπὸ λεοντῇ, LUC. <i>Philops. 5,<\/i> singe sous une peau de lion ; <i>fig<\/i>. homme laid, magot, AR. <i>Ach. 907, Eccl. 1072, etc. ;<\/i> DÉM. <i>307, 25, etc. ;<\/i> π. θαλάττιος, EL. <i>N.A. 12, 27,<\/i> sorte <i>de<\/i> σελάχη.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Dor<\/i>. πίθακος <font color='purple'>[ᾱ]<\/font> AR. <i>Ach. 907<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>p.-ê. pré-grec<\/i>.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "Dor. πίθακος, ὁ, <b>ape, monkey<\/b>, Archil. 89.3, 91, S. <i>Ichn.<\/i> 122, Ar. <i>Ach.<\/i> 120, Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 502a17 ; as fem., πίθηκος μήτηρ Babr. 56; πίθηκον ἐνδυομένην putting on <b>an ape΄s form<\/b>, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 620c; cf. πιθήκη. nickname for a trickster, <b>jackanapes<\/b>, Ar. <i>Ach.<\/i> 907, <i>Av.<\/i> 440, <i>Ra.<\/i> 708, etc. ; αὐτοτραγικὸς π., of Aeschines, D. 18.242.<br\/><b><i>prov.<\/i>, ἀντὶ λέοντος π. γίγνεσθαι<\/b> Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 590b; ὑπὸ τῇ λεοντῇ πίθηκον περιστέλλειν Luc. <i>Philops.<\/i> 5; π. ἐν πορφύρᾳ ΄borrowed plumes΄, Diogenian. 7.94; ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι π. ΄in Rome we do as the Romans do΄, Apollod.Com. 1.3 ; ὄνος ἐν πιθήκοις ΄parmi les aveugles le borgne est roi΄, Men. 402.8.<br\/><b>dwarf<\/b>, Suid. a ζῷον σελαχῶδες, Ael. <i>NA<\/i> 12.27."
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ὁ (auch πίθηξ und πίθων), <i>der Affe<\/i> ; Ar. <i>Ach<\/i>. 120, <i>Av<\/i>. 440 u. öfter ; <font color='darkblue'>sprichwörtlich ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι<\/font>, Plat. <i>Rep<\/i>. IX.590b ; <font color='blue'>πίθηκος ἐν πορφύρᾳ<\/font>, Diog. 7.94. – Nach Suid. auch ὁ βραχὺς ἀνθρωπίσκος. – Auch wie bei uns Schimpfwort, πίθηκος αὐτοτραγικός, Dem. 18.242. – Die Ableitung von πείθω, πιθανός ist zw."
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                    "dictionary": "TBESG",
                    "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": "<b>an ape, monkey <\/b>, [Aristophanes Comicus (5th\/4th c.BC)]; as <i>feminine<\/i>, πίθηκος μήτηρ [Babrius Fabularum Scriptor (Refs 2nd c.AD)]:—;of persons, <b>an ape, jackanapes <\/b>, [Aristophanes Comicus (5th\/4th c.BC), Demosthenes Orator (Refs 4th c.BC)] <br\/>derivation uncertain (ML)"
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