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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>ά, όν<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰ]<\/font><br\/><b>      1<\/b> pourri, moisi, gâté, HPC. <i>278, 19 ; en parl. de parties du corps (poumons,<\/i> HPC. <i>451, 6 ; os cariés,<\/i> HPC. <i>774<\/i> b, <i>etc.) ; d’objets divers, part. de cuir,<\/i> AR. <i>Vesp. 38 ; de poisson,<\/i> AR. <i>Ach. 1101 ; de fleurs,<\/i> DÉM. <i>615, 11 ; fig<\/i>. vieux, usé, <i>joint à<\/i> ἀρχαῖος, AR. <i>Pl. 322 ; en parl. de pers<\/i>. AR. <i>Eccl. 884, Vesp. 1381 ;<\/i> PHILÉM. (<i>Com. fr. 4, 58<\/i>) ; MÉN. (<i>Com. fr. 4, 101<\/i>) ; <i>joint à<\/i> γέρων, AR. <i>Pax 698 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>en b. part,<\/i> qui a un goût de pourri, <i>en parl. de vin vieux parfumé de plantes qu’on y a fait infuser,<\/i> AR. <i>Pl. 1086 ;<\/i> ALEX. <i>et<\/i> PHILYLL. (<i>Com. fr. 3, 460 ; 2, 865<\/i>).<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. σήπω.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ά, όν, (&lt; σήπω) <b>rotten, putrid<\/b>, Hippon. 23, Hp. <i>Oss.<\/i> 13; of the lungs, <b>diseased<\/b>, Id. <i>Morb.<\/i> 1.13; of bone, <b>carious<\/b>, Id. <i>Fract.<\/i> 33; of wood, etc., <b>rotten<\/b>, ἱστίον Ar. <i>Eq.<\/i> 918; βύρσα Id. <i>V.<\/i> 38; πινακίσκος, φορμός, σχοινίον, Id. <i>Pl.<\/i> 813, 542, <i>V.<\/i> 1343; ἱμάς Men. 109.4; τοῦ διατειχίσματος ἀνελόντι τὰ σ. IG2². 1672.24; of a house, σ. καὶ ῥέουσα καὶ καταπίπτουσα Teles p. 27 H. ; ἐλαῖαι Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 4.14.10; <b><i>prov.<\/i>, σαπροῦ πείσματος ἀντιλαβέσθαι<\/b> Thgn. 1362; esp., of fish that have been long in pickle, <b>stale, rancid<\/b>, τάριχος Ar. <i>Ach.<\/i> 1101; opp. πρόσφατος, Antiph. 218.4, cf. 125.6; of withered flowers, D. 22.70. Adv., -ρῶς λούει τὰ βαλανεῖα <b>so as to leave<\/b> one <b>filthy<\/b>, Arr. <i>Epict.<\/i> 2.21.14. generally, <b>stale, worn out<\/b>, ἀρχαῖον καὶ σαπρόν Ar. <i>Pl.<\/i> 323; of clothes, PGiss. 26.6 (ii AD). Adv., -ῶς (perh. misspelt for -ός) περιπατῶ I am walking about <b>in rags<\/b>, BGU 846.9 (ii AD). of persons, γέρων ὢν καὶ σ. Ar. <i>Pax<\/i> 698; ὦ σαπρά, to an old woman, Id. <i>Ec.<\/i> 884, Hermipp. 10; so εἶναι σαπρὸν κοὐδὲν δύνασθαι Ar. <i>V.<\/i> 1380; οὐδέν ἐσμεν οἱ σ. Eup. 221; σ. γυναῖκα… ὁ τρόπος εὔμορφον ποιεῖ Philem. 170. of wine, <b>mellow<\/b> (cf. σαπρίας), Eup. 442, cf. Philyll. 24; τρὺξ παλαιὰ καὶ σαπρά Ar. <i>Pl.<\/i> 1086; of old wine, ὀδόντας οὐκ ἔχων, ἤδη σαπρὸς…, γέρων γε δαιμονίως Alex. 167.4. εἰρήνη σαπρά, a joke παρὰ προσδοκίαν, Ar. <i>Pax<\/i> 554. <i>metaph<\/i>, <b>unsound, bad<\/b>, λόγος Ep. Eph. 4.29; opp. καλός, Vett.Val. 36.30, cf. PSI 4.312.13 (iv AD); ἄρουραι PGiss. 13.22 (ii AD); τὰ σ. ταῦτα Arr. <i>Epict.<\/i> 3.16.7; ὡς σ. καὶ κίβδηλος ὁ λέγων… M.Ant 11.15, cf. <i>Sammelb.<\/i> 5761.23 (i AD), PSI 6.717.4 (ii AD); τὴν σ. εἱμαρμένην the <b>evil<\/b> fate, PMagLeid. W. 14.38. of sound, αὐλεῖ γὰρ σαπρὰ… κρουμάτια Theopomp.Com. 50 (perh. <font color='red'>f.l.<\/font> for σαθρά, v. σαθρός 2)."
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "<i>faul, verfault, stinkend, ranzig, schimmlig<\/i> ; von Fischen, die lange in der Salzlake gelegen haben, τάριχος, Ath. III.119e ; auch ἀπορρεῖν τὰ φύλλα τῶν στεφάνων καὶ σαπροὺς εἶναι διὰ τὸν χρόνον, Dem. 20.70 ; übh. <i>durch Alter unbrauchbar, verdorben, morsch<\/i>, Ar. <i>Plut<\/i>. 813 ; δένδρον <font color='brown'>im Ggstz von ἀγαθόν<\/font>, Matth. 7.17. – <i>Häßlich<\/i>, γυνὴ σαπρά, <font color='brown'>im Ggstz von εὔμορφος<\/font>, Philem. frg. inc. 47 ; vgl. <font color='green'>Lobeck<\/font> <i>Phryn<\/i>. 378. – Aber οἶνος σαπρός, wie σαπρίας, ohne tadelnden Nebenbegriff, <i>alter, duftender Wein<\/i>, Ath. I.31a aus Philyll., <font color='green'>Pierson<\/font> Moer. p. 353."
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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>σαπρός<\/b>, -ά -όν <br\/> [in Sm.: Lev.27:14, 33 * ;] <br\/><b>rotten, corrupt, bad, worth­less<\/b>: of trees and fruit (opp. to ἀγαθός, καλός), Mat.7:17-18 12:33 Luk.6:43; of fish, Mat.13:48. <br\/> Metaph., in moral sense: λόγος σ., Eph.4:29. 'In Hellenistic . . . it became a synonym for αἰσχρός or κακός,' MM, xxii.†<br\/> (AS)"
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