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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>ης (ἡ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰ]<\/font><br\/><b>   I<\/b> morceau de bois large et plat dont se servent les tisserands pour serrer le tissu, ESCHL. <i>Ch. 232 ;<\/i> ANTH. <i>6, 288 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Lys. 208<\/i> d ;<br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>p. anal. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> spatule de chirurgien et de pharmacien, ALEX. (<i>Com. fr. 3, 409<\/i>) ; DIOSC. <i>1, 66 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> partie aplatie de la rame (<i>cf<\/i>. πλάτη) LYC. <i>23 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> épée à extrémité large et plate, EUR. <i>fr. 374 ;<\/i> MÉN. <i>et<\/i> PHILÉM. (<i>Com. fr. 4, 169 ; 4, 21<\/i>) ; LUC. <i>D. mer. 13, 1, 3 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      4<\/b> instrument de chirurgie, ORIB. <i>p. 122 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      5<\/b> omoplate, HPC. <i>273, 17 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      6<\/b> large côte, RUF. (MÉD. <i>p. 51 Clinch<\/i>.) ; POLL. <i>2, 181 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      7<\/b> tige de la feuille et de la fleur mâle du palmier, HDT. <i>7, 69 ;<\/i> TH. <i>H.P. 2, 6, 6 ; 2, 8, 4 ;<\/i> POLL. <i>1, 244<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Acc. plur. éol<\/i>. σπάθας <font color='purple'>[ᾰς]<\/font> ANTH. <i>l. c<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>indo-europ<\/i>. *sph₂-d<sup>h<\/sup>(h₁)-, plaque, bêche ; <i>cf. angl<\/i>. spade, <i>p.-ê. avec la même<\/i> R. <i>que<\/i> σπάω.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ἡ, <b>any broad blade<\/b>, of wood or metal; <b>flat wooden blade used by weavers<\/b> in the upright loom (instead of the comb (&lt; κτείς) used in the horizontal), for striking the threads of the woof home, so as to make the web close, A. <i>Ch.<\/i> 232, Philyll. 12, Pl. <i>Ly.<\/i> 208d; Dor. acc. pl. σπάθας <i>AP<\/i> 6.288 (Leon.).<br\/><b>spattle<\/b> for stirring anything, Alex. 60; esp. for medical purposes, Gal. 13.378, Heraclid. Tar. ap. eund. 13.812.<br\/><b>blade of an oar<\/b>, Lyc. 23. pl., <b>broad ribs<\/b>, Poll. 2.181, Ruf. <i>Oss.<\/i> 25, and so prob. in Hp. <i>Gland.<\/i> 14, PMagPar. 1.3116, Paul.Aeg. 3.78.<br\/><b>broad blade of a sword<\/b>, Χαλκίδικαι σπάθαι Alc. 15.6; σπάθῃ κολούων φασγάνου E. <i>Fr.<\/i> 373; σπάθην παραφαίνων… χρυσένδετον Philem. 70; χλαμὺς καὶ σ. (cf. Ital.<br\/><b>capa e spada<\/b>) Men. <i>Pk.<\/i> 165, <i>Sam.<\/i> 314, cf. Thphr. <i>Char.<\/i> 25.4.<br\/><b>scraper for currying horses<\/b>, PSI 4.430.6 (iii BC), Poll. 1.185.<br\/><b>stem of a palm-frond<\/b>, Hdt. 7.69; also <b>spathe of the flower<\/b> in many plants, esp. of the palm kind, Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 2.6.6, 2.8.4, Poll. 1.244. pl., <b>flukes<\/b> of an anchor, PLond. 3.1164 (h).9 (iii AD). pl., = ἀγκῶνες II. 1, in machines, Orib. 49.4.10."
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                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ἡ,<br\/><b>1)<\/b> <i>die Spatel<\/i>, ein breites flaches Holz, dessen sich die Weber statt des Kammes od. der Weberlade beim alten senkrechten Webstuhle bedienten, um den Einschlag festzuschlagen u. so das Gewebe dicht zu machen ; σπάθης τε πληγάς, Aesch. <i>Ch<\/i>. 230 ; τῆς σπάθης ἢ τῆς κερκίδος, Plat. <i>Lys<\/i>. 208d.<br\/><b>2)<\/b> <i>die Spatel, Etwas umzurühren<\/i>, Alexis bei Poll. 10.121.<br\/><b>3)<\/b> wie πλάτη, <i>das breite Unterende am Ruder<\/i>, Lycophr. 23.<br\/><b>4)<\/b> <i>die breiten Rippen<\/i>, auch <i>das Schulterblatt<\/i>, Hippocr.<br\/><b>5)<\/b> <i>ein Schwert<\/i> ; Eur. u. Philem. bei Poll. 10.145 ; vgl. Hesych.<br\/><b>6)<\/b> <i>ein Gerät zum Striegeln der Pferde<\/i>, Poll. 1.185.<br\/><b>7)<\/b> <i>der Stiel der männlichen Blüte des Palmbaumes<\/i> ; Her. 7.69 ; Theophr.; Poll. 1.244."
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