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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>σφενδονάω-ῶ :<br\/>      1<\/b> lancer avec la fronde, THC. <i>2, 81 ;<\/i> XÉN. <i>An. 3, 3, 17 ; p. ext<\/i>. lancer comme avec la fronde, lancer vivement, SPT. <i>1Reg. 25, 29 ; au pass<\/i>. EUR. <i>Ph. 1183 ;<\/i> EL. <i>N.A. 4, 37 ;<\/i> A. QUINT. <i>2, p. 89, 28 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> frapper de la fronde, HLD. <i>10, 30<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. σφενδόνη.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "<b>use the sling<\/b>, Th. 2.81, X. <i>An.<\/i> 3.3.7, 15, etc. ; τοῖς λίθοις σ. <i>ib.<\/i> 17; ἐν τῷ σφενδονᾶν ἡ χεὶρ γίνεται κέντρον Arist. <i>Mech.<\/i> 852b7.<br\/><b>strike by slinging<\/b>, τὰς αὔρας Babr. 26.5; <i>metaph<\/i>, ἔντερ’ ἁλὶ καὶ σιλφίῳ σ. Axionic. 8.4.<br\/><b>throw as from a sling<\/b>, LXX 1 Ki. 25.29; — Pass., ἐκ κλιμάκων ἐσφενδονᾶτο χωρὶς ἀλλήλων μέλη E. <i>Ph.<\/i> 1183, cf. Hld. 10.30.<br\/><b>move like a swing, swing to and fro<\/b>, ὅπλισμα… διαφέρων ἐσφενδόνα E. <i>Supp.<\/i> 715."
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                    "description": "ion. <b>σφενδονέω<\/b>,<br\/><b>1)<\/b> <i>schleudern, mit der Schleuder werfen<\/i>, Xen. <i>An<\/i>. 3.3.7, 15 u. Sp.<br\/><b>2)<\/b> wie <i>eine Schleuder drehen, schwingen, werfen<\/i> ; ἐκ κλιμάκων ἐσφενδονᾶτο χωρὶς ἀλλήλων μέλη Eur. <i>Phoen<\/i>. 1190 ; <i>Suppl<\/i>. 715."
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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>to sling, to use the sling <\/b>, [Thucydides (Refs 5th c.BC), Xenophon Historicus (5th\/4th c.BC)] <br\/>2. <b>to strike by slinging <\/b>, [Babrius Fabularum Scriptor (Refs 2nd c.AD)] <br\/>3. <b>to throw as from a sling <\/b>:—;Pass., [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)] <br\/>4. <b>to move like a swing, to swing to and fro <\/b>, [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)] <br\/>from σφενδόνη (ML)"
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