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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>σφηνόω-ῶ :<br\/>      1<\/b> fendre avec un coin, GEOP. <i>17, 19, 4 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> assujettir avec un coin, caler avec un coin, coincer, POL. <i>27, 9, 4 ;<\/i> HÉRON <i>Bel. p. 139 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> fermer avec un bouchon en forme de coin, boucher, obstruer, GEOP. <i>9, 10, 4 ;<\/i> SPT. <i>Neh. 7, 3 ;<\/i> DIOSC. <i>5, 40 ; d’où au pass<\/i>. s’obstruer, DIOSC. <i>6, 26 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      4<\/b> torturer avec un coin, PLUT. <i>M. 498<\/i> d ;<br\/><br\/><b style='color:darkblue'><i>Moy.<\/i><\/b> fermer comme avec un coin qqe ch. à soi, <i>acc<\/i>. ANTH. <i>5, 41<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. σφήν.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "<b>shape like a wedge<\/b>, <i>Gp.<\/i> 17.19.4; — Pass., <b>to be cloven with a wedge<\/b>, Arist. <i>Mech.<\/i> 853a27; κλίνη χρυσῷ ἐσφηνωμένη <b>inlaid<\/b>, Luc. <i>Asin.<\/i> 53 codd.<br\/><b>fix by means of a wedge<\/b>, Hero <i>Bel.<\/i> 107.14; — Pass., <b>to be wedged in<\/b>, εἰς τὸ μέσον Plb. 27.11.4; <b>to become fixed like a wedge<\/b>, Sor. 2.55, Gal. 6.179.<br\/><b>plug up, close up<\/b>, τρήματα σπόγγοις Sch. Ar. <i>Ach.<\/i> 462; τοῖς μότοις Orib. <i>Fr.<\/i> 134; — <i>Med.<\/i>, τὸ πρόθυρον σφήνου <b>close<\/b> the vestibule, <i>AP<\/i> 5.40 (Rufin.); — Pass., <font color='red'>f.l.<\/font> in Dsc. 5.31; ὅταν σφηνωθῇ ἡ ὀπή <i>Gp.<\/i> 9.10.4; σφηνοῦνται τὰς κεφαλάς <b>they catch a cold<\/b> in the head, Cass. <i>Pr.<\/i> 25; σφηνωθεὶς ἀπέθανεν, of <b>obstruction<\/b>, Anon. ap. Suid.<br\/><b>torture, rack<\/b> (v. σφήν), Plu. 2.498d."
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                    "description": "<i>mit Keilen verbinden, verkeilen, zusammenkeilen<\/i> ; Pol. εἰς τούτων τὸ μέσον ἐσφήνωτο πτερύγια τρία ξύλινα, 22.9.4 ; auch κλίνη χρυσῷ ἐσφηνωμένη, Luc. <i>Asin<\/i>. 53 ; <i>versperren<\/i>, πρόθυρον, Rutin. 27 (V.41); <i>martern<\/i>, Plut. <i>an vit. suff<\/i>. 2."
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                    "description": "to wedge (MT)"
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