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            "lemma": "σφόνδυλος",
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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<\/b> (ὁ, <i>p. exc<\/i>. ἡ, <i>v. ci-dessous<\/i>) <font color='purple'>[ῠ]<\/font><br\/><b>   I<\/b> vertèbre, AR. <i>Vesp. 1489 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Tim. 74<\/i> a ; ARSTT. <i>H.A. 3, 7, 2, etc. ; particul<\/i>. vertèbre cervicale, HPC. <i>Aph. 1248 ;<\/i> ARSTT. <i>P.A. 4, 10, 6, etc. ; particul<\/i>. la seconde vertèbre du cou, appelée aussi μέγας σφόνδυλος, HPC. <i>807<\/i> b ; <i>d’où, seul. en poésie, p. ext<\/i>. colonne vertébrale, PHÉRÉCR. (<i>Com. fr. 2, 261) ; au plur<\/i>. EUR. <i>Ph. 1413 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>p. anal. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> queue du scorpion, NIC. <i>Th. 797 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> épine dorsale du κεστρεύς, DORION (ATH. <i>306<\/i> f) ;<br\/><b>      3<\/b> bouton au bas du fuseau, peson, PLAT. <i>Rsp. 616<\/i> c ; TH. <i>H.P. 3, 16, 4, etc. ;<\/i><br\/><b>      4<\/b> pierre ronde, ATHÉNÉE MÉC. <i>37, 7 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      5<\/b> tête d’artichaut, GAL. <i>14, 180 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      6<\/b> ornement de colonne imitant les verticilles des plantes, CALLIX. (ATH. <i>206<\/i> a) ;<br\/><b>      7<\/b> mécanisme pour mouvoir une trappe, EN. TACT. <i>Pol. 36<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ ἡ σφ. NIC. <i>l. c. Dans les inscr. att<\/i>. σφόνδυλος (<i>non<\/i> σπόνδυλος) CIA. <i>2, add. 834, 2, 78, 79, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 (317-307 av. J.C.) etc. ; v. Meisterh. p. 60, 7<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>pré-grec<\/i>.<\/p>"
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                    "dictionary": "LSJ",
                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ὁ (ἡ, v. infr. 1b), Ion. and later Greek σπόνδυλος (as in Hp. (v. infr.), Str. 2.5.6, also in Pherecr. 23 (codd. Clem.Al.), and some passages of Arist., as <i>PA<\/i> 654b16) : — <b>vertebra<\/b>, Ar. <i>V.<\/i> 1489 (anap.), Pl. <i>Ti.<\/i> 74a; σύγκειται ἡ ῥάχις ἐκ σφονδύλων Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 516a11, cf. <i>PA<\/i> 651b34; esp.<br\/><b>one of the cervical vertebrae<\/b>, Hp. <i>Aph.<\/i> 3.26, cf. Arist. <i>PA<\/i> 686a21, 692a3; pl., <b>backbone, spine<\/b>, E. <i>Ph.<\/i> 1413 (so in sg., Pherecr. 23); or <b>neck<\/b>, E. <i>El.<\/i> 841 (so in sg., LXX Le. 5.8). generally, <b>joint<\/b>, esp. in the scorpion΄s tail, Nic. <i>Th.<\/i> 798 (where it is fem.), 781, Hipparch. 3.4.2.<br\/><b>prickly ridge<\/b> on the head of the κεστρεύς, Dorio ap. Ath. 7.306f. a kind of <b>mussel<\/b> or <b>oyster<\/b>, Sor. 1.51, Gal. 6.734; σ. θαλάσσιοι <i>Edict.Diocl.<\/i> 5.10; Lat. <b>spondylus<\/b>, Plin. <i>HN<\/i> 32.60, 154. from resemblance to vertebrae, <b>one of the tambours<\/b> in a column, Callix. 1 (σπ-), <i>Milet.<\/i> 7.59, al. (Didyma), IG2². 1668.43, 1672.310; not necessarily round, <i>ib.<\/i> 11 (2).161 A 70 (Delos, iii BC); σ. μεγάλοι perh.<br\/><b>drums of columns<\/b> used as missiles, Ath.Mech. 37.7.<br\/><b>circular whorl<\/b> which balances and twirls a spindle, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 616c sq., Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 3.16.4, Plu. 2.745f, Sor. 1.110, Poll. 7.31, <i>Edict.Diocl.<\/i> 13.5; σπόνδυλος Poll. 10.125 (<font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font> σφ-), Them. <i>Or.<\/i> 32.356c.<br\/><b>the shape of that part of the terrestrial sphere which lies between the Equator and the Arctic Circle<\/b>, Str. 2.5.6.<br\/><b>voting pebble<\/b>, Poll. 8.17 (<font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font> σπ-), Hsch., Eust. 1669.62.<br\/><b>head of<\/b> a kind of <b>artichoke<\/b> (&lt; κινάρα), Gal. 6.637, <i>Gp.<\/i> 18.19.2, <i>Edict.Diocl.<\/i> 6.2.<br\/><b>roller for closing<\/b> or <b>opening a trap-door<\/b>, σπονδύλου προϋποτιθεμένου Aen.Tact. 36.2."
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                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ὁ, att. statt des ion. u. gemeinen <b>σπόνδυλος<\/b>, s. <font color='green'>Lobeck<\/font> <i>Phryn<\/i>. 113,<br\/><b>1)<\/b> <i>das runde Wirbelbein, der Wirbelknochen des Rückgrats, Halses<\/i>, bes. <i>der zweite große Halswirbel<\/i> ; εἰς σφονδύλους ἔπαισε, Eur. <i>El<\/i>. 841 ; <i>Phoen<\/i>. 1422 ; Ar. <i>Vesp<\/i>. 1489 ; Plat. <i>Tim<\/i>. 74a u. Folgde ; Plut. <i>Pyrrh<\/i>. 34.<br\/><b>2)<\/b> <i>der Wirbel oder Werbel, verticillus<\/i>, an der Spille der Spinnerinnen ; übh. <i>Wirbel<\/i>, vgl. Plat. <i>Rep<\/i>. X.616c ff., und der Teil der Pflanzen, der auch jetzt in der Botanik <i>verticillus<\/i> heißt.<br\/><b>3)<\/b> <i>große runde Steine, und kleinere, wie die ψῆφοι, mit denen die Nichter stimmen<\/i>, Mathem. vett. u. Hesych.<br\/><b>4)<\/b> <i>ein Teil am Säulenknauf, der Reif oder Stab<\/i>.<br\/><b>5)<\/b> <i>der Kopf der Artischocke, VLL<\/i>."
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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>a vertebra <\/b>, [Aristophanes Comicus (5th\/4th c.BC)]:—;in <i>plural<\/i> <b>the backbone, spine <\/b>, or <b>the neck <\/b>, [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)] <br\/>2. Lat. <i>verticillus<\/i>, the round weight attached to a spindle, [Plato Philosophus (5th\/4th c.BC)] (ML)"
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