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            "lemma": "τάφρος",
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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 (ἡ)<\/b> fosse, fossé, IL. <i>7, 341, etc. ;<\/i> HDT. <i>4, 3 ;<\/i> SOPH. <i>Aj. 1279, etc<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ ὁ τ., ALCIDAM. <i>184, 23<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. θάπτω.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ἡ, <b>ditch, trench<\/b>, freq. in <i>Il.<\/i> (once in <i>Od.<\/i>, 21.120); τάφρον ὀρύξομεν <i>Il.<\/i> 7.341, cf. IG1². 94.21, 34, Th. 2.78, al. ; ἀμφὶ δὲ τάφρον ἤλασαν drew a <b>trench<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 7.449, cf. Hdt. 4.3, Alcid. <i>Od.<\/i> 5, etc. ; τάφρων ὕπερ over the <b>trenches<\/b>, S. <i>Aj.<\/i> 1279, cf. Aen.Tact. 37.3, al., OGI 90.24 (Rosetta, ii BC); <b>irrigation-ditch<\/b>, PHal. 1.97, al., PSI 6.597.5 (both iii BC); it is sts. found as masc. in codd., e.g. Ph. <i>Bel.<\/i> 99.43 (cod. V), D.S. 22.10.5; but βαθύν is Ep. for βαθεῖαν in Call. <i>Del.<\/i> 37; Dor. τράφος <i>Tab.Heracl.<\/i> 1.130, 2.51."
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ἡ, <i>der Graben<\/i>, Hom. u. Folgde ; τάφρον ὀρύσσειν, <i>Il<\/i>. 7.341, 440 ; τάφρον ἤλασαν, 449, 9.349 ; Soph. <i>Aj<\/i>. 1258 ; Eur. oft, auch τύμβου τάφρον ἐς κοίλην, <i>Hec<\/i>. 900 ; διαπηδᾶν τάφρον, Ar. <i>Ach<\/i>. 1141 ; u. in Prosa, Plat. <i>Euthyphr<\/i>. 4c, <i>Critia<\/i>. 118c, u. Folgde überall.<br\/>Callim. soll das Wort auch als masc. gebraucht haben, wie es auch Alcidam. u. Apollod. 1.8.1 hat. – Es hängt mit θάπτω, τάφος, wie im Deutschen Grab u. Graben zusammen."
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                    "description": "<b>a ditch, trench <\/b>, [Homer (8th\/7th c.BC)], etc.; τάφρον ὀρύσσειν [Iliad by Homer (8th\/7th c.BC)], etc.; τ. ἐλαύνειν to draw <b>a trench <\/b>, [Iliad by Homer (8th\/7th c.BC)] <br\/> (ML)"
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