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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>ὕσ·πληξ, ηγος (ἡ)<\/b> <i>c<\/i>. ὕσπληγξ 1, PLAT. <i>Phædr. 254<\/i> e, DH. <i>3, 98 ;<\/i> PLUT. <i>M. 732<\/i> d, <i>etc<\/i>."
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                    "description": "ηγος, ἡ (Phryn. 54, etc., but ὁ CIG 2824.14 (Aphrodisias), Eust. 598.23), IG1². 313.116, 314.129, <i>Inscr.Perg.<\/i> 10.3 (iii BC), Pl. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 254e, Eust. <i>l.c.<\/i>, etc. ; rarely ὕσπληγξ, ηγγος, ἡ (ὁ Hero <i>Aut.<\/i> 24.4), D.P. 121, Dionys. <i>Av.<\/i> 3.18; Dor. ὕσπλαγξ Theoc. 8.58; gen. ὕσπλακος IG4²(1).98.2 (Epid., iii BC); dat. pl. ὕσπληξιν Plu. 2.588f, Ep. ὑσπλήγεσσι <i>AP<\/i> 6.259 (Phil.); Dor. ὑσπλαγίς :<br\/><b>snare<\/b> or <b>gin<\/b> of a bird-catcher, Theoc. <i>l.c.<\/i> ; <b>wolf-trap<\/b>, Hsch. ; also <b>the part of a springe or noose trap which slips down when touched<\/b>, Dionys. <i>A<font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font>c.<\/i>, cf. 3.13; = ῥόπτρον, Hsch. ; = πάσσαλος, κρίκος κεράτινος, Id., Sch. Pl. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 254e. a <b>twisted strand<\/b>, the untwisting of which releases motive power in an automaton (cf. στρέβλη I. 2), Hero <i>Aut.<\/i> 2.8 (also, a <b>piece of wood made to rise or fall<\/b> by this or similar means, <i>ib.<\/i> 6, cf. 24.4); ψυχὴ ἀνθρώπου μυρίαις ὁρμαῖς οἷον ὕσπληξιν ἐντεταμένη Plu. 2.588f; [τὸ θερμὸν] ἀθροῖσαν ἑαυτὸ καὶ οἷον συνεσπειραμένον γεγονός,… σφοδρᾷ τῇ φορᾷ χρώμενον καὶ οἷον ἀπὸ ὕσπληγος ἐξαλλόμενον Gal. 7.623; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ ὕ. ἀναπεσών throwing himself back as from a ὕ., i.e. violently, Pl. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 254e; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ ὕ. θέοντες, i.e. running at top speed, Luc. <i>Cat.<\/i> 4. a <b>contrivance<\/b> (of uncertain nature, but prob. on the principle of ὕ. 1 or 2; = Lat. <b>transenna<\/b>, <i>Gloss.<\/i>) for starting a race, <b>starting-machine<\/b> (κυρίως τὸ μηχάνημα τὸ ἀποκροῦον τὸν κανόνα τοῦ δρομέως Sch. D.P. 121; cf. σχαστηρία 1), ὕσπληγος ἀγκῶνας τρεῖς παραστάδας ὑσπλήγων τέτταρας καὶ κίονας δύο, σύριγγας τῶν ὑ. δύο, in a list of wooden objects, <i>Inscr.Délos<\/i> 1400.9 (ii BC), cf. 1409 Ba ii43 (ii BC); ὕσπληγα λαμπαδίειον (for the torch-race) IG 11(2).203 B 96 (Delos, iii BC); ἀφέσεις τὰς ἀπὸ τῶν ὑσπλήγων τοῦ Παναθηναϊκοῦ σταδίου <i>ib.<\/i> 22.1035.50 (i BC); ἔπεσεν ἡ ὕ. Luc. <i>Tim.<\/i> 20; τῆς ὕ. εὐθὺς καταπεσούσης Id. <i>Cal.<\/i> 12; ἑστᾶσιν ὥσπερ ἐφ’ ὕσπληγος ἐξορμᾶν ἕτοιμοι J. <i>BJ<\/i> 3.5.4 (<font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font> ὑφ’ ὕσπληγος); διήκει πρὸ αὐτῶν καλῴδιον ἀντὶ ὕσπληγος Paus. 6.20.11; χαλῶσιν αἱ ὕ. <i>ib.<\/i> 13; ἀθρόα δ’ ὕσπληξ πάντα (sc. τὰ ἅρματα) διὰ στρεπτοῦ τείνα [τ’ ἔ]χουσα κάλω· [ἦ] μέγ’ ἐπαχήσασα θοὰς ἐξήλασε πώλους <i>Inscr.Perg. l.c.<\/i> ; ψόφος ἦν ὕσπληγος ἐν οὔασιν, i.e. the race had just started, <i>AP<\/i> 11.86, cf. Plu. 2.804e; ἔσχαστο ἡ ὕ. Hld. 4.3; ψαλιδωτὰς ἱππαφέσεις διὰ μιᾶς ὕ. ἅμα πάσας ἀνοιγομένας D.H. 3.68; <i>metaph<\/i>, κἀπὸ γῆς ἐσχάζοσαν ὕσπληγας were loosing the <b>starting-machine<\/b> from land, i.e. were starting out from land, Lyc. 22. = καμπτήρ II, <i>metaph<\/i>, D.P. 121, cf. Eust. ad loc. ; ὕσπληγας ὑποφήνας τῶν κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν λόγων setting <b>limits<\/b> to…, <font color='darkorange'>dub.<\/font> in Metrod. <i>Herc.<\/i> 831.11. part of a burial-place, perh.<br\/><b>gate<\/b>, CIG <i>l.c.<\/i> = μύωψ II. 2 or μάστιξ, Herm. <i>in Phdr.<\/i> p. 170A., Hsch., Suid. ; = ὑστριχίς 1, Eust. <i>ad D.P.<\/i> 121 (deriving it from ὗς and πλήσσω)."
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                    "description": "ηγος, ἡ, = ὕσπληγξ ; Plat. <i>Phaedr<\/i>. 254e ; <font color='green'>Lobeck<\/font> <i>zu Phryn<\/i>. 71 spricht diese Form den Attikern ganz ab."
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