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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>υος (ἡ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ῡς, ῠο]<\/font><br\/><b>   I<\/b> tortue, HH. <i>Merc. 331 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>p. ext. ou anal. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> lyre, <i>faite primit. avec une écaille de tortue,<\/i> HH. <i>Merc. 25, 153 ;<\/i> ESCHL. <i>fr. 320 ;<\/i> EUR. <i>Alc. 449, H.f. 683 ;<\/i> PHILSTR. <i>Im. 1, 10 ; p. anal<\/i>. La lyre, <i>constellation,<\/i> ARAT. <i>269 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> partie bombée de la poitrine, sternum, HPC. <i>915<\/i> h ; EUR. <i>El. 837<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <font color='purple'>[ῠ]<\/font> CALL. <i>Ap. 16 ;<\/i> OPP. <i>H. 5, 404 ;<\/i> ARAT. <i>268 ;<\/i> <font color='purple'>[ῡ]<\/font> <i>à l’arsis,<\/i> HH. <i>Merc. 33, 153, 242<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>pré-grec ; cf<\/i>. χελύνη, χελώνη.<\/p>"
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