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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>ίδος (ἡ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰῐδ]<\/font> ciseaux, AR. <i>fr. 309 ;<\/i> ANTH. <i>11, 368 ;<\/i> ce qui croise en forme de ciseaux, <i>particul<\/i>. clé de voûte, <i>d’où<\/i> voûte, cintre, PLAT. <i>Leg. 947<\/i> d ; STR. <i>1073, 1167 ;<\/i> DS. <i>2, 9 ;<\/i> JOS. <i>A.J. 15, 9, 6, etc. ; p. suite :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> cabane voûtée, SOPH. <i>fr. 336 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>p. ext<\/i>. objet arrondi, <i>d’où<\/i> anneau pour soutenir la coiffure des femmes (<i>cf<\/i>. ψέλιον <i>ou<\/i> ψέλλιον) SOPH. <i>fr. 362 ; ou au plur<\/i>. anneaux creux fixés à un autel portatif pour y passer des perches afin de le transporter, SPT. <i>Ex. 30, 4<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Dat. pl. poét<\/i>. ψαλίδεσσι, ANTH. <i>11, 368<\/i>.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ίδος, ἡ, <b>a pair of scissors<\/b>, among the toilette articles of a lady, Ar. <i>Fr.<\/i> 320.1, S. <i>Fr.<\/i> 413 (nisi leg. ψέλια), PTeb. 331.13 (ii AD); δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι <i>AP<\/i> 11.368 (Jul. Antecessor).<br\/><b>razor<\/b>, expld. by μιᾷ μαχαίρᾳ (v. μάχαιρα), Poll. 2.32, 10.140.<br\/><b>sewer, drain<\/b>, στενὴν δ’ ἔδυμεν ψαλίδα S. <i>Fr.<\/i> 367; <b>vault, crypt<\/b>, ψαλίδα προμήκη λίθων ποτίμων Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 947d; <b>barrel-vault<\/b>, <i>Supp.Epigr.<\/i> 2.582 (Ionia, iii\/ii BC), <i>Explor. Arch. de Délos<\/i> 11.262, Ph. <i>Bel.<\/i> 80.46 (pl.), Hero <i>Stereom.<\/i> 2.28; ἀνήγειρεν τὴν ψ. ταύτην <i>Supp.Epigr.<\/i> 2.755 (Syria, ii AD); Gal. compares the <b>fornix<\/b> (&lt; ψαλιδοειδές) of the brain to a ψ. οἰκοδομήματος σφαιροειδοῦς, 2.725; similarly the <b>arch<\/b> of the foot, <i>UP<\/i> 3.8; having keystones (&lt; ὀμφαλοί), Arist. <i>Mu.<\/i> 399b30; and being curved (&lt; καμφθεῖσα), Str. 17.1.42 (<font color='darkorange'>dub.<\/font>), D.S. 2.9; expld. by καμάρα and ἁψίς, Sch. Pl. <i>l.c.<\/i>, Suid. ; as entrance and exit of a theatre, LW 1586 (Aphrodisias, written ψελίς). αἱ ψ. τῶν στύλων prob. the <b>rounded mouldings<\/b> between the capital and the column, LXX Ex. 27.10, 11; so perh. ψαλλίδες in BGU 1028.9 (ii AD). pl., <b>rings<\/b> for the staves of the altar of incense, LXX Ex. 30.4; <b>iron bands<\/b> for strengthening an engine, Ph. <i>Bel.<\/i> 57.33. = ταχεῖα κίνησις, Sch. Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 947d."
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ίδος, ἡ,<br\/><b>1)<\/b> <i>die Schere<\/i>, die bei den Alten nur in der Gestalt der Schafschere gebraucht zu sein scheint, also mehr abkniff als abschnitt ; auch μία μάχαιρα, aus einem Stücke bestehend, Poll. 2.32, 10.140 ; bes. <i>die der Bartscherer<\/i>, vgl. <font color='green'>Jacobs<\/font> <i>AP<\/i> 205 ; ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι Iulian. Antic. 2 (XI.368).<br\/><b>2)<\/b> <i>Gewölbe, Schwibbogen<\/i>, sonst ἁψίς, vgl. Suid. u. Poll. 9.49 mit Plat. <i>Legg<\/i>. XII.947d ; Soph. fr. 336 ; bei Poll. 4.49 <i>eine gewölbte Wasserleitung<\/i> ; vgl. Hesych.; Galen. verbindet diese Bdtg mit der ersten, weil die Griffe der Scheren nach unten gewälbt waren oder aus einem langgezogenen Ringe bestanden, wie bei uns. – Hesych. erklärt auch ταχεῖα κίνησις."
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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 pair of scissors <\/b>, Lat. <i>forfex<\/i>, [<date><i>variant<\/i> dates<author>Anthology Palantina<\/author><\/date> <br\/>2. <b>a building with a pointed stone roof, a vault <\/b>, Lat. <i>fornix<\/i>, [Sophocles Tragicus (Refs 5th c.BC)] <br\/> <br\/>Deriv. unknown. (ML)"
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