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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>ας (ἡ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ῡᾰ]<\/font><br\/><b>   I<\/b> évocation des âmes, des morts, PHILSTR. <i>727 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> ce qui attire <i>ou<\/i> séduit l’âme, <i>d’où :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> attrait, séduction, PLAT. <i>Phædr. 261<\/i> a, <i>271<\/i> c ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> joie, plaisir, divertissement, POL. <i>32, 15, 5 ;<\/i> ATH. <i>128<\/i> c ; LUC. <i>Nigr. 18 ; Bis acc. 10 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> consolation, DS. <i>1, 91<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. ψυχαγωγός.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "ἡ, <b>evocation of souls from the nether world<\/b>, Philostr. <i>Her.<\/i> 18.3, Eust. 1614.59. <i>metaph<\/i>, <b>winning of men΄s souls, persuasion<\/b>, whence Rhetoric is called a ψυχαγωγία by Pl. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 261a, cf. 271c, <i>Com.Adesp.<\/i> 199, Phld. <i>Rh.<\/i> 1.148S. ; also of poetry, Id. <i>Po.<\/i> 2.61, al. ; generally, <b>gratification, pastime<\/b>, Plb. 31.29.5, D.S. 1.91, Aristeas 78, LXX 2 Ma. 2.25, J. <i>AJ<\/i> 15.7.7, Luc. <i>Nigr.<\/i> 18; <b>amusement<\/b>, Sor. 1.117 (pl.); opp. διδασκαλία, as the aim of a poet, Eratosth. ap. Str. 1.1.10; pl., μουσικαὶ ψ. Phld. <i>Mus.<\/i> p. 86K., cf. Aristid. <i>Or.<\/i> 29 (40).21. (&lt; ψυχρός, ψῦχος) <b>cooling treatment<\/b> in acute fever, Philum. ap. Aët. 5.78 (but, <b>animi oblectamenta procurentur<\/b>, in Lat. version); in heart disease, Paul.Aeg. 3.34."
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                    "description": "[ῡ], ἡ,<br\/><b>1)<\/b> <i>das Führen der abgeschiedenen Seelen in die Unterwelt hinab od. aus derselben heraus<\/i>.<br\/><b>2)<\/b> <i>die Lockung, der Reiz für die Seele, wodurch man sie lenkt, an sich zieht, Ergötzung<\/i> ; von der Jagd, Pol. 32.15.5 ; <i>Unterhaltung, Schmeichelei<\/i>, überh. <i>Alles, was die Seele erfreut<\/i> ; Plat. nennt die ῥητορικὴ ψυχαγωγία τις διὰ λόγων, <i>Phaedr<\/i>. 261a ; διατριβῆς ἕνεκα καὶ ψυχαγωγίας Ath. III.128c ; ψυχαγωγίαν καὶ γέλωτα παρέχειν Luc. <i>Nigr<\/i>. 18 ; ψυχαγωγίαν τινὰ ἔχει ὁ γέλως <i>bis accus<\/i>. 10."
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