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  • 21 eneco

    ē-nĕco or ēnĭco, cŭi (enicavit, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 71), ctum (less freq. enecatum; in the part. enecatus, Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 127; 30, 12, 34, § 108;

    and, enectus,

    id. 7, 9, 7, § 47; 26, 15, 90, § 159), 1 (old form of the fut. perf. enicasso, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 55 and 66), v. a., to kill off, kill completely, to kill, [p. 646] stay (freq. and class., esp. in the transf. signif.; syn.: neco, interficio, interimo, conficio, caedo, occido, concido, trucido, jugulo, obtrunco, etc.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    puer ambo anguis enicat,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 67; id. Most. 1, 3, 62; id. Aul. 5, 22; id. Rud. 2, 5, 19; Varr. ap. Non. 81, 12; Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 63 et saep.:

    cicer, ervum,

    i. e. to stifle in growth, to destroy, Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 155; cf.

    Bacchum (i. e. vinum),

    Luc. 9, 434 (with exurere messes).—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to exhaust utterly, to wear out, destroy: enectus Tantalus siti, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10 Fischer N. cr.; cf. fame, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 17; Cic. Div. 2, 35; Liv. 21, 40 al.:

    bos est enectus arando,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 87.—
    2.
    In colloq. lang., to torment, torture, plague to death:

    aliquem amando,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 41:

    aliquem jurgio,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 14:

    aliquem odio,

    id. As. 5, 2, 71; id. Pers. 1, 1, 49; id. Rud. 4, 3, 7:

    aliquem rogitando,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6;

    and simply aliquem,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 120; id. Am. 5, 1, 4.—Esp. freq.:

    enicas or enicas me,

    you kill me, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 45; 2, 4, 25; id. Poen. 5, 4, 98; id. Truc. 1, 2, 21; Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 37; 5, 6, 16. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    ea pars animi, quae voluptate alitur, nec inopia enecta nec satietate affluenti,

    Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61; cf. id. Att. 6, 1, 2.

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  • 22 quaero

    quaero (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the original form and etym. quaeso, ĕre, v. quaeso), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a., to seek.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3:

    te ipsum quaerebam,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3:

    escam in sterquilinio,

    Phaedr. 3, 12 init. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To seek to get or procure, to seek or search for a thing, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38:

    rem mercaturis faciendis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.— Absol.:

    contrivi in quaerendo vitam atque aetatem meam,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—
    b.
    Transf., to get, procure, obtain, acquire a thing:

    uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere,

    Suet. Caes. 52:

    liberorum quaerundorum causā ei uxor data est,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 109; cf.:

    quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—
    2.
    To seek for something missing, to miss:

    Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    optatos Tyndaridas,

    Prop. 1, 17, 18:

    Phoebi comam,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20:

    amnes,

    Stat. Th. 4, 703.—
    3.
    To ask, desire, with ut and subj.:

    quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem quidnam istis agendum putem,

    Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to seek, i. e. to think over, meditate, aim at, plan a thing:

    dum id quaero, tibi qui filium restituerem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83:

    quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus,

    Sall. C. 33,5:

    fugam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 17, 1; id. Mur. 37, 80:

    sibi remedium ad rem aliquam,

    id. Clu. 9, 27:

    de gratiā quid significares, mecum ipse quaerebam,

    id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.:

    tristitiae causam si quis cognoscere quaerit,

    seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look for, seek to gain any thing; to get, acquire, obtain, procure:

    laudem sibi,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74:

    salutem alicui malo,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 2:

    negabant ullā aliā in re nisi in naturā quaerendum esse illud summum bonum,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

    pudentem exitum suae impudentiae,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

    invidiam in aliquem,

    id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to demand, need, require, = requirere:

    quod cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29:

    lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1:

    bellum dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset,

    Liv. 8, 30:

    quaerit Boeotia Dircen,

    Ov. M. 2, 239. —
    3.
    To seek to learn from any one; to ask, inquire, interrogate (cf.: interrogo, percontor).
    (α).
    With ab:

    cum ab iis saepius quaereret,

    made inquiries, Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

    quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191:

    quaesivit a medicis, quemadmodum se haberet,

    Nep. Dion, 2, 4:

    a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet,

    id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —
    (β).
    With de:

    quaerebat paulo ante de me, quid, etc.,

    Cic. Pis. 9, 18:

    de te ipso quaero, Vatini, utrum, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 4, 10:

    quaero de te, arbitrerisne, etc.,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—
    (γ).
    With ex:

    quaesivi ex Phaniā, quam in partem provinciae putaret, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1:

    quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—
    (δ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    ille baro te putabat quaesiturum, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3:

    natura fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est,

    Hor. A. P. 409:

    quaeritur inter medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae,

    Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—
    4. a.
    With inf. (post-Aug.):

    e monte aliquo in alium transilire quaerens,

    Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214:

    qui mutare sedes quaerebant,

    Tac. G. 2.—
    b.
    Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to desire, prefer, seek:

    salictum et harundinetum... umidum locum quaerunt,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5:

    glires aridum locum quaerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. §

    26: lupinum quaerit maxime sabulosa,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134;

    so of the soil: ager aquosus plus stercoris quaerit,

    demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—
    5.
    To examine or inquire into judicially, to investigate, institute an investigation; with [p. 1502] acc. (rare):

    hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere,

    Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36:

    non dubitabat Minucius, quin iste (Verres) illo die rem illam quaesiturus non esset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72. —With de and abl. (class.; cf.

    Krebs, Autibarb. p. 962 sq.): de pecuniis repetundis,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

    de morte alicujus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

    de servo in dominum,

    to question by torture, put to the rack, id. Mil. 22, 59:

    aliquid per tormenta,

    Suet. Tib. 58:

    legibus,

    to investigate according to the laws, impartially, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —
    b.
    Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus (prop., if we, or you, look well into the matter; if we, or you, would know the truth), to say the truth, in fact, to speak honestly:

    omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

    at sunt morosi, et anxii, et difficiles senes: si quaerimus, etiam avari,

    id. Sen. 18, 65:

    si quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 62, 254; so,

    too, si verum quaeris,

    id. Fam. 12, 8, 1:

    si verum quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 34, 146:

    si verum quaerimus,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: noli quaerere or quid quaeris? in short, in one word:

    noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

    quid quaeris? biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought out.
    A.
    In a good sense, select, special, extraordinary (mostly post-Aug.): epulae quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.:

    leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices),

    Tac. A. 3, 26:

    quaesitior adulatio,

    id. ib. 3, 57.— Sup.:

    quaesitissimi honores,

    Tac. A. 2, 53.—
    B.
    In a bad sense (opp. to what is natural), far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed (class.):

    vitabit etiam quaesita nec ex tempore ficta, sed domo allata, quae plerumque sunt frigida,

    Cic. Or. 26, 89:

    ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur,

    id. ib. 65, 219:

    comitas,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    asperitas,

    id. ib. 5, 3.—
    C.
    Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.
    1.
    A question ( poet.):

    accipe quaesiti causam,

    Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—
    2.
    A question as a rhetorical figure, = pusma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 524.

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  • 23 τροχός

    τροχός [(A)], ὁ, ([etym.] τρέχω)
    A wheel, Il.6.42, 23.394, etc.;

    γῆ ἐπημαξευμένη τροχοῖσιν S.Ant. 252

    ; ἐν πτερόεντι τ... κυλινδόμενον, of Ixion, Pi.P.2.22; τροχοὺς μιμεῖσθαι to imitate wheels, of one who bends back so as to form a wheel, X.Smp.2.22, 7.3: metaph. of fortune,

    πότμος ἐν.. θεοῦ τροχῷ κυκλεῖται S.Fr. 871

    ; also

    μανίας τροχῷ E. Pirith.Oxy.2078

     Fr.1.14.
    2 potter's wheel, Il.18.600; τροχῷ ἐλαθεὶς [ λύχνος] (cf. τροχήλατος) Ar.Ec.4;

    τροχοῦ ῥύμαισι τευκτὸν.. κύτος Antiph.52.2

    , cf. Pl.R. 420e.
    3 wheel of a stage-machine, Ar.Fr. 188; also of a water-wheel,

    ὁ τ. τῆς μηχανῆς POxy.1292.13

     (i A. D.);

    τ. καὶ μηχανή PSI9.1072.9

     (iii A. D.).
    4 wheel of torture, Anacr.21.9;

    ἐπὶ τοῦ τ. στρεβλοῦσθαι Ar.Pl. 875

    , Lys. 846, D.29.40;

    ἕλκεσθαι Ar. Pax 452

    ;

    ἐπὶ τὸν τ. ἀναβῆναι Antipho 5.40

    ;

    ἀναβιβάζειν τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν τ. And.1.43

    ;

    ἐν τῷ τ. ἐνδεδεμένον Plu.2.509c

    ; τῷ τ. προσηλοῦν [ 'Ιξίονα] ib.19e, cf. Luc. DDeor.6.5.
    5 rotating wheels used in sieges as a defence against projectiles, D.S.17.45.
    II child's hoop, Antyll. ap. Orib.6.26.5, S.E.P.1.106.
    III round cake, κηροῖο, στέατος τ., Od.12.173, 21.178; τ. ἡλίου the sun's disk, Ar.Th.17 (v. infr. B); coil of a serpent, Orph.L. 136.
    2 large pill (cf.

    τροχίσκος 2

    ), Sor.1.65, POxy.2144.25 (iii A. D.).
    IV θαλάττης γῆς τε τ. circles or zones of land and sea, Pl.Criti. 113d, cf. 115c, 116a, 117c sq., Plu.Luc.39.
    V circuit of a wall or fortification,

    Κυκλώπιος τ. S.Fr. 227

    , cf. Sch.A Pl.Lg. 681a (v. facsim. fol. 175v).
    VI ring playing on the bit of a bridle, X. Eq.10.6, Poll.1.184.
    2 ring for passing a rope through, on board ship, ib.94.
    VII whirlwind, LXXPs.76(77).18.
    VIII washpot (?), Gal.18(2).671.
    IX a fish or sea-monster (Lat. rota, Plin. HN9.8), Ael.NA13.20.
    X metaph.,

    ὁ τ. τῆς γενέσεως Ep.Jac.3.6

    ;

    ὁ τῆς εἱμαρμένης τε καὶ γενέσεως τ. Simp.in Cael.377.14

    .
    B τρόχος, ὁ, circular race, Hp.Vict.2.63, 3.68, Insomn.89; μὴ πολλοὺς τ. ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου not many racing courses of the sun, i.e. not many days (codd. τροχούς wheels), S.Ant. 1065;

    παῖδες ἐκ τρόχων πεπαυμένοι E.Med.46

    .
    2 place for running, race-course, Id.Hipp. 1133 (lyr.).
    II an animal, Herodor.58J. ( Trypho ap.Ammon. Diff.p.131 V. distd. the two senses as above.)
    ------------------------------------
    τροχ-ός [(B)], όν,
    A running, tripping,

    μέλος Pi.Fr. 177

    .
    II round,

    ἀσπίδες Lyd.Mag.1.10

     ([comp] Sup.); but τροχωταῖς is prob. cj.

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  • 24 τύμπανον

    τύμπᾰνον, τό, also in the form [full] τύπανον (q.v.): ([etym.] τύπτω):—
    A kettledrum, such as was used esp. in the worship of the Mother Goddess and Dionysus, Hdt.4.76, E.HF 892; τυμπάνων ἀλαλαγμοί, ἀράγματα, Id.Cyc.65 (lyr.), 205; τύμπανα, Ῥέας τε μητρὸς ἐμά θ' εὑρήματα, says Dionysus, Id.Ba.59, cf. 156 (lyr.), IG42(1).131.9, 10 (Epid.); in Corybantic rites, Ar.V. 119; τ. ἀράσσειν, ῥήσσειν, AP6.217 (Simon.), 7.485 (Diosc.);

    καταυλήσει χρῆται καὶ τυμπάνοις Sor.2.29

    .
    2 metaph., τύμπανον φυσᾶν, of inflated eloquence, AP13.21 (Theodorid.).
    II name of some instrument of torture of execution, Ar. Pl. 476 (

    ξύλα ἐφ' οἷς [ἐν οἷς Suid.

    ] ἐτυμπάνιζον· ἐχρῶντο γὰρ ταύτῃ τῇ τιμωρίᾳ· ἢ βάκλα, παρὰ τὸ τύπτειν Sch.);

    τινῶν μὲν εἰς δεσμωτήριον, τινῶν δὲ ἐπὶ τύμπανον ἀπαγομένων S.E.M.2.30

    ;

    τοὺς ἐκ τυμπάνου καὶ τοὺς ἀνεσκολοπισμένους Luc.Cat.6

    ;

    ἐπὶ τὸ τ. προσῆγε LXX 2 Ma.6.19

    , cf.28; cf. τύπανον.
    2 = tumix, sirimpio (dub. sens.), Gloss.
    3 cudgel,

    τὰς πολλὰς ἐπὶ τοῦ νώτου διὰ τῶν τ. πληγάς Dam.Isid. 185

    ; so perh. in LXX ll. cc.
    III in a machine, drum, Hero Bel.86, cf. Orib. 49.4.43; in Verg.G.2.444, tympana are wagon-wheels made of a solid piece of wood, rollers; similarly perh. in PLond.1821.204, possibly of the wheel of an irrigating machine: cf. τυμπάνιον.
    IV Archit., the sunken triangular space enclosed by the cornice of the pediment, Lat. tympanum fastigii, Vitr.4.7.5; the square panel of a door, Id.4.6.4.

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  • 25 pȳtàti

    pȳtàti Grammatical information: v. Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `ask, examine'
    Old Church Slavic:
    pytati `examine, scrutinize' [verb], pytajǫ [1sg]
    Russian:
    pytát' `torture, torment, try for' [verb], pytáju [1sg]
    Czech:
    \{1\}
    Slovak:
    pýtat' `ask' [verb]
    Polish:
    pytać `ask' [verb]
    Serbo-Croatian:
    pítati `ask' [verb];
    Čak. pītȁti (Vrgada) `ask' [verb], pĩtå̄š [2sg];
    Čak. pītȁt (Orbanići) `ask, request' [verb], pĩtan [1sg]
    Slovene:
    pítati `ask' [verb], pȋtam [1sg]
    Bulgarian:
    pítam `ask' [verb]
    Other cognates:
    putāre `cut off branches, estimate, consider, think' [verb]
    Notes:
    \{1\} An interesting form is Cz. ptáti se `ask, inquire', which seems to have a unique zero grade.

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  • 26 σκέλος

    σκέλος, ους, τό (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, EpArist, Philo; Jos., Ant. 3, 271) leg καταγνύναι τὰ ς. break the legs, of the breaking of leg-bones as a punishment, known in late Lat. as crurifragium (s. TLL s.v.). Orig. this was a separate form of capital punishment, comparable to torture on a wheel (s. κατάγνυμι and KKohler, Das Verbot d. Knochenzerbrechens: ARW 13, 1910, 153f; a servile punishment fr. at least II B.C. [Plautus, As. 474 et al.]) Phlm subscr.—J 19:31–33 it accompanied crucifixion, in order to hasten death (s. also Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 44 §189 ἑνὸς τὸ σκέλος συντριβέντοσ= one [of the bearers] broke his leg).—GBarton, ‘A Bone of Him Shall Not Be Broken’ J 19:36: JBL 49, 1930, 13–19; SHarrison, Cicero and ‘crurifragium’: ClQ n.s. 33, ’83, 453–55.—B. 241. DELG. M-M.

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  • 27 ἀνετάζω

    ἀνετάζω 1 aor. ἀνήτασε Esth 2:23 v.l. (s. ἐξετάζω, the usual term; PSI 380, 9 [249/48 B.C.]; POxy 34 I, 13 [127 A.D.]; Judg 6:29A; Sus 14 Theod.) give someone (τινά) a hearing judicial t.t. (Anaphora Pilati A 6 [Ea p. 439 Tdf.; Just., A I, 11, 1]) Ac 22:29. μάστιξιν ἀ. give a hearing, and use torture (in the form of a lashing) in connection w. it, vs. 24.—DELG s.v. ἑτάζω ‘examine’. M-M.

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  • 28 חמור

    חֲמוֹרc. (b. h.; v. חָמַר II a. חֲמִיר I) 1) ( load-carrier, cmp. גָּמָל. ass. Nidd.31a, v. גָּרַם. Sabb.152a דעל ח׳וכ׳ he who rides an ass is a freeman. B. Bath. 143a את וח׳ thou and the ass (shall own my property, a form of donation implying a rational and an irrational being).Bekh.I, 2 ח׳ שילדהוכ׳ if an ass gave birth to Snh.33a הלכה חֲמוֹרְךָוכ׳ thy ass is gone, Tarfon! (I shall have to make compensation for erroneous judgment); a. fr. 2) (cmp. various uses of horse) a contrivance for working-men, rest, jack, stocks Kel. XIV, 3 ח׳ של נפחין the smiths ass (‘on which the smith sits while using its head as an anvil, Maim.; ‘the rest of the bellows, R. S.). Ib. XVIII, 3 וח׳ a stand on which the bedstead is placed. Gen. R. s. 65, end ח׳ של חרשים carpenters sawing-jack (an instrument for torture); Ib. s. 70 (alluding to Prov. 27:22) אפי׳ … בח׳ של חרשיםוכ׳ even if you put the wicked man on a carpenters jack, you cannot make anything useful out of him (sufferings will have no effect on him); Yalk. Kings 201; Yalk. Prov. 961; (Pesik. Shek., p. 15a> במכתש).Pl. חֲמוֹרִים. Sabb.112b. Gen. R. s. 75; a. fr.Denom. חַמָּר, חִמִּר.Fem. חֲמוֹרָה. Tosef.Kil.V, 5.

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  • 29 חֲמוֹר

    חֲמוֹרc. (b. h.; v. חָמַר II a. חֲמִיר I) 1) ( load-carrier, cmp. גָּמָל. ass. Nidd.31a, v. גָּרַם. Sabb.152a דעל ח׳וכ׳ he who rides an ass is a freeman. B. Bath. 143a את וח׳ thou and the ass (shall own my property, a form of donation implying a rational and an irrational being).Bekh.I, 2 ח׳ שילדהוכ׳ if an ass gave birth to Snh.33a הלכה חֲמוֹרְךָוכ׳ thy ass is gone, Tarfon! (I shall have to make compensation for erroneous judgment); a. fr. 2) (cmp. various uses of horse) a contrivance for working-men, rest, jack, stocks Kel. XIV, 3 ח׳ של נפחין the smiths ass (‘on which the smith sits while using its head as an anvil, Maim.; ‘the rest of the bellows, R. S.). Ib. XVIII, 3 וח׳ a stand on which the bedstead is placed. Gen. R. s. 65, end ח׳ של חרשים carpenters sawing-jack (an instrument for torture); Ib. s. 70 (alluding to Prov. 27:22) אפי׳ … בח׳ של חרשיםוכ׳ even if you put the wicked man on a carpenters jack, you cannot make anything useful out of him (sufferings will have no effect on him); Yalk. Kings 201; Yalk. Prov. 961; (Pesik. Shek., p. 15a> במכתש).Pl. חֲמוֹרִים. Sabb.112b. Gen. R. s. 75; a. fr.Denom. חַמָּר, חִמִּר.Fem. חֲמוֹרָה. Tosef.Kil.V, 5.

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