πρόφασις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πρόφασις
πρόφασεως
Structure:
προφασι
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Etym.: profai/nw or pro/fhmi
Sense
- that which is alleged as the cause, an allegation, plea, plea
- a mere pretext, a pretence, excuse, the pretext or pretence for, in pretence, from or on, excuse, an excuse
- occasion, an excuse, an excuse, pretences, excuse, shuffling
- suggestion.
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- τί γὰρ ἔδει προφάσεων ἢ λόγων ἢ σκήψεωσ; (Lycurgus, Speeches, 47:4)
- Πομπηϊού δὲ καμπτομένου καὶ διδόντοσ οἱ περὶ Λέντλον οὐκ εἰών ὑπατεύοντεσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆσ βουλῆσ Ἀντώνιον καὶ Κουρίωνα προπηλακίσαντεσ ἐξήλασαν ἀτίμωσ, τὴν εὐπρεπεστάτην Καίσαρι τῶν προφάσεων αὐτοὶ μηχανησάμενοι, καὶ δι’ ἧσ μάλιστα τοὺσ στρατιώτασ παρώξυνεν, ἐπιδεικνύμενοσ ἄνδρασ ἐλλογίμουσ καὶ ἄρχοντασ ἐπὶ μισθίων ζευγῶν πεφευγότασ ἐν ἐσθῆσιν οἰκετικαῖσ. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 31 2:1)
- ὃ δὲ πλείστην μὲν ἡδονὴν ταῖσ Ἀθήναισ καὶ κόσμον ἤνεγκε, μεγίστην δὲ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἔκπληξιν ἀνθρώποισ, μόνον δὲ τῇ Ἑλλάδι μαρτυρεῖ μὴ ψεύδεσθαι τὴν λεγομένην δύναμιν αὐτῆσ ἐκείνην καὶ τὸν παλαιὸν ὄλβον, ἡ τῶν ἀναθημάτων κατασκευή, τοῦτο μάλιστα τῶν πολιτευμάτων τοῦ Περικλέουσ ἐβάσκαινον οἱ ἐχθροὶ καὶ διέβαλλον ἐν ταῖσ ἐκκλησίαισ, βοῶντεσ ὡσ ὁ μὲν δῆμοσ ἀδοξεῖ καὶ κακῶσ ἀκούει τὰ κοινὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων χρήματα πρὸσ αὑτὸν ἐκ Δήλου μεταγαγών, ἣ δ’ ἔνεστιν αὐτῷ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐγκαλοῦντασ εὐπρεπεστάτη τῶν προφάσεων, δείσαντα τοὺσ βαρβάρουσ ἐκεῖθεν ἀνελέσθαι καὶ φυλάττειν ἐν ὀχυρῷ τὰ κοινά, ταύτην ἀνῄρηκε Περικλῆσ· (Plutarch, , chapter 12 1:1)
- προφάσεων οὐκ ἀπορεῖ θάνατοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4883)
- ὅπερ εἰώθε γίγνεσθαι τοῖσ παλαιοῖσ στρατηγοῖσ, ὅταν ἐκ πολλῶν προφάσεων ἓν ἔγκλημα πρὸσ ἕνα καιρὸν ἀθροίζηται· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 81 3:2)
Synonyms
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that which is alleged as the cause
-
a mere pretext
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occasion
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suggestion