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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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πρόφασις	προφάσει	προφάσεις
Genitive	προφάσεως	προφάσοιν	προφάσεων
Dative	προφάσει	προφάσοιν	προφάσεσιν*
Accusative	πρόφασιν	προφάσει	προφάσεις
Vocative	πρόφασι	προφάσει	προφάσεις

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.

Examples

μὴ ἐκκλίνῃσ τὴν καρδίαν μου εἰσ λόγουσ πονηρίασ τοῦ προφασίζεσθαι προφάσεισ ἐν ἁμαρτίαισ σὺν ἀνθρώποισ ἐργαζομένοισ τὴν ἀνομίαν, καὶ οὐ μὴ συνδυάσω μετὰ τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 140:4)
Προφάσεισ ζητεῖ ἀνὴρ βουλόμενοσ χωρίζεσθαι ἀπὸ φίλων, ἐν παντὶ δὲ καιρῷ ἐπονείδιστοσ ἔσται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 18:1)
λαλῶν ρήματα προφάσεισ ψευδεῖσ διαθήσεται διαθήκην. ἀνατελεῖ ὡσ ἄγρωστισ κρίμα ἐπὶ χέρσον ἀγροῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 10:4)
καὶ οὕτω γε φθονερῶσ, ὥσ2τε καὶ τῇ πόλει τῇ ἑαυτοῦ τὰσ φανερὰσ αἰτίασ τοῦ πολέμου περιάπτειν, ἑτέραισ ἔχοντα πολλαῖσ ἀφορμαῖσ περιάψαι τὰσ αἰτίασ, καὶ ἄρξασθαί γε τῆσ διηγήσεωσ μὴ ἀπὸ τῶν Κερκυραϊκῶν, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ τῶν κρατίστων τῆσ πατρίδοσ ἔργων, ἃ μετὰ τὸν Περσικὸν πόλεμον εὐθὺσ ἔπραξεν ὧν ὕστερον οὐκ ἐν ἐπιτηδείῳ τόπῳ μνήμην ἐποιήσατο φαύλωσ πωσ καὶ ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆσ, διελθόντα δὲ ταῦτα μετὰ πολλῆσ εὐνοίασ ὡσ ἄνδρα φιλόπολιν ἔπειτ’ ἐπενεγκεῖν, ὅτι τούτων φθόνῳ καὶ δέει προελθόντεσ Λακεδαιμόνιοι προφάσεισ ὑποθέντεσ ἑτεροίασ ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον, καὶ τότε λέγειν τὰ Κερκυραϊκὰ καὶ τὸ κατὰ Μεγαρέων ψήφισμα καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο τοιοῦτο λέγειν ἐβούλετο. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 9:3)
ἐὰν νοσῇσ αὐτόσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀμελῶ ἐὰν τῶν κατ’ οἶκον ἐπιμελεῖσθαι κελεύῃσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ὀλιγωρῶ ἐὰν τὰ κατ’ ἀγρὸν ἐπισκοπεῖν προστάττῃσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ὀκνῶ πάντα ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα εὐλόγουσ ἔχει τὰσ προφάσεισ καὶ τὰσ μέμψεισ πατρικάσ. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 22:7)

Synonyms

that which is alleged as the cause
- ἀπολόγημα (a plea alleged in defence)
a mere pretext
- σκῆψις (a pretext, plea, excuse)
- ἔφεξις (an excuse, pretext)
- μύνη (an excuse, pretence)
- ὑπόθεσις (occasion, excuse, pretext)
occasion
- μύνη (an excuse, pretence)
- ὑπόθεσις (occasion, excuse, pretext)
suggestion
- ἐνεσία (a suggestion, at, suggestion)
- ὑποφραδμοσύνη (suggestion, counsel)
- ὑπόθεσις (suggestion, advice)
- ὑποθήμων (suggesting advice.)
- ὑποβολή (a suggesting, admonition)

σκῆψις (a pretext)
ἐπιχείρησις (an attempt)
παραίτησις (earnest prayer)
παράκλησις (a calling to one's aid)
μέμψις (blame)
ταπείνωσις (humiliation)
μέλλησις (a being about to do)
θεήλατος (driven or hunted by a god)
ἀπόδειξις (a shewing forth)
ἀκοινώνητος (not shared with)
βαρύθυμος (heavy in spirit)
ἐκτίνω (to pay off)
πρᾶξις (deed)
συκοφάντημα (a sycophant's trick)
ὑπερήμερος (over the day for payment)
εὔροια (a good flow)
καύχησις (reason to boast)
ἀντιλογία (contradiction)
δύσνοια (disaffection)
διχόνοια (discord)
νεωτεροποιία (innovation)
πίστις (trust in others)
φιλοχρηματία (love of money)
ἀδελφοκτόνος (murdering a brother or sister)
πατροκτονία (murder of a father)
παράταξις (a placing side by side)
κτίσις (founding)
ὑπόθεσις (proposal)
ἀμνήμων (unmindful)
ἀμφισβήτησις (a dispute)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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πρόφασις

Sense

Declension

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that which is alleged as the cause

a mere pretext

occasion

suggestion

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πρόφασις

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

that which is alleged as the cause

a mere pretext

occasion

suggestion

Related

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