προφασίζομαι
προφᾰς-ίζομαι, impf.
A). προὐφασιζόμην Th. 1.90 : Att. fut.
προφασιοῦμαι Aeschin. 3.24 , later
-ίσομαι Sch.
Ar. Ec. 1019 : aor.
προὐφασισάμην Th. 5.54 ,
X. Cyr. 2.2.30 , etc.;
προεφ- D.C. 59.26 :—
allege by way of excuse, plead in excuse, c. acc.,
τὸν αὐλητήν Thgn. 941 ;
τὸν μῆνα Th. 5.54 ;
ἀεί τι D. 48.20 : c. inf.,
allege as an excuse that ..,
ἀρρωστεῖν Id. 19.124 ; so
π. ὅτι οὐκ ἐπίστανται X. Oec. 20.14 : c. acc. cogn.,
πάσας προφάσεις π.
Pl. R. 474e , cf.
Lys. 8.16 : abs.,
make excuses,
Ar. Lys. 756 ,
Th. 1.90 ;
οὐκ ἔφη χρῆναι π. οὐδὲ διαμέλλειν Id. 6.25 ;
π. ὑπέρ τινος Isoc. 4.13 : aor. in pass. sense,
ὡς εὗρον ἅπαν .. προφασισθέν that all
was used as a pretext, all
was a mere pretence,
Th. 8.33 , cf.
D.C. Fr. 57.72 .
II). allege (by way of accusation)
that ..,
Εάρδεσιν ἐπιβουλεῦσαι [ἡμᾶς] π.
Pl. Mx. 240a .
ShortDef
to set up as a pretext
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
προφασίζομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
προφασιζομαι
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-90654
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">προφᾰς-ίζομαι</span>, impf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">προὐφασιζόμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.90 </a> : Att. fut. <span class="quote greek">προφασιοῦμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.24 </a> , later <span class="foreign greek">-ίσομαι</span> Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1019" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1019/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 1019 </a>: aor. <span class="quote greek">προὐφασισάμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.54 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:2:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:2:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.2.30 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">προεφ-</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:59:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:59.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 59.26 </a> :—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">allege by way</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of excuse, plead in excuse</span>, c. acc., <span class="quote greek">τὸν αὐλητήν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 941 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸν μῆνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.54 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀεί τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg048.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg048.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 48.20 </a> : c. inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">allege as an excuse that ..</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀρρωστεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 19.124 </a> ; so <span class="quote greek">π. ὅτι οὐκ ἐπίστανται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:20:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:20.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 20.14 </a> : c. acc. cogn., <span class="foreign greek">πάσας προφάσεις π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:474e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:474e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 474e </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg008.perseus-grc1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg008.perseus-grc1:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 8.16 </a>: abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make excuses</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:756" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:756/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 756 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.90 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἔφη χρῆναι π. οὐδὲ διαμέλλειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.25 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. ὑπέρ τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 4.13 </a> : aor. in pass. sense, <span class="foreign greek">ὡς εὗρον ἅπαν .. προφασισθέν</span> that all <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">was used as a pretext</span>, all <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">was a mere pretence</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.33 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 57.72 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">allege</span> (by way of accusation) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">that ..</span>, <span class="foreign greek">Εάρδεσιν ἐπιβουλεῦσαι [ἡμᾶς] π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg028.perseus-grc1:240a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg028.perseus-grc1:240a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mx.</span> 240a </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seek a quarrel against</span>, <span class="itype greek">τινι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg014:5:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg014:5.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">4 Ki.</span> 5.7 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}