προβάλλω fut. -βαλῶ perf. -βέβληκα aor2 προέβαλον Attic προὔβαλον Ionic προβάλεσκον to throw before, throw or toss to, Lat. projicere, Νότος Βορέῃ προβάλεσκε σχεδίην Od.; τοὺς μαζοὺς κυσὶ προέβαλε Hdt. to put forward, i. e. to begin, ἔριδα προβαλόντες Il. to put forward as a defence or plea, Soph., Eur.:—Pass., Thuc. to propose for an office, Andoc. to propose a problem, riddle (cf. πρόβλημα IV), Ar., etc. to put forth beyond, τί τινος Soph. πρ. ἑαυτόν to give oneself up for lost, Lat. spem abjicere, Hdt.; so, πρ. ἐμαυτὸν εἰς δεινὰς ἀράς Soph. Mid. with perf. pass. (which is used also in pass. sense):— to throw or toss before one, οὐλοχύτας προβάλοντο Hom.: to throw away, expose, Soph. to lay before or first, θεμείλιά τε προβάλοντο Il. to set before oneself, propose to oneself, ἔργον Hes. to propose for election, Lat. designare, Hdt., Attic:— Pass. to be so proposed, Hdt. to throw beyond, beat in throwing; and so, to surpass, excel, c. gen. pers. et dat. rei, ἐγὼ δέ κε σεῖο νοήματί γε προβαλοίμην Il. to hold before oneself, τὼ χεῖρε Ar.; πρ. τὰ ὅπλα, i. e. to present arms, whether for offensive or defensive purposes, Xen.;—so, in perf. pass., κοντὸν προβεβλημένος having a pole advanced, with levelled pole, Luc.; also, προβεβλημένοι τοὺς θωρακοφόρους having them to cover one in front, Xen.:—absol. to stand in front, stand on the defensive, Xen.; προαίρεσις προβεβλημένη a defensive system, Dem.:— c. gen., προβεβλῆσθαί τινος to stand before, shield him, Dem. metaph. to put forward, Dem.:— to bring forward or cite in defence, Plat.: to cite as an example, Hdt.:— to use as an excuse or pretext, Thuc.:— προβέβληνται (in mid. sense), Thuc. as Attic law-term, to present or accuse a person before the Ecclesia by the process called προβολή (v. προβολή IV); ὁ προβαλλόμενος the prosecutor in a προβολή, Dem.:—Pass. to be accused, Xen.