πρόβλημα πρόβλημα, ατος, τό, προβάλλω anything projecting, a headland, promontory, Soph. anything put before one, a fence, barrier, screen, Hdt., Attic; πρ. σώματος, of a shield, Aesch.; προβλήματα ἵππων χαλκᾶ the brasen armour of horses, Xen. c. gen. a defence against a thing, πέτρων Aesch.; χείματος Eur.; κακῶν Ar. πρ. φόβου ἢ αἰδοῦς ἔχειν to have fear or shame as a defence, Soph. anything put forward as an excuse or screen, Dem.; so, πρ. λαβεῖν τινά (as we say) to make a stalking horse of him, Soph. that which is proposed, a task, business, Eur. a problem in Geometry, Plat.