προφασίζομαι

prophasizomai

allege by way

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Menexenus 1
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Chapter ?

240a6
Phaedrus 1
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231b3
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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474e5

Dictionary (LSJ)

προφασίζομαι, impf. 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:—A. 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 . . , Σάρδεσιν ἐπιβουλεῦσαι [ἡμᾶς] π. Pl. Mx. 240a. III. seek a quarrel against, τινι LXX4 Ki. 5.7.

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