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1 πρόφασις
A motive or cause alleged, whether truly or falsely: then, actual motive or cause, whether alleged or not:I alleged motive, plea, without implication of truth or falsity, ἐπὶ σμικρῇ π. Thgn.323;νόστου π. γλυκεροῦ κώλυεν μεῖναι Pi. P.4.32
;κατὰ θεωρίης πρόφασιν ἐκπλώσας Hdt.1.29
;π. ἔχων, ὡς.. Id.6.133
; καὶ ἐπὶ μεγάλῃ καὶ ἐπὶ βραχείᾳ π. whether the plea put forward be a trifle or a weighty matter, Th.1.141; τῆς αἰτίας τὴν π. the plea in the case, the basis of the charge, Lys.9.7; τοιαύτας ἔχοντες π. καὶ αἰτίας pleas and motives, Th.3.13; π. ἐπιεικής ib.9;ἀναγκαῖαι Is.4.20
, D.54.17; προφάσεις ἀληθεῖς λέγοντος pleading what was in fact true, And.4.17.2 falsely alleged motive (or cause), pretext, pretence, excuse, π. ἰδίης ἀβουλίης an excuse for.., Democr.119;οὔτε τιν' ἔχων π. οὔτε λόγον εὐτράπελον Ar.V. 468
(lyr.);καλλίστην εἶναι π., τιμωρεῖσθαι μὲν δοκεῖν, ἔργῳ δὲ χρηματίζεσθαι Lys.12.6
: abs. in acc., πρόφασιν in pretence, ostensibly,στενάχοντο γυναῖκες Πάτροκλον π., σφῶν δ' αὐτῶν κήδε' ἑκάστη Il.19.302
, cf. Hdt.5.33, E.IA 362 (troch.), Ar.Eq. 466, etc.; opp. τὸ ἀληθές, Th.6.33: in dat.,προφάσει Id.3.86
; προφάσει τῶν δημοσίων on the pretence that public debts are owing, OGI669.15 (Egypt, i A.D.); προφάσιος [εἵνεκεν], προφάσεως ἕνεκα, Hdt.4.135, Antipho 6.14;προφάσεως χάριν Arist.Pol. 1297a14
; ἐκ μικρᾶς π. Plb.2.17.3;ἐπὶ προφάσιος Hdt.7.150
: folld. by an inf., αὕτη γὰρ ἦν σοι π. ἐκβαλεῖν ἐμέ for casting me out, S.Ph. 1034;οὔτε.. ἔστιν οὐδεμία π. τοῦ μὴ δρᾶν Pl.Ti. 20c
; π. τοῖς δειλοῖς ἔχει μὴ ἰέναι gives them an excuse or plea for not going, Id.R. 469c;οὐδεμία σοι π. ἐστιν ὡς.. X.Cyr.2.2.15
; εὑρὼν π. BGU 1024 vi 21 (iv A.D.).b phrases, πρόφασιν διδόναι, ἐνδοῦναι, allow, afford an excuse, D.43.53, 18.158;οὐκ ἐνδώσομεν π. οὐδενὶ κακῷ γενέσθαι Th.2.87
; π. μηδεμίαν θέμενος making no excuse, Thgn.364; π. προτεῖναι put forward a pretext, Hdt. 1.156;π. τὴν Παυσανίεω ὕβριν προϊσχόμενοι Id.8.3
;προφάσεις παρέχειν Ar.Av. 581
, cf. D.10.35, 18.156; προφάσιας εἷλκον kept making pretences, Hdt.6.86;πάσας π. ἕλκουσιν Ar.Lys. 726
;π. δέχεσθαι Pl.Cra. 421d
(cf.ἀγών 111.5
);π. εὑρίσκειν τοῦ ἀδικήματος Antipho 5.65
;π. καλῶς εὑρημένη Archipp.36
;ἔχθρας π. ζητήσουσιν Pl.Phdr. 234a
, cf. PCair.Zen.270.9 (iii B.C.);π. τινὰ πρεσβείας πορισάμενοι Pl.Ep. 350a
;π. κατασκευάσαι X.Cyr.2.4.17
; ἔχει προφάσεις it is excusable, ib.3.1.27; ;προφάσεις εὐλόγους εἰλήφεσαν D.18.152
;ἐχόμενος προφάσιος Hdt.6.94
;ἐπιλαβέσθαι Id.3.36
, 6.49;τὰς π. ἀφελεῖν D.2.27
;προφάσεως δεῖσθαι Arist. Rh. 1373a3
: personified, τὰν Ἐπιμαθέος ὀψινόου θυγατέρα Π. Pi.P.5.28.c elliptically, μή μοι πρόφασιν no excuse, no shuffling, Ar. Ach. 345;μὴ προφάσεις ἐνταῦθά μοι Alex.127.1
.II the actual motive, purpose, or cause, whether alleged or not, ; ; τὸ ἐκ προφάσεως τῶν.. στρατιωτῶν δηληγατευθὲν μέτρον ἐλαίου for the purpose of.., PLips.64.2, cf. 8 (iv A.D.);τὴν ἀληθεστάτην π., ἀφανεστάτην δὲ λόγῳ Th.1.23
, cf. 6.6, D.18.156, SIG 888.138 (Scaptopara, iii A.D., pl.): esp. as a medical t.t., external exciting cause, ἐκ πάσης π. ἐκτιτ ρώσκουσι they miscarry on any provocation, Hp.Aph.3.12, cf.Epid.3.3, 3.17.ιά, Acut.(Sp.) 6;τοὺς δ' ἄλλους ἀπ' οὐδεμιᾶς π... τῆς κεφαλῆς θέρμαι.. ἐλάμβανε Th.2.49
: pl., Hp. Aër.16, Fract.15, al.: generally, cause,σμικρὰ π. ἔξωθεν Pl.R. 556e
; βραχεῖα π. Hp.Coac. 477;ἀπὸ μηδεμιᾶς π. ἔξωθεν ἀξιολόγου Diocl.Fr. 82
; φανερὴ π. Hp.Aph.2.41, cf. X.HG6.4.33;ἐπεὶ δέ οἱ ἔδεε κακῶς γενέσθαι, ἐγένετο ἀπὸ προφάσιος τὴν ἐγὼ.. ἀπηγήσομαι Hdt.2.161
, cf. 4.145, 7.230;ἄνθρωπός εἰμι, τοῦτο δ' αὐτὸ τῷ βίῳ π. μεγίστην εἰς τὸ λυπεῖσθαι φέρει Diph.106
, cf. Men.230, 811, Philem.194; βραχείας προφάσεως ἔδει μόνον ἐφ' ᾗ.. δεξόμεθα.. it needed but a little to move us to.., E.IA 1180.2 occasion, θοἰμάτιον δεικνὺς τοδὶ πρόφασιν ἔφασκον, ὦ γύναι, λίαν σπαθᾷς I said à propos,.. I took occasion to say.., Ar.Nu.55; ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ π. à propos of me, Lys.6.19; ἐπὶ τῇ π. τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ ἀρχῆς on the occasion of my accession, PFay.20.11 (iii/iv A.D.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πρόφασις
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2 πρόφασις
πρόφασις, εως, ἡ (προφαίνω; Hom+)① someth. said in defense of an action, actual motive or reason, valid excuse (Pind., Thu. et al.; SIG 888, 137; PLips 64, 8 διὰ τὴν πρόφασιν ταύτην=‘for this reason’; TestAbr B 3 p. 107, 8 [Stone p. 62], purpose; TestJob 11:11 προφάσει τῶν πενήτων=for the sake of the poor, for the poor; TestJos 8:5; Philo; Jos., Ant. 13, 427, Vi. 167) πρ. ἔχειν περί τινος have a valid excuse for someth. J 15:22.② falsely alleged motive, pretext, ostensible reason, excuse (Hom. et al.; OGI 669, 15 προφάσει=under the pretext; pap, LXX, Philo; Jos., Bell. 2, 348, Vi. 79; 282; Just., D. 141, 1; Tat.) προφάσει with false motives (opp. ἀληθείᾳ, Thu. 6, 33, 2; cp. Arrian, Anab. 1, 25, 3.—In reality they have other interests.) Phil 1:18. For a pretext, for appearance’ sake (as if they felt an inner need) Mt 23:14 v.l.; Mk 12:40; Lk 20:47 (JDerrett, NovT 14, ’72, 1–9: a display of piety to secure confidence in them). προφάσει ὡς under the pretext that, pretending that (Philip in Demosth. 18, 77 πρόφασιν ὡς w. ptc.) Ac 27:30. ἐν πρ. πλεονεξίας with a pretext for (satisfying) greed 1 Th 2:5.—KDeichgräber, Πρόφασις: Quellen u. Stud. z. Gesch. der Naturwissenschaften u. d. Med. III/4, ’33; LPearson, Prophasis and Aitia: TAPA 83, ’52, 205–23.—DELG s.v. φαίνω. M-M. TW. Sv.
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