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1 κλοτοπεύω
A deal subtly, spin out time by false pretences,οὐ γὰρ χρὴ κλοτοπεύειν Il.19.149
; κ. περὶ τὸ νησίδιον, perh. to be read for κλοπεύω, Hld.1.30:—hence [suff] κλοτοπ-ευτής· ἐξαλλάκτης, ἀλαζών, Hsch.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κλοτοπεύω
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2 παρασχηματίζω
A change from the true form, transform,ὀνειδισμός ἐστι τῆς ἁμαρτίας παρεσχηματισμένος τὸ σκῶμμα Thphr.
ap. Plu.2.631e, cf. D.L.6.9 ; ὁ βασιλεὺς.. θεὸς ἐν ἀνθρώποις παρεσχαμάτισται has been transformed into.., Diotog. ap. Stob.4.7.61.2 in Gramm., form from another word by a slight change, Porph.in Cat.69.20, Sch.Ar.Ach. 424, etc.; dub. sens. in Phld.Rh.2.97 S. ; παρασχηματίσας τῷ πατρί forming a derivative word ([etym.] πατρίς ) from πατήρ, Hierocl.p.50 A.:—[voice] Pass., A.D.Conj.237.27 ; θηλυκῷ καὶ οὐδετέρῳ γένει Et.Gen.s.v. πλειότερος.II speak incorrectly, Suid.s.v. σχηματιζόμενος.2 make false pretences, Anon. ap. eund. s.v. παρασχηματίζειν.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > παρασχηματίζω
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3 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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