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1 plausible
['plo:zəbl]1) (seeming reasonable or convincing: a plausible excuse.) ευλογοφανής,αληθοφανής2) (clever at talking persuasively but not to be trusted: a plausible fellow.) πειστικός,επιτήδειος -
2 Plausible
adj.Of a speaker: see Persuasive.Specious: P. and V. ἐπιεικής, εὔλογος, εὐπρεπής, καλός, εὐσχήμων, εὐπρόσωπος.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Plausible
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4 Colourable
adj.Plausible: P. and V. εὔλογος, εὐπρεπής.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Colourable
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5 Reprisal
subs.Vengeance: P. and V. τιμωρία, ἡ, τίσις, ἡ, V. ποινή, ἡ, or pl. (rare P.), ἄποινα, τά (rare P.), ἀντίποινα, τά.Right of public reprisal ( by seizing goods): P. σῦλαι, αἱ, σῦλα, τά (see Dem. 931).They gave the Lacedaemonians a more plausible pretext for making reprisals on the Athenians: P. τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις εὐπροφάσιστον μᾶλλον τὴν αἰτίαν εἰς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους τοῦ ἀμύνεσθαι ἐποίησαν (Thuc. 6, 105).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Reprisal
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plausible — (adj.) 1540s, acceptable, agreeable, from L. plausibilis deserving applause, acceptable, from pp. stem of plaudere to applaud (see PLAUDIT (Cf. plaudit)). Meaning having the appearance of truth is recorded from 1560s. Related: Plausibility;… … Etymology dictionary