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Ancient Greek
Etymology
πρόφημι (próphēmi) or προφαίνω (prophaínō) + -σις (-sis)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pró.pʰa.sis/ → /ˈpro.ɸa.sis/ → /ˈpro.fa.sis/
Noun
πρόφᾰσῐς • (próphasis) f (genitive προφᾰ́σεως); third declension
- alleged cause or motive, plea
- excuse, pretext
Declension
Further reading
- “πρόφασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πρόφασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πρόφασις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πρόφασις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- “πρόφασις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers