προφασίζομαι (prophasizomai)
prophasizomai
to make an excuse
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Definition
1. Dep.:
2. to set up as a pretext or excuse, allege by way of excuse, plead in excuse , with accusative, (Theognis Elegiacus), etc.; with infinitive to allege as an excuse that . . , (Demosthenes Orator):—;absolute to make excuses , (Thucydides):—;aor1 προφασισθῆναι in passive sense, to be used as a pretext , (Thucydides)
3. to allege (by way of accusation) that , (Plato Philosophus)
from πρόφᾶσις (ML)
2. to set up as a pretext or excuse, allege by way of excuse, plead in excuse , with accusative, (Theognis Elegiacus), etc.; with infinitive to allege as an excuse that . . , (Demosthenes Orator):—;absolute to make excuses , (Thucydides):—;aor1 προφασισθῆναι in passive sense, to be used as a pretext , (Thucydides)
3. to allege (by way of accusation) that , (Plato Philosophus)
from πρόφᾶσις (ML)