allege by way
προφᾰσ-ίζομαι,impf.
A.
προὐφασιζόμην
Th. 1.90
: Att.
fut.
προφασιοῦμαι
Aeschin. 3.24
, later-ίσομαιSch. Ar. Ec. 1019 :aor.
προὐφασισάμην
Th. 5.54
, X. Cyr. 2.2.30 , etc.; προεφ-
D.C. 59.26
:—allege by way
of excuse, plead in excuse, c. acc., τὸν αὐλητήν
Thgn. 941
; τὸν μῆνα
Th. 5.54
; ἀεί τι
D. 48.20
: c.inf.,allege as an excuse that . ., ἀρρωστεῖν
Id. 19.124
; so π. ὅτι οὐκ ἐπίστανται
X. Oec. 20.14
: c. acc. cogn.,πάσας προφάσεις π. Pl. R. 474e , cf. Lys. 8.16 : abs.,make excuses, Ar. Lys. 756 , Th. 1.90 ; οὐκ ἔφη χρῆναι π. οὐδὲ διαμέλλειν
Id. 6.25
; π. ὑπέρ τινος
Isoc. 4.13
:aor.in pass. sense,ὡς εὗρον ἅπαν . . προφασισθένthat allwas used as a pretext, allwas a mere pretence, Th. 8.33 , cf. D.C. Fr. 57.72 .
II. allege(by way of accusation)that . .,Εάρδεσιν ἐπιβουλεῦσαι [ἡμᾶς] π. Pl. Mx. 240a .
III. seek a quarrel against,τινι
LXX 4 Ki. 5.7 .
