προφορ-ά,ἡ, (προφέρω)
A. pronunciation, utterance, D.H. Dem. 22 , Ph. 1.50 ; λέξις καὶ π.
Plu. 2.41a
; π. καὶ γραφῇ
Phld. Rh. 1.159S.
;τῶν φωνῶν, τοῦ λόγου, S.E. P. 1.15 , 203 ; ῥημάτων
Hdn. 1.8.6
;ὁ κατὰ προφορὰν λόγος, ἐν προφορᾷ λόγος,=ὁ προφορικὸς λ., Ph. 1.232 , Plu. 2.777b .
II. 'procession', going forth, Plot. 2.9.1 ; π. καὶ ἐνέργεια
Id. 4.3.2
.
III. front endof a battering-ram, Ath.Mech. 25.3 .
IV. public reproach, rebuke, Plb. 9.33.12 .
V. decisionof a court, CPR 18.40
(ii A.D.).