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future -βᾰλῶ: perfect -βέβληκα: Epic dialect aorist 2 προβάλεσκον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.331: 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] has only aorist active and middle without augment:—throw or lay before, throw to, Νότος Βορέῃ προβάλεσκε [σχεδίην] φέρεσθαι [same place]; τοὺς μαζοὺς κυσὶ προέβαλε [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.112; τρωγάλια τοῖς θεωμένοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 798; πυροὺς ὀλίγους π. [prev. author] “Av.” 626; π. τινὰ ταῖς Νύμφαις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδρὶ δέμας, of a woman, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cretan dialect” 6: without _dative_, π. ἀκήδευτα τὰ σώματα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 28. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II put forward, π. πρόβλημα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 261a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄμφω τὰ δεξιὰ προβεβληκώς, of a horse, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1460b19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (also middle, τὰ ἀριστερὰ προβάλλονται [[ [prev. author] “IA” 706a6); χλαμύδα ἀλώπεκι 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.18.6; π. αὐτὸν ἐς τὸ μέσον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 25: _metaphorically_, ἀγαθὴν ἐλπίδα π. σαυτῷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 572 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, see below [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b in obstetrics, present, active and passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.69, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.60, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 ἔριδα προβαλόντες putting forth strife, i.e. striving, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.529. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __II.3 put forward as an argument or plea, ἐπεί μοι τὴν θέμιν προὔβαλες [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 810; Κύπριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 825; τοὔνομα τὸ τῆς εἰρήνης 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὸν ὑφ᾽ ἁπάντων προβαλλόμενον λόγον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.92; ἐς ἐνθυμίαν αἰεὶ προβαλλόμενος [prev. author] 5.16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 middle, put forward, propose for an office, λῃτουργεῖν π. γυμνασίαρχον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.132 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, see below [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 propound a question, task, problem, riddle (compare πρόβλημα IV), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 757, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 536d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴνιγμα, γρῖφον, [[ [prev. author] “Chrm.” 162b, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 74.5; χαλεπὴν π. ᾱἵρεσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 245b; εὔσκεπτον σκέψιν π. [prev. author] “Phlb.” 65d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὰπορίαν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1283b35: later followed by _interrogative_ clause, πρόβαλε σαυτῷ τί ἂν ἐποίησεν ἐν τούτῳ Σωκράτης 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 33.12; θεοῦ προβαλόντος πότερον.. 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.41 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, προβάλλεται τάδε θεωρῆσαι, περὶ τοῦ κώνου προβεβλημένα ἐστὶ τάδε, [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “Con.Sph.Praef., Spir.Praef.” ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.6 put forth beyond, κάρα.. ὀχημάτων [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 740; τῶν ὀδόντων τὴν γλῶσσαν 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.7; φλέγμα καὶ ἀφρῶδες ἐκ τοῦ στόματος 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 1.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III expose, give up, π. σφέας αὐτοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ give themselves up for lost, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.141; ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἀρὰς δεινάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 745; ψυχὴν π. ἐν κύβοισι δαίμονος ] Refs 5th c.BC+]hazard, venture, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 183. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV send forth, emit, τράγου ὀσμήν variant (for προσ-) in [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.50; τὴν φωνὴν ὀξεῖαν π. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.8; ἦχον τραχύν [prev. author] 5.30, etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; produce, καρπόν [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 4.8.19; ἄνθος 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 12.1 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, with genitive, to be emitted from, αἱ τῶν θεῶν δυνάμεις προβεβλημέναι τῶν πρώτων [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.552S. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__V intransitive, stick out, of the tongue, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 660a24. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V.2 fall forward, εἰς τὸ μέτωπον [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 487. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B middle with perfect passive (used also in passive sense, see below):— throw or toss before one, οὐλοχύτας προβάλοντο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.458, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, throw away, expose, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1017. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 set before or in front, θεμείλιά τε προβάλοντο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.255. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.3 set before oneself, propose to oneself, ἔργον [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 779. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.4 put forward, propose for election, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.98, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 755cf, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.25, “IG” 22.1343.29, etc.; προβαλλόμενος ἑαυτόν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], Pl.[same place], etc.; προβληθεὶς πυλάγορος οὗτος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.149, compare285. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.5 with dative et infinitive, challenge a person to..,π. μοι [ὀμόσαι] Mitteis [[ “Chr.” 32i14, compare ii 13(2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, of the oath, to be proposed as a challenge, [[[prev. work]ii 25, “Sammelb.” 5231.9 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.II throw beyond, beat in throwing: hence, surpass, excel, with genitive person et dative of things, ἐγὼ δέ κε σεῖο νοήματί γε προβαλοίμην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.218. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.III hold before oneself so as to protect, λαιᾷ ἴτυν [[ 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 15.3; Πηλεΐδᾳ κατ᾽ ὄμμα πέλταν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 370 (Lyric poetry); τὼ χεῖρε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 201 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; π. τὰ ὅπλα level arms, opposed to μεταβάλλεσθαι [[compare (προβολή 1), τὴν φάλαγγα ἐκέλευσε προβαλέσθαι τὰ ὅπλα καὶ ἐπιχωρῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.17, compare 6.5.16, “Mem.” 3.8.4: in ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect passive, σάρισαν προβεβλημένος having his pike advanced, with levelled pike, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.100; τοὺς θυρεοὺς πρὸ τῶν νώτων.. -βεβλημένοι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 36.1; εἰκοσάπηχύν τινα προβεβλ. κοντόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 27.4 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; also προβεβλημένοι τοὺς θωρακοφόρους having them to cover one in front, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τάφρον, ποταμόν, of a general, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.18.3, 2.5.5; π. τῆς.. στρατοπεδείας τεῖχος [prev. author] 1.48.10, etc.; πόλις -βεβλημένη ποταμόν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.2.17 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; π. τὰ θηρία πρὸ τῶν κεράτων, λογχοφόρους τῆς δυνάμεως, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.72.9, 3.113.6 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: absolutely, stand in front, πρὸ ἀμφοῖν προβεβλημένος standing so as to cover both, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.21, compare “Cyr.” 2.3.10: with _genitive_, τούτου προβέβληται Πολύευκτος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.139; προβάλλεσθαι ἢ ἐναντίον βλέπειν οὔτ᾽ οἶδεν οὔτ᾽ ἐθέλει [prev. author] 4.40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; προαίρεσις τῆς πολιτείας προβεβλημένη a guarded policy, [[ [prev. author] 19.27 ] Refs]; πρὸς ἅπαντας -βεβλημένος on one's guard against, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 9 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, ἱππῆς προβέβληνται πρὸ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρως [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 36.2; κράνη πρὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς π. [prev. work] 34.3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.III.2 metaphorically, put forward, τὴν ἀγαθὴν προβαλλόμενος ἐλπίδα [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.97; ταύτην τὴν συμμαχίαν [prev. work]195; τὴν Εὔβοιαν προβαλέσθαι πρὸ τῆς Ἀττικῆς [prev. work]301, compare 300, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.122; τι πρὸ τῆς αἰσχύνης 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.2.b bring forward, cite on one's own part, in defence, τὸν Ὅμηρον π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 201b; π. μάρτυρας 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.3, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ προβαλόμενος one who has brought evidence, Legal cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; cite as an example, ἔθνος οὐδὲν ἔχομεν προβαλέσθαι σοφίης πέρι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; use as an excuse or pretext, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.87, etc.; τὸ εὐπρεπὲς ἄσπονδον προβέβληνται [prev. author] 1.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. σκῆψιν, πρόφασιν, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.56.7, 15.20.3. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__B.IV in Attic dialect law, accuse a person by προβολή (see. προβολή see), present him as guilty of the offence, προὐβαλόμην ἀδικεῖν τοῦτον περὶ τὴν ἑορτήν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.1 (compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus see at {προβαλλομένους}); π. τινά τι [prev. work] 28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τινα alone, [[[prev. work] 175 ] Refs]; ὁ προβαλλόμενος the prosecutor in a προβολή, [[[prev. work] 179 ] Refs]:—passive, to be accused or presented, προὐβλήθησαν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, attack, censure, τὸ ἔθος [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.24, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.137; τοὺς ψευδομένους 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.8.7 (assuming variant), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 14 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; opposed to ἐπαινεῖν, [[ [prev. author] 2.18d. ] Refs]
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