"πρόφασις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πρόφασις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pró.pʰa.sis/, /ˈpro.ɸa.sis/, /ˈpro.fa.sis/, /pró.pʰa.sis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpro.pʰa.sis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpro.ɸa.sis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpro.fa.sis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpro.fa.sis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: πρόφημι (próphēmi) or προφαίνω (prophaínō) + -σις (-sis) Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|προφαίνω|-σις}} προφαίνω (prophaínō) + -σις (-sis) Head templates: {{grc-noun|πρόφᾰσῐς|προφᾰ́σεως|f|third}} πρόφᾰσῐς • (próphasis) f (genitive προφᾰ́σεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πρόφᾰσῐς|προφᾰ́σεως|form=F}} Forms: πρόφᾰσῐς [canonical], próphasis [romanization], προφᾰ́σεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ πρόφᾰσῐς [nominative, singular], τὼ προφᾰ́σει [dual, nominative], αἱ προφᾰ́σεις [nominative, plural], τῆς προφᾰ́σεως [genitive, singular], τοῖν προφᾰσέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν προφᾰ́σεων [genitive, plural], τῇ προφᾰ́σει [dative, singular], τοῖν προφᾰσέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς προφᾰ́σεσῐ [dative, plural], προφᾰ́σεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs prophásesi [dative, plural], taîs prophásesin [dative, plural], τὴν πρόφᾰσῐν [accusative, singular], τὼ προφᾰ́σει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς προφᾰ́σεις [accusative, plural], πρόφᾰσῐ [singular, vocative], προφᾰ́σει [dual, vocative], προφᾰ́σεις [plural, vocative]
  1. alleged cause or motive, plea
    Sense id: en-πρόφασις-grc-noun-eFsB7Lx1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 72 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. excuse, pretext
    Sense id: en-πρόφασις-grc-noun-LFO999vp
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      "ipa": "/ˈpro.ɸa.sis/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpro.fa.sis/"
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpro.fa.sis/",
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