"prophases" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prophases [plural], prophaseis [plural]
Etymology: Ancient Greek πρόφασις (próphasis, “pretense, pretext, excuse”), first popularized by Thucydides, who attempted to discern Athens' alethestate prophasis, or "truest reason" for waging war on Sparta in the Peloponnesian War. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|πρόφασις||pretense, pretext, excuse}} Ancient Greek πρόφασις (próphasis, “pretense, pretext, excuse”) Head templates: {{en-noun|prophases|prophaseis}} prophases (plural prophases or prophaseis)
  1. The actual reasons for going to war. These may differ from proschemata, the pretexts offered to the public.
    Sense id: en-prophases-en-noun-ExxyBHdf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} prophases
  1. plural of prophase Tags: form-of, plural Form of: prophase
    Sense id: en-prophases-en-noun-7TqZvkU8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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