πρόφασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πρόφημι (próphēmi) or προφαίνω (prophaínō) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pró.pʰa.sis/ → /ˈpro.ɸa.sis/ → /ˈpro.fa.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pró.pʰa.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.pʰa.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ɸa.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.fa.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.fa.sis/

Noun

πρόφᾰσῐς • (próphasis) f (genitive προφᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. alleged cause or motive, plea
2. excuse, pretext

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πρόφᾰσῐς; τῆς προφᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρόφᾰσῐς hē próphasis	τὼ προφᾰ́σει tṑ prophásei	αἱ προφᾰ́σεις hai propháseis
Genitive	τῆς προφᾰ́σεως tês propháseōs	τοῖν προφᾰσέοιν toîn prophaséoin	τῶν προφᾰ́σεων tôn propháseōn
Dative	τῇ προφᾰ́σει têi prophásei	τοῖν προφᾰσέοιν toîn prophaséoin	ταῖς προφᾰ́σεσῐ / προφᾰ́σεσῐν taîs prophásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πρόφᾰσῐν tḕn próphasin	τὼ προφᾰ́σει tṑ prophásei	τᾱ̀ς προφᾰ́σεις tā̀s propháseis
Vocative	πρόφᾰσῐ próphasi	προφᾰ́σει prophásei	προφᾰ́σεις propháseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πρόφασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρόφασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πρόφασις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πρόφασις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “πρόφασις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers