πρόφασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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
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