πρόφᾰσ-ις · prophas-is — LSJ
motive, cause alleged, actual motive
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πρόφασις
prophasis · ἡ
motive, cause alleged, actual motive
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Distribution
- Accusation of Calumny 4 · 38.68/10k
- For The Soldier 3 · 34.6/10k
- On the Sacred Disease 11 · 23.97/10k
- Against Lochites 2 · 17.86/10k
- Letter 1 1 · 17.12/10k
- Answer to Philip's Letter 2 · 15.53/10k
- Against Olympiodorus 5 · 14.25/10k
- On the Peace 2 · 13.77/10k
- Second Olynthiac 2 · 9.79/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 7 · 9.45/10k
- Against Euthynus 1 · 9.17/10k
- Against Androtion 5 · 9.13/10k
Densest 12 of 102 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
Attestations
- πρόφασιν · prophasin Iliad 19.262
- πρόφασιν · prophasin Iliad 19.302
- προφάσεως · prophaseōs Plato, Republic 5.460 (DIORISIS sentence 3052)
- πρόφασιν · prophasin Plato, Republic 5.469 (DIORISIS sentence 3284)
- προφάσεις · prophaseis Plato, Republic 5.475 (DIORISIS sentence 3404)
- προφάσεως · prophaseōs Plato, Republic 5.475 (DIORISIS sentence 3409)
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