ijevnai gives them an excuse for not going, Plat.
3.
phrases,
provfasin didovnai, ejndidovnai
to give
occasion,
make
an excuse,
Dem
.;
pr. ejndou`naiv tini
Thuc
.;
pr. proteivnein, proi?scesqai
to put forward
an excuse,
Hdt
.;
parevcein
Ar.
;
profavsia" e{lkein
to keep making
pretences,
Hdt
.,
etc.
; elliptically,
mhv moi provfasin
(
sc.
pavrece
) no
excuse,
no
shuffing,
Ar.
II.2
Pind.
personifies
Provfasi"
, as daughter of Epimetheus (Afterthought).
III.
in
Soph.
it must mean
suggestion.
proferhv"
proferhv" , ev" , ( profevrw ) poët. Adj. carried before, placed before, excelling, c. gen ., Hes. :— Comp. , more excellent, superior, surpassing, tw`n a[llwn proferevstero" Od.; c. inf ., »hJmivonoi1/4 bow`n proferevsteraiv eijsin eJlkevmenai are better than oxen in drawing, Il.:— Sup. proferevstato" Ib., Hes. :—also Comp. and Sup. , profevrtero", profevrtato" Soph.
II. looking older than one is, well-grown, precocious, Plat ., Aeschin.
profevrw
pro-fevrw , f. -oivsw : aor. I -hvnegka : aor. 2 -hvnegkon : — Ep. 3 sing. pres. subj. profevrh/si , as if from a form in mi :— to bring before one, bring to, present, offer, Il., Thuc.
2. of words, pr. ojneivdeav tini to throw reproaches in his teeth, Il.: and so, pr. tiniv to throw in ones teeth, bring forward, allege, Lat. objicere , mhv moi dw`ra provfereÆAfrodivth" Ib.
3.
simply,
to utter,
aujdavn, mu`qon
Eur
.;
pr. Ai[ginan pavtran
to proclaim
it as their country,
Pind.
4.
to bring forward, cite,
Thuc
.;
profevrwn [Artemin
pleading
Artemis
as authority,
Aesch.
5.
of an oracle,
to propose as a task,
Hdt
.:
—Pass
.,
proujnecqevnto" tiniv
(
gen. absol
.)
if it were commanded
one to do so,
Aesch.
II.
to bring forward, display,
Il.;
e[rida pr
.
to shew,
i.e. engage in, rivalry, Od.;
povlemovn tini pr
.
to declare
war against one,
Hdt.
:—
Med.
,
xeinodovkw/ e[rida profevresqai
to offer
quarrel to ones host, Od.
III.
to bear on
or
away, to carry off, sweep away,
of a storm,
Hom.
IV.
to move forward,
povda
Eur
.:—then,
to promote, further, assist,
hjw;" profevrei oJdou`
morning
furthers
one on the road,
Hes.
;
pr. ei[" ti
to conduce, help
towards gaining an object,
Thuc.
2. intr. to surpass, excel another, c. gen ., Hdt. , Thuc.
profeuvgw
pro-feuvgw , f. -feuvxomai , aor. 2 prou[fuØgon :— to flee forwards, flee away, Il.
II. c. acc. to flee from, shun, avoid, Hom.
profhteiva
profhteiva , hJ , the gift of interpreting the will of the gods, Orac. ap. Luc.
II. in N.T. , the gift of expounding scripture, of speaking and preaching.
profhteuvw
profhteuvw , Dor. profa<Eth>t- : f. -euvsw : aor. I ejprofhvteusa :— to be an interpreter of the gods, manteuveo, Moi`sa, profateuvsw dÆ ejgwv Pind .; tiv" profhteuvei qeou` ; who is his interpreter? Eur. ; o{sti" soi profhteuvsei tavde who will give thee this oracular advice, Id.
II. in N.T. to expound scripture, to speak and preach under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
profhvth"
profhvth" , Dor. profavth" »a<Eth>1/4, oJ , ( provfhmi ) one who speaks for a God and interprets his will to man, a prophet; so Teiresias is pr. Diov" , Joves interpreter, Pind .; and of Apollo, Dio;" profhvth"