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===substantive===

[[prose|P.]] [[προκάλυμμα]], τό, [[παραφράγματα]], τα, [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρόβλημα]], τό.

Met., [[cloak]]: [[prose|P.]] [[προκάλυμμα]], τό, [[παραπέτασμα]], τό.

[[pretext]], [[excuse]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρόσχημα]], τό, [[πρόβλημα]], τό.

[[defence]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρόβλημα]], τό; see [[defence]].

===verb transitive===

[[put as a screen in front]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προκαλύπτεσθαι]] (τί [[τινος]] or [[prose|P.]] τι [[πρό τινος]]).

[[hide]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κρύπτειν]], [[ἀποκρύπτειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καλύπτειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[συγκαλύπτειν]] (rare [[prose|P.]]), [[ἀμπέχειν]], [[ἀμπίσχειν]], [[συναμπέχειν]]; see [[hide]].

[[defend]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προστατεῖν]] (gen.), [[προΐστασθαι]] (gen.).

[[protect]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φυλάσσειν]]; see [[protect]].

[[cloak]]: Met., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑποστέλλεσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπηλυγάζεσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[περιστέλλειν]] (or mid.); see [[cloak]].

([[we saw]]) [[the king himself holding his hand over his face to screen his eyes]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἄνακτα δ' αὐτὸν ὀμμάτων ἐπίσκιον χεῖρ' ἀντέχοντα κρατός]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Oedipus Coloneus]]'' 1650).
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