evasion
From LSJ
Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
excuse: P. and V. πρόφασις, ἡ.
shift, artifice: P. and V. στροφή, ἡ, P. διαδύσεις, αἱ.
putting off (of punishment): P. διάκρουσις, ἡ.
practice evasions, v.: P. διακρούεσθαι.
make excuses: Ar. and P. προφασίζεσθαι.