προφασίζεσθαι

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also προφασίζομαι): hold out as an excuse, make excuses, urge as a pretext, urge as an excuse, urge in excuse

Lexicon Thucydideum

praetendere, to hold before, 1.90.5, 5.54.4, 6.25.1,
PASS. confingi, to be fabricated, 8.33.4.