πρόσχημα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-ατος, τό, ([[προέχω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[that which is held before]]: hence,<br><span class="bld">I</span> that which is held before to [[cover]], [[screen]], [[cloak]], <b class="b3">τὸ σῶφρον τοῦ ἀνάνδρου π.</b> Th.3.82; [[pretence]], [[pretext]], πατὴρ.. σοὶ π. ἀεί, ὡς ἐξ ἐμοῦ τέθνηκεν S. ''El.''525; τοῦτο π. ποιούμενος Lys.6.37; also <b class="b3">π. τοῦ λόγου</b> in the same sense, Hdt.4.167, cf. 6.133: c. gen., <b class="b3">αὗται [αἱ πόλεις] π. ἦσαν τοῦ στόλου</b> ib.44; Φίλιππος γίγνεται π. τοῦ πολέμου Plb.11.5.4; <b class="b3">τῷ τῆς τέχνης π.</b> on the [[ground]] of... D.5.6; <b class="b3">π. ποιεύμενος ὡς ἐπ' Ἀθήνας ἐλαύνει</b> making a [[pretence]] or [[show]] of [[march]]ing against Athens, Hdt.7.157: c. inf., <b class="b3">π. ποιούμενοι τοὺς ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης μὴ προδώσειν</b> [[pretend]] that they will not... Th.5.30; π. ἦν ἀμύνεσθαι Id.1.96; also <b class="b3">π. ποιεῖσθαι</b> or <b class="b3">ποιήσασθαί τι</b> to put forward [[as a screen]] or [[disguise]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 316d, 316e, cf. 317a: [[πρόσχημα]], as acc. abs., [[by way of pretext]], Hdt.9.87; <b class="b3">καλῶν ὀνομάτων καὶ προσχημάτων μεστή</b> full of fair words and [[appearance]]s, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 495d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[preface]], π. καὶ ἀρχὴ τοῦ λόγου Id.''Hp.Ma.''286a.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[ornament]], <b class="b3">τῆς Ἰωνίης π.</b>, of Miletus, Hdt.5.28, cf. Plb.3.15.3; τῆς Ἑλλάδος Str.10.2.3, cf. 11.11.1, Plu.''Alex.''17; <b class="b3">τὸ κλεινὸν Ἑλλάδος π. ἀγῶνος</b>, of the [[Pythian Games]], S.''El.''682; <b class="b3">μετὰ προσχήματος ἀξίου τῆς πόλεως</b> with a [[dignity]], D.18.178; <b class="b3">τὸ τοῦ γένους π.</b> the [[nobility]] of his [[birth]], ''OGI''470.23 (i B.C./i A.D.); <b class="b3">Ἀχιλλέα τιν' ἢ Νιόβην... π. τῆς τραγῳδίας</b> the [[pomp]] or [[show]] of tragedy, Ar.''Ra.''913; <b class="b3">Δαρείου τὸ π.</b> his [[pomp]], Arist.''Mu.''398a12; of a person, <b class="b3">π. ἑαυτῆς</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῆς πόλεως</b>) ''IG'' 12(7).395.17 (Amorgos).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[outward]] [[appearance]] of a [[wound]], [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Hp. ''Ulc.''24; [[aspect]], <b class="b3">τῆς ὅλης θεουργίας διττόν ἐστι π., τὸ ἱερατικὸν τῶν θεῶν π.</b>, Iamb.''Myst.''4.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[costume]], [[uniform]], PMasp.334.12, ''PFlor.''288.9 (both vi A.D.).