pretext
From LSJ
τῷ οὖν τόξῳ ὄνομα βίος, ἔργον δὲ θάνατος → the bow is called life, but its work is death (Heraclitus)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. πρόσχημα, τό, πρόβλημα, τό.
excuse: P. and V. πρόφασις, ἡ, σκῆψις, ἡ.
occasion: P. and V. ἀφορμή, ἡ.
on a small pretext: V. ἐκ σμικροῦ λόγου.
urge as a pretext, v.: P. and V. σκήπτειν (mid. in P.), προβάλλειν (mid. also P.), προὔχεσθαι, προΐστασθαι (Euripides, Cyclops 319), P. προφασίζεσθαι, προΐσχεσθαι, V. προτείνειν.
