προσποίημα
From LSJ
πολλὰ δ' ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ' ἦλθον → and ever upward, downward, sideward, and aslant they went
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A that which one takes to oneself unduly, pretence, assumption of a thing, Arist. EN1127a20; τῆς καλοκἀγαθίας, δικαιοσύνης, Heraclid.Pont. ap. Ath.14.625a, Plu.2.858f. 2 deception, illusion, Epicur.Nat.11.7. 3 disguise, ἐν π. φίλων D.H.10.13, cf. App.BC3.64.