προφασίζεσθαι
From LSJ
Χρόνος δ' ἀμαυροῖ πάντα κεἰς λήθην ἄγει → Diesque celat omnia atque oblitterat → Die Zeit verdunkelt alles, gibt's dem Vergessen preis
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.
