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