nominally
From LSJ
Ὅμοια πόρνη δάκρυα καὶ ῥήτωρ ἔχει → Lacrumae oratori eaedem ac meretrici cadunt → Von Dirne und von Redner sind die Tränen gleich
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adverb
as opposed to really: P. and V. λόγῳ, V. λόγοις (Euripides, Electra 47), τοῖς ὀνόμασιν (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1115), τοῖς λόγοις (Euripides, Orestes 287).
as an excuse: P. and V. πρόφασιν.