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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.