Strong G4261προβάλλω
to put forth
- Transliteration
- proballō
- Pronunciation
- prob-al'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προ-βάλλω
[in LXX for חוּד, מָרַק, etc.;]
1. to throw before.
2. to put forward: with accusative, Act.19:33; of trees, to put forth, produce (sc. φύλλα), Luk.21:30.†
(AS)
[in LXX for חוּד, מָרַק, etc.;]
1. to throw before.
2. to put forward: with accusative, Act.19:33; of trees, to put forth, produce (sc. φύλλα), Luk.21:30.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4261 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- forward1
- put1
- shoot1
- they1
First verses
- Luke 21:30When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
- Acts 19:33And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προβάλλω,
future -βᾰλῶ: perfect -βέβληκα: Epic dialect aorist 2 προβάλεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.331: 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has only aorist active and middle without augment:—throw or lay before, throw to, Νότος Βορέῃ προβάλεσκε [σχεδίην] φέρεσθαι [same place]; τοὺς μαζοὺς κυσὶ προέβαλε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.112; τρωγάλια τοῖς θεωμένοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 798; πυροὺς ὀλίγους π. [prev. author] “Av.” 626; π. τινὰ ταῖς Νύμφαις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241e)]; ἀνδρὶ δέμας, of a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cretan dialect” 6: without _dative_, π. ἀκήδευτα τὰ σώματα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 28.)]
II put forward, π. πρόβλημα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 261a)]; ἄμφω τὰ δεξιὰ προβεβληκώς, of a horse, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1460b19)] (also middle, τὰ ἀριστερὰ προβάλλονται [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IA” 706a6); χλαμύδα ἀλώπεκι 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.18.6; π. αὐτὸν ἐς τὸ μέσον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 25: _metaphorically_, ἀγαθὴν ἐλπίδα π. σαυτῷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 572)]:—passive, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111.1.)]
II.b in obstetrics, present, active and passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.69, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.60, +others)]
II.2 ἔριδα προβαλόντες putting forth strife, i.e. striving, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.529.)]
II.3 put forward as an argument or plea, ἐπεί μοι τὴν θέμιν προὔβαλες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 810; Κύπριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 825; τοὔνομα τὸ τῆς εἰρήνης 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.8)]:—passive, τὸν ὑφ᾽ ἁπάντων προβαλλόμενον λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.92; ἐς ἐνθυμίαν αἰεὶ προβαλλόμενος [prev. author] 5.16.)]
II.4 middle, put forward, propose for an office, λῃτουργεῖν π. γυμνασίαρχον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.132)]:—passive, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.4.)]
II.5 propound a question, task, problem, riddle (compare πρόβλημα IV), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 757, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 536d)]; αἴνιγμα, γρῖφον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Chrm.” 162b, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 74.5; χαλεπὴν π. ᾱἵρεσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 245b; εὔσκεπτον σκέψιν π. [prev. author] “Phlb.” 65d)]; ὰπορίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1283b35: later followed by _interrogative_ clause, πρόβαλε σαυτῷ τί ἂν ἐποίησεν ἐν τούτῳ Σωκράτης 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 33.12; θεοῦ προβαλόντος πότερον.. 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.41 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus:)] —passive, προβάλλεται τάδε θεωρῆσαι, περὶ τοῦ κώνου προβεβλημένα ἐστὶ τάδε, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “Con.Sph.Praef., Spir.Praef.”)]
II.6 put forth beyond, κάρα.. ὀχημάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 740; τῶν ὀδόντων τὴν γλῶσσαν 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.7; φλέγμα καὶ ἀφρῶδες ἐκ τοῦ στόματος 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 1.2.)]
III expose, give up, π. σφέας αὐτοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ give themselves up for lost, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.141; ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἀρὰς δεινάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 745; ψυχὴν π. ἐν κύβοισι δαίμονος)]hazard, venture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 183.)]
IV send forth, emit, τράγου ὀσμήν variant (for προσ-) in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.50; τὴν φωνὴν ὀξεῖαν π. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.8; ἦχον τραχύν [prev. author] 5.30, etc.)]; produce, καρπόν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 4.8.19; ἄνθος 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 12.1)]:—passive, with genitive, to be emitted from, αἱ τῶν θεῶν δυνάμεις προβεβλημέναι τῶν πρώτων [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.552S.)]
V intransitive, stick out, of the tongue, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 660a24.)]
V.2 fall forward, εἰς τὸ μέτωπον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 487.)]
B middle with perfect passive (used also in passive sense, see below):— throw or toss before one, οὐλοχύτας προβάλοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.458, +others)]: hence, throw away, expose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1017.)]
B.2 set before or in front, θεμείλιά τε προβάλοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.255.)]
B.3 set before oneself, propose to oneself, ἔργον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 779.)]
B.4 put forward, propose for election, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.98, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 755cf, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.25, “IG” 22.1343.29, etc.; προβαλλόμενος ἑαυτόν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.15)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], Pl.[same place], etc.; προβληθεὶς πυλάγορος οὗτος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.149, compare285.)]
B.5 with dative et infinitive, challenge a person to..,π. μοι [ὀμόσαι] Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Chr.” 32i14, compare ii 13(2nd c.BC))]:—passive, of the oath, to be proposed as a challenge, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work]ii 25, “Sammelb.” 5231.9 (1st c.AD).)]
B.II throw beyond, beat in throwing: hence, surpass, excel, with genitive person et dative of things, ἐγὼ δέ κε σεῖο νοήματί γε προβαλοίμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.218.)]
B.III hold before oneself so as to protect, λαιᾷ ἴτυν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 15.3; Πηλεΐδᾳ κατ᾽ ὄμμα πέλταν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 370 (Lyric poetry); τὼ χεῖρε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 201)]; π. τὰ ὅπλα level arms, opposed to μεταβάλλεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (προβολή 1), τὴν φάλαγγα ἐκέλευσε προβαλέσθαι τὰ ὅπλα καὶ ἐπιχωρῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.17, compare 6.5.16, “Mem.” 3.8.4: in)]perfect passive, σάρισαν προβεβλημένος having his pike advanced, with levelled pike, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.100; τοὺς θυρεοὺς πρὸ τῶν νώτων.. -βεβλημένοι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 36.1; εἰκοσάπηχύν τινα προβεβλ. κοντόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 27.4)]; also προβεβλημένοι τοὺς θωρακοφόρους having them to cover one in front, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.24)]; π. τάφρον, ποταμόν, of a general, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.18.3, 2.5.5; π. τῆς.. στρατοπεδείας τεῖχος [prev. author] 1.48.10, etc.; πόλις -βεβλημένη ποταμόν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.2.17)]; π. τὰ θηρία πρὸ τῶν κεράτων, λογχοφόρους τῆς δυνάμεως, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.72.9, 3.113.6)]: absolutely, stand in front, πρὸ ἀμφοῖν προβεβλημένος standing so as to cover both, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.21, compare “Cyr.” 2.3.10: with _genitive_, τούτου προβέβληται Πολύευκτος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.139; προβάλλεσθαι ἢ ἐναντίον βλέπειν οὔτ᾽ οἶδεν οὔτ᾽ ἐθέλει [prev. author] 4.40)]; προαίρεσις τῆς πολιτείας προβεβλημένη a guarded policy, [Refs ([prev. author] 19.27)]; πρὸς ἅπαντας -βεβλημένος on one's guard against, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 9)]:—passive, ἱππῆς προβέβληνται πρὸ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρως [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 36.2; κράνη πρὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς π. [prev. work] 34.3.)]
B.III.2 metaphorically, put forward, τὴν ἀγαθὴν προβαλλόμενος ἐλπίδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.97; ταύτην τὴν συμμαχίαν [prev. work]195; τὴν Εὔβοιαν προβαλέσθαι πρὸ τῆς Ἀττικῆς [prev. work]301, compare 300, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.122; τι πρὸ τῆς αἰσχύνης 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.11.)]
B.III.2.b bring forward, cite on one's own part, in defence, τὸν Ὅμηρον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 201b; π. μάρτυρας 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.3, etc.)]; ὁ προβαλόμενος one who has brought evidence, Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.10)]; cite as an example, ἔθνος οὐδὲν ἔχομεν προβαλέσθαι σοφίης πέρι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.46)]; use as an excuse or pretext, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.87, etc.; τὸ εὐπρεπὲς ἄσπονδον προβέβληνται [prev. author] 1.37)]; π. σκῆψιν, πρόφασιν, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.56.7, 15.20.3.)]
B.IV in Attic dialect law, accuse a person by προβολή (see. προβολή see), present him as guilty of the offence, προὐβαλόμην ἀδικεῖν τοῦτον περὶ τὴν ἑορτήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.1 (compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus see at {προβαλλομένους}); π. τινά τι [prev. work] 28)]; τινα alone, [Refs ([prev. work] 175)]; ὁ προβαλλόμενος the prosecutor in a προβολή, [Refs ([prev. work] 179)]:—passive, to be accused or presented, προὐβλήθησαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.35)]: generally, attack, censure, τὸ ἔθος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.24, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.137; τοὺς ψευδομένους 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.8.7 (assuming variant), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 14)]; opposed to ἐπαινεῖν, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.18d.)]
future -βᾰλῶ: perfect -βέβληκα: Epic dialect aorist 2 προβάλεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.331: 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has only aorist active and middle without augment:—throw or lay before, throw to, Νότος Βορέῃ προβάλεσκε [σχεδίην] φέρεσθαι [same place]; τοὺς μαζοὺς κυσὶ προέβαλε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.112; τρωγάλια τοῖς θεωμένοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 798; πυροὺς ὀλίγους π. [prev. author] “Av.” 626; π. τινὰ ταῖς Νύμφαις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241e)]; ἀνδρὶ δέμας, of a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cretan dialect” 6: without _dative_, π. ἀκήδευτα τὰ σώματα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 28.)]
II put forward, π. πρόβλημα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 261a)]; ἄμφω τὰ δεξιὰ προβεβληκώς, of a horse, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1460b19)] (also middle, τὰ ἀριστερὰ προβάλλονται [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IA” 706a6); χλαμύδα ἀλώπεκι 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.18.6; π. αὐτὸν ἐς τὸ μέσον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 25: _metaphorically_, ἀγαθὴν ἐλπίδα π. σαυτῷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 572)]:—passive, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111.1.)]
II.b in obstetrics, present, active and passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.69, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.60, +others)]
II.2 ἔριδα προβαλόντες putting forth strife, i.e. striving, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.529.)]
II.3 put forward as an argument or plea, ἐπεί μοι τὴν θέμιν προὔβαλες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 810; Κύπριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 825; τοὔνομα τὸ τῆς εἰρήνης 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.8)]:—passive, τὸν ὑφ᾽ ἁπάντων προβαλλόμενον λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.92; ἐς ἐνθυμίαν αἰεὶ προβαλλόμενος [prev. author] 5.16.)]
II.4 middle, put forward, propose for an office, λῃτουργεῖν π. γυμνασίαρχον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.132)]:—passive, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.4.)]
II.5 propound a question, task, problem, riddle (compare πρόβλημα IV), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 757, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 536d)]; αἴνιγμα, γρῖφον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Chrm.” 162b, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 74.5; χαλεπὴν π. ᾱἵρεσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 245b; εὔσκεπτον σκέψιν π. [prev. author] “Phlb.” 65d)]; ὰπορίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1283b35: later followed by _interrogative_ clause, πρόβαλε σαυτῷ τί ἂν ἐποίησεν ἐν τούτῳ Σωκράτης 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 33.12; θεοῦ προβαλόντος πότερον.. 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.41 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus:)] —passive, προβάλλεται τάδε θεωρῆσαι, περὶ τοῦ κώνου προβεβλημένα ἐστὶ τάδε, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “Con.Sph.Praef., Spir.Praef.”)]
II.6 put forth beyond, κάρα.. ὀχημάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 740; τῶν ὀδόντων τὴν γλῶσσαν 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.7; φλέγμα καὶ ἀφρῶδες ἐκ τοῦ στόματος 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 1.2.)]
III expose, give up, π. σφέας αὐτοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ give themselves up for lost, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.141; ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἀρὰς δεινάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 745; ψυχὴν π. ἐν κύβοισι δαίμονος)]hazard, venture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 183.)]
IV send forth, emit, τράγου ὀσμήν variant (for προσ-) in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.50; τὴν φωνὴν ὀξεῖαν π. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.8; ἦχον τραχύν [prev. author] 5.30, etc.)]; produce, καρπόν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 4.8.19; ἄνθος 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 12.1)]:—passive, with genitive, to be emitted from, αἱ τῶν θεῶν δυνάμεις προβεβλημέναι τῶν πρώτων [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.552S.)]
V intransitive, stick out, of the tongue, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 660a24.)]
V.2 fall forward, εἰς τὸ μέτωπον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 487.)]
B middle with perfect passive (used also in passive sense, see below):— throw or toss before one, οὐλοχύτας προβάλοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.458, +others)]: hence, throw away, expose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1017.)]
B.2 set before or in front, θεμείλιά τε προβάλοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.255.)]
B.3 set before oneself, propose to oneself, ἔργον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 779.)]
B.4 put forward, propose for election, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.98, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 755cf, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.25, “IG” 22.1343.29, etc.; προβαλλόμενος ἑαυτόν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.15)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], Pl.[same place], etc.; προβληθεὶς πυλάγορος οὗτος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.149, compare285.)]
B.5 with dative et infinitive, challenge a person to..,π. μοι [ὀμόσαι] Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Chr.” 32i14, compare ii 13(2nd c.BC))]:—passive, of the oath, to be proposed as a challenge, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work]ii 25, “Sammelb.” 5231.9 (1st c.AD).)]
B.II throw beyond, beat in throwing: hence, surpass, excel, with genitive person et dative of things, ἐγὼ δέ κε σεῖο νοήματί γε προβαλοίμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.218.)]
B.III hold before oneself so as to protect, λαιᾷ ἴτυν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 15.3; Πηλεΐδᾳ κατ᾽ ὄμμα πέλταν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 370 (Lyric poetry); τὼ χεῖρε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 201)]; π. τὰ ὅπλα level arms, opposed to μεταβάλλεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (προβολή 1), τὴν φάλαγγα ἐκέλευσε προβαλέσθαι τὰ ὅπλα καὶ ἐπιχωρῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.17, compare 6.5.16, “Mem.” 3.8.4: in)]perfect passive, σάρισαν προβεβλημένος having his pike advanced, with levelled pike, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.100; τοὺς θυρεοὺς πρὸ τῶν νώτων.. -βεβλημένοι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 36.1; εἰκοσάπηχύν τινα προβεβλ. κοντόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 27.4)]; also προβεβλημένοι τοὺς θωρακοφόρους having them to cover one in front, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.24)]; π. τάφρον, ποταμόν, of a general, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.18.3, 2.5.5; π. τῆς.. στρατοπεδείας τεῖχος [prev. author] 1.48.10, etc.; πόλις -βεβλημένη ποταμόν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.2.17)]; π. τὰ θηρία πρὸ τῶν κεράτων, λογχοφόρους τῆς δυνάμεως, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.72.9, 3.113.6)]: absolutely, stand in front, πρὸ ἀμφοῖν προβεβλημένος standing so as to cover both, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.21, compare “Cyr.” 2.3.10: with _genitive_, τούτου προβέβληται Πολύευκτος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.139; προβάλλεσθαι ἢ ἐναντίον βλέπειν οὔτ᾽ οἶδεν οὔτ᾽ ἐθέλει [prev. author] 4.40)]; προαίρεσις τῆς πολιτείας προβεβλημένη a guarded policy, [Refs ([prev. author] 19.27)]; πρὸς ἅπαντας -βεβλημένος on one's guard against, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 9)]:—passive, ἱππῆς προβέβληνται πρὸ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρως [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 36.2; κράνη πρὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς π. [prev. work] 34.3.)]
B.III.2 metaphorically, put forward, τὴν ἀγαθὴν προβαλλόμενος ἐλπίδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.97; ταύτην τὴν συμμαχίαν [prev. work]195; τὴν Εὔβοιαν προβαλέσθαι πρὸ τῆς Ἀττικῆς [prev. work]301, compare 300, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.122; τι πρὸ τῆς αἰσχύνης 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.11.)]
B.III.2.b bring forward, cite on one's own part, in defence, τὸν Ὅμηρον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 201b; π. μάρτυρας 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.3, etc.)]; ὁ προβαλόμενος one who has brought evidence, Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.10)]; cite as an example, ἔθνος οὐδὲν ἔχομεν προβαλέσθαι σοφίης πέρι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.46)]; use as an excuse or pretext, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.87, etc.; τὸ εὐπρεπὲς ἄσπονδον προβέβληνται [prev. author] 1.37)]; π. σκῆψιν, πρόφασιν, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.56.7, 15.20.3.)]
B.IV in Attic dialect law, accuse a person by προβολή (see. προβολή see), present him as guilty of the offence, προὐβαλόμην ἀδικεῖν τοῦτον περὶ τὴν ἑορτήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.1 (compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus see at {προβαλλομένους}); π. τινά τι [prev. work] 28)]; τινα alone, [Refs ([prev. work] 175)]; ὁ προβαλλόμενος the prosecutor in a προβολή, [Refs ([prev. work] 179)]:—passive, to be accused or presented, προὐβλήθησαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.35)]: generally, attack, censure, τὸ ἔθος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.24, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.137; τοὺς ψευδομένους 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.8.7 (assuming variant), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 14)]; opposed to ἐπαινεῖν, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.18d.)]