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προβολή, a putting forward

προβολ-ή, ἡ, (προβάλλω)
  • putting forward, esp. of a weapon for defence, τὰ δόρατα εἰς προβολὴν καθιέναι to bring the spears to the rest, couch them, X. An. 6.5.25 (nisi leg. προσβολήν) ; [τὰ δόρατα] ἀποτεῖναι ἐς π. Arr. An. 1.6.2; κοντοὺς ὀρθοὺς ὡς ἐς π. φέροντες Id. Tact. 43.2; ἵστανται ἐς π. ib. 36.3; ἐν προβολᾷ θεμένα ξίφος bringing it to the guard, AP 7.433 (Tymn.); ὁπλίτας ἑστῶτας ἐν π. standing with spear in rest, Plu. Caes. 44, cf. Plb. 2.65.11; ὑπελθεῖν τὴν π. τοῦ πολεμίου get under his guard, D.H. 3.19; of a pugilist, δοχμὸς ἀπὸ π. κλινθείς Theoc. 22.120; παγκρατίου προβολὰν διδάξαι IG 42(1).122.53 (Epid., iv B.C.), cf. 7.2470.3 (Thebes, iv/iii B.C.); Carneades προβολὴν pugilis . . similem facit ἐποχῇ Cic. Att. 13.21.3; ἀνέχοντες ἐν π. τὰς χεῖρας, of long-distance runners, Philostr. Gym. 32; ἡ π. τῶν χειρῶν, of boxers, ib. 34; αἱ π. τοῦ σώματος X. Cyn. 10.22; ἡ τῆς φάλαγγος π. the phalanx with its pikes couched, Plb. 18.30.1; αἱ τῶν θυρεῶν π. Id. 1.22.10, cf. Arr. Tact. 37.5; of the legs, putting foremost, Arist. IA 706a6.
      • 2 putting forth, βλαστοῦ Gp. 5.25.1.
      • 3 putting forward of a plea or case, Hermog. Stat. 4, al.
    • II projection, prominence, ἡ π. τοῦ χείλεος Hp. Art. 8, etc.; τῆς κεφαλῆς a prominence of the skull, Id. VC 1; τῆς γλώσσης Aret. SA 1.7; π. ἀπὸ τοῦ χείλεος, of an elephantʼs trunk, Id. SD 2.13, cf. Ael. NA 5.41.
      • 2 jutting rock, foreland, or tongue of land, S. Ph. 1455 (anap., prob. for προβλής) ἐπὶ προβολῇσι θαλάσσης Q.S. 9.378, cf. D.P. 1013, Plb. 1.53.10; Νειλορύτου δῶρον ἀπὸ π., i.e. from the Delta of the Nile, AP 9.350 (Leon. Alex.); also the spur of a hill, Plu. Crass. 22.
      • 3 head of a spear or κέστρος II, Plb. 18.29.3, 27.11.2.
      • 4 projecting bridge, Id. 3.46.4.
      • 5 projection of a weapon from the soldierʼs body, Ael. Tact. 14.3.
      • 6 advanced body of cavalry, Arr. Tact. 40.2, al.
      • 7 rope for lowering buckets, PFlor. 153 (iii A.D.), etc.
    • III thing held before one as a defence, screen, bulwark, π. μεγάλη τῆς χώρας X. Mem. 3.5.27; of the eyebrows, Id. Cyn. 5.26; τοῦ ὄμματος Arist. GA 780b23; ὅπως ᾖ π. τοῖς . . σπλάγχνοις [τὸ νῶτον] Id. PA 672a17: c. gen. objecti, defence against . ., δείματος π. καὶ βελέων S. Aj. 1212 (lyr.); θανάτου E. Or. 1488 (lyr.); καυμάτων Pl. Ti. 74b; τοῦ ἡλίου, τῶν ἀνέμων, τοῦ ψύχους, Thphr. CP 2.7.4, 3.10.4, 5.13.3; πρὸς τοὺς χειμῶνας ib. 3.7.2.
      • 2 protection, τὰ προβολῆς ἕνεκα εἰργασμένα Pl. Plt. 288b; π. ἔχειν, of plants, Thphr. CP 3.20.5; προβεβλημένοι τὴν γαμικὴν π. Dam. Isid. 160.
      • 3 front of a horseʼs hoof, Hippiatr. 123.
    • IV proposal of a personʼs name for election, Pl. Lg. 765b, SIG 976.10 (Samos, ii B.C.), CPR 20.8 (iii A.D.), Cod.Just. 10.11.8.4, al., Ps.-Ptol. Centil. 83.
    • V as law-term, a form of public process by presentation of a case to the assembly, D. 21.193: pl., ib. 11, Lex ib. 8, 10; τῶν συκοφαντῶν π. ἐποιησάμεθα Aeschin. 2.145, cf. X. HG 1.7.35, Isoc. 15.314, Arist. Ath. 43.5, 59.2, Harp. s.v. καταχειροτονία.
    • VI advance, loan, PSI 6.666.10 (iii B.C.); π. εἰς τὸ ζῆν financial provision, means of livelihood, gloss on ἀφορμή, Sch. E. Med. 342.

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