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προβάλλω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From προ- (pro-, before) +‎ βάλλω (bállō, throw, cast).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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προβᾰ́λλω (probállō)

  1. (active voice)
    1. to throw or lay before, throw to
    2. to put forward as a defense
      1. to put forward, begin
      2. to put forward as an argument or plea
      3. to put forward or propose for an office
      4. to propose a question, task, problem, riddle
      5. to put forth beyond
    3. to expose, give up
    4. to send forth, emit
    5. (intransitive) to fall forward
      • Scholium on Aristophanes' Birds 487
  2. (medium and perfect passive)
    1. to throw or toss before one, to throw away, expose
      1. to lay before or first
      2. to set before oneself, propose to oneself
      3. to put forward, propose for election
    2. to throw beyond, beat in throwing; to surpass, excel
    3. to hold before oneself so as to protect
      • Tyrtaeus 12.3
      1. (figurative) to put forward
        1. to bring forward or cite on one's own part, in defense
      2. to put before
        • The Histories, 3.72,9
    4. (Attic law) to accuse a person before the Ecclesia by the process called προβολή (probolḗ), literally to present him as guilty of the offense

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ancient Greek προβάλλω (probállō), with learned semantic loan from French projeter and English project.[1] By surface analysis, προ- (pro-) +‎ βάλλω (vállo).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈva.lo/
  • Hyphenation: προ‧βάλ‧λω

Verb

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προβάλλω (provállo) (imperfect προέβαλλα/πρόβαλλα, past προέβαλα/πρόβαλα, passive προβάλλομαι, p‑past προβλήθηκα, ppp προβεβλημένος)

  1. (intransitive) to present itself
    Synonym: παρουσιάζομαι (parousiázomai)
  2. (transitive) to project (to cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth)
  3. (transitive) to promote (to attempt to popularize)
  4. (transitive) to put forward, to present, to raise (:argument, objection, etc.)
  5. (transitive, geometry) to project
  6. (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) to project (to assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ προβάλλω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language