προβάλλω
Pronunciation: /pro.bál.lɔː/
“προβάλλω” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 20 meanings in English:
verb
- to throw or lay before, throw to
- to put forward as a defense
- to put forward, begin
- to put forward as an argument or plea
- to put forward or propose for an office
- to propose a question, task, problem, riddle
- to put forth beyond
- to expose, give up
- to send forth, emit
- to fall forward
- to throw or toss before one, to throw away, expose
- to lay before or first
- to set before oneself, propose to oneself
- to put forward, propose for election
- to throw beyond, beat in throwing; to surpass, excel
- to hold before oneself so as to protect
- to put forward
- to bring forward or cite on one's own part, in defense
- to put before
- to accuse a person before the Ecclesia by the process called προβολή (probolḗ), literally to present him as guilty of the offense
Etymology
From προ- (pro-, “before”) + βάλλω (bállō, “throw, cast”).
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