πρόβλημα
problēmaNoun (Neuter)G8892
a riddle
Full Lexicon Entry
1.anything projecting, a headland, promontory, (Sophocles Tragicus)
2.anything put before one, a fence, barrier, screen, (Herdotus Historicus), attic; πρ. σώματος, of a shield, (Aeschulus Tragicus); *προβλήματα ἵππων χαλκᾶ *the brasen armour of horses, (Xenophon Historicus)
3.with genitive a defence against a thing, *πέτρων *(Aeschulus Tragicus); *χείματος *(Euripides); *κακῶν *(Aristophanes Comicus)
4.πρ. *φόβου ἢ αἰδοῦς ἔχειν *to have fear or shame as a defence, (Sophocles Tragicus)
5.anything put forward as an excuse or screen, (Demosthenes Orator); so, πρ. *λαβεῖν τινά *(as we say) to make a stalking horse of him, (Sophocles Tragicus)
6.that which is proposed, a task, business, (Euripides)
7.a problem in Geometry, (Plato Philosophus)
Grammar
Part of Speech Noun (Neuter)
Morphology G:N-N
DescriptionGreek Noun, Neuter
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