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[161] πρόφρασσα. A feminine form of adjective following the meaning and usage of “πρόφρων”. It is probable that πρόφρασσα stands for προ-φρα-τια, where “φρα” is the weak form of the root, in which “α” represents the sonant nasal. The strong forms of the root are “φρεν, φρον”, the weak “φρα”, or “φραν”. Other instances in Homer of adjectives used only in the fem. gender, are, e. g. “ἀμφιέλισσαι”, and “μέτασσαι” Od.9. 221.πρόφρασσα is used as a synonym of “ἐθέλουσα” in Il.10. 290“ὅτε οἱ πρόφρασσα παρέστης”,

“ὣς νῦν μοι ἐθέλουσα παρίστασο”.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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