- προχάνη
- προχάνηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `pretext' Call. Cer. 73, fr. 26).Other forms: Dor. -ᾱOrigin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Archaic or dialectal word, of unknown source. Acc. to Eust. 1109, 39 fom (a further unattested) προχαίνω, which is tranlated with προφασίζομαι; not convincing. After sch. on S. Ant. 80 however from προ-έχομαι `pretend', prob. correct. Basis *προ-οχάνη, with elision in the compound.Page in Frisk: 2,604
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.