προφορά

A. pronunciation, utterance, D.H. Dem. 22, Ph. 1.50; λέξις καὶ π. Plu. 2.41a; π. καὶ γραφῇ Phld. Rh. 1.159S.; τῶν φωνῶν, τοῦ λόγου, S.E. P. 1.15,203; ῥημάτων Hdn. 1.8.6; ὁ κατὰ προφορὰν λόγος, ἐν προφορᾷ λόγος,= ὁ προφορικὸς λ., Ph. 1.232, Plu. 2.777b.

II. 'procession', going forth, Plot. 2.9.1; π. καὶ ἐνέργεια Id. 4.3.2.

III. front end of a battering-ram, Ath.Mech. 25.3.

IV. public reproach, rebuke, Plb. 9.33.12.

V. decision of a court, CPR 18.40 (ii A.D.).