出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2013/08/23 20:11 UTC 版)
Ancient Greek πρόφασις (prophasis, “pretense, pretext, excuse”), first popularized by Thucydides, who attempted to discern Athens' alethestate prophasis, or "truest reason" for waging war on Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.
「prophases」は名詞「prophase」の複数形です