anything put before one as a defence, bulwark, barrier,
προβλήματα ἀντ' ἀσπίδων ἐποιεῦντο γεράνων δοράσHdt.7.70, cf.4.175; τῶν ..π. τὰ μὲν πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον ὁπλίσματα, τὰ δὲ φράγματαPl.Plt. 279d sq., cf. Sph.261a; σώματος π., of a shield, A.Th.540; νεῶν προβλήματα, of a wall, E.Rh.213; χαλκᾶ προβλήματα the brazen
armour
of horses, X.Cyr.6.1.51. 2. c.gen. objecti,
defence against
a thing, αἰχμῆς καὶ πέτρωνA.Th.676; χείματος προβλήματαE.Supp. 208; π. χειμώνωνPl.Ti.74b; π. κακῶνAr.V.615; κρύους π. ποιοῦνται τὴν ἐσθῆταPlu.2.691d; but, 3.μηδὲν φόβου π. μηδ' αἰδοῦς ἔχειν to have neither fear nor reverence
as a defence,
S.Aj.1076; τὸν ποταμὸν π. λαβεῖν, ποιήσασθαι,Plb.2.66.1, 3.14.5. III.
anything put forward as an excuse,
π. τοῦ τρόπουD.45.69; λαβὼν π. σαυτοῦ παῖδα making a
screen
of him, S.Ph.1008. IV.
task. business,
E.El.985, Gal.11.250. 2.
problem
in Geometry, etc., Pl.R.530b, Tht.180csq., Plu.Marc.14, 19, etc.; φυσικὰ π.Epicur.Ep.2p.36U.; οἱ κατὰ πρόβλημα λόγοι (opp. τὰ ἐν τῷ βίῳ) theoretical, Phld.Lib.p.59 O. 3. in the Logic of Arist.,
question as to whether a statement is so or not,
Arist.Top.101b28, cf. 104b1: τὰ π. title of work by Arist., cf. Mete.363a24, PA676a18, GA747b5, cf. προβληματικός; also of the extant work wrongly ascribed to Arist.4. practical or theoretical