(Phrygia,iv A.D.);part. τιθείς, but Ion. pl.τιθεῦντες v.l. in
Hdt. 2.91 :fut. θήσω, Ep.
inf.
θησέμεναι
Il. 12.35
, θησέμεν
Pi. P. 10.58
:aor.1 ἔθηκα, only used inindic., and mostly in sg., for though3 pl.is common, the 1 and2 pl.are rare, X. Mem. 4.2.15 , (ἀν-) Hyp. Eux. 9 ; evenἔθηκανis very rare in early Attic, ἀνέθηκαν
IG 2.1620d
, 22.2971 (bothiv B.C.), but is found in Plb. 8.4.4 , etc.; Ep.
3 pl.
θῆκαν
Il. 24.795
, etc.:aor. 2 ἔθην, not used inindic.sg., whereas pl. is very common,ἔθεμεν, ἔθετε, ἔθεσαν, Ep.
(Epid.,iv B.C.);πόδα τ.plantthe foot, i.e. walk, run, A. Eu. 294 , E. IT 32 : so in Med. ,τετράποδος βάσιν θηρὸς τιθέμενος, i.e. going on all fours, Id. Hec. 1059 (lyr.): the mode is expressed by Advbs. or Preps.,
a. with Advbs.,τ. τι πυρὸς ἐγγύς, ἀπάνευθε πυρός, Od. 14.518 , Il. 18.412 ; προπάροιθε ποδῶν
20.324
; χαμαὶ τ. τὸν πόδα
A. Ag. 906
;τὰ ἄνω κάτωandτὰ κάτω ἄνω τ. Hdt. 3.3 , cf. A. Eu. 651 , etc.: with Advbs. implying motion, ἄλλοσε θῆκε
Od. 23.184
, 204 ; ἔχεις . . ὅποι θήσεις
Pl. R. 479c
:— Med. , ὅποι . . τιθοῖτο
X. Mem. 3.8.10
.
b. with Preps. of local sense, θεῖσα στέφανον ἀμφὶ βοστρύχοις
(but Act. and Med. are sts. distd.,ὁ θείς the mortgagor,ὁ θέμενος the mortgagee, τοὺς θέντας ἡμᾶς ἢ καὶ τοὺς θεμένους ὑμᾶς
Pl. Lg. 820e
, cf. Hyp. Fr. 169 , D. 53.10 ;τίθεσθαιseems to have the same meaning asὑποτίθεσθαιin IG 22.43.41 , 2758.4 , 12(7).55.12 (Arcesine,iv/iii B.C.), but the two are distd. in Supp.Epigr. 3.760 (Euboea,iv B.C.)): metaph.,χάρινorχάριτα θέσθαι τινί deposit a claim forfavour with one,layan obligation on one, Hdt. 9.60 , 107 , cf. A. Pr. 783 , etc.
(so in Pass. ,τὰ τιθέμενα the prizes, D. 61.25 ); also with the object offered as the prize,τ. δέπας, βοῦν, σόλον, etc., Il. 23.656 , 750 , 826 , al., cf. Hdt. 1.144 , S. Aj. 573 :—this is more fully expressed byἐς μέσσον τ., Il. 23.704 : after Hom. more generally,lay beforepeople as common property, βούλομαι ὑμῖν εἰς τὸ μέσον αὐτὸ θεῖναι
Pl. Lg. 719a
; ἐς μέσον ἀρχὴν τιθεὶς ἰσονομίην ὑμῖν προαγορεύω
Hdt. 3.142
; so also τ. τι εἰς τὸ κοινὸν
X. Mem. 3.14.1
; reading and sense are doubtful in A. Ch. 145 .
2. set upin a temple,dedicate, ἀγάλματα
Od. 12.347
; τάσδε . . θεοῖς ἀσπίδας ἔθηκε
E. Ph. 576
; so perh. Il. 6.92 (v. supr. 1b ).
IV. assign, award, τιμήν τινι
Il. 24.57
; ὄνομά τινι
Pl. Sph. 244d
: esp. in Med. ,ὄνομα(orοὔνομα)θέσθαι τινί givea child a nameat one's own discretion, Od. 18.5 , 19.406 (in 19.403 with v.l. θείης ), Hdt. 1.107 , 113 , cf. E. Ph. 13 : ellipt., without ὄνομα, ᾧ δὴ ἀθροίς ματι ἄνθρωπόν τε τίθενται καὶ λίθον
V. τιθέναι νόμον downorgivea law, of a legislator, S. El. 580 , E. Alc. 57 , Ar. Ach. 532 , Pl. R. 339c , D. 24.99 , etc.:—so in Med. , of Solon, Hdt. 1.29 ; of a people, state, or legislature,give oneselfa law,makea law, Pl. R. 338e , Isoc. 3.6 , Arist. Pol. 1289a14 ( Pass. , τίθεται νόμος
Ar. Nu. 1425
, Pl. Lg. 705e , 744a ;τιμωρίαι . . ἐτέθησανib. 943d ); also θήσω θεσμόν
A. Eu. 484
; κήρυγμα θεῖναι
S. Ant. 8
;σκῆψιν τιθέναι allegean excuse, Id. El. 584 : c. acc. etinf.,order matters so that . ., [ ὁ Λυκοῦργος] ἔθηκε θύειν βασιλέα πρὸ τῆς πόλεως τὰ δημόσια ἅπαντα
ap. D.L. 1.78 ;τὸ κοινῶς φοβερὸν ἅπαντας εὖ θέσθαιthat all shouldfacethe common danger, Th. 4.61 ; of wars, quarrels, etc.,bringthemto a successful issue, but sts.put a good face onthem,patchthemup, ἕως ἂν τὸν πόλεμον εὖ θῶνται
2. in the game ofπεττεία, κυβεία, Lat.tesserae(cf. Ter. Adelph. 739 ),to place as skilfully as possiblethe pieces which have been assigned to one by the luck of the dice, πεττείᾳ τινὶ ἔοικεν ὁ βίος, καὶ δεῖ ὥσπερ ψῆφόν τινα τίθεσθαι τὸ συμβαῖνον
;τὰ δεσποτῶν γὰρ εὖ πεσόντα θήσομαιIwill take advantage ofmy master's good luck, A. Ag. 32 : many of the passages cited in A. v11 . I may be metaph. applications of this sense.
B. put in a certain stateorcondition, much the same asποιεῖν, ποιεῖσθαι, and so often to be rendered by ourmake:
I. folld. by an attributiveSubst.,makeone something, with the predicate in apposition,θεῖναί τινα αἰχμητήν, ἱέρειαν, μάντιν, etc., Il. 1.290 , 6.300 , Od. 15.253 , etc.; θ. τινὰ ἀρχέπολιν
Pi. P. 9.54
;θεῖναί τινα ἄλοχόν τινος makeher another's wife, of a third person who negotiates a marriage, Il. 19.298 (for Med. ,v.infr. 3 );ἥτε με τοῖον ἔθηκεν ὅπως ἐθέλειwhohas mademe such as she will, Od. 16.208 ;σῦς ἔθηκας ἑταίρους thou hast mademy comrades swine, 10.338 ; so [ νῆα] λᾶαν ἔθηκε
3. freq. in Med. ,γυναῖκαorἄκοιτιν θέσθαι τινά makeherone'swife, Od. 21.72 , 316 , B. 5.169 ;παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν θ.takeher own son as husband, A. Th. 929 (lyr.).
b. υἱὸν θέσθαι τινά, like ποιεῖσθαι ,make one'sson,adopt, Pl. Lg. 929c , etc.: abs.,θέσθαι τινά adopt, Plu. Aem. 5 .
4. c.inf.,makeone do so and so,τιθέναι τινὰ νικᾶσαι makehim conquer, Pi. N. 10.48 (dub.); μετατραπεῖν
Id. Fr. 177
; τὸν πάθει μάθος θέντα κυρίως ἔχειν
A. Ag. 178
(lyr.), cf. 1036 , 1174 (lyr.), E. Med. 718 , Heracl. 990 , etc.
II. in reference to mental action, when Med. is more freq. than Act. ,lay down. assume, hold, reckonorregard as . .,τί δ' ἐλέγχεα ταῦτα τίθεσθε; Od. 21.333 ; δαιμόνιον αὐτὸ τίθημ' ἐγώ
S. El. 1270
(lyr.); τοιοῦτον θέντες τὸν δίκαιον
Pl. R. 361b
, cf. 430b ( Med. );θὲς δή μοι . .nowsupposeso and so, Id. Tht. 191c ; εὐεργέτημά τι θεῖναι
D. 1.10
; with ὡς, θέντες ὡς ὑπάρχον εἶναι ὃ βούλονται
Pl. R. 458a
, cf. Phd. 100a ; μὴ τοῦτο ὡς ἀδίκημα θῇς
D. 18.193
.
2. folld. by Advbs.,ποῦ χρὴ τίθεσθαι ταῦτα; in what light must weregardthese things? S. Ph. 451 ;οὐδαμοῦ τιθέναι τι holdof no account, E. Andr. 210 ;πρόσθενorἐπίπροσθέν τινος τιθέναι τι, Id. Hec. 129 (anap.), Supp. 515 ;πόρρω τίθεσθαί τί τινων setfar below . . , D. 18.299 .
3. folld. by Preps., τ. τινὰ ἐν φιλοσόφοις
Pl. R. 475d
; ἐν τοῖς φίλοις
X. Mem. 2.4.4
; alsoεἰς ὁποτέραν(of two classes) Pl. Sph. 264c ;εἰς τὸν δῆμον, εἰς τοὺς πλουσίους, X. Mem. 4.2.39 ; also οὐκ ἐν λόγῳ τίθεσθαί τινα
Tyrt. 12.1
; ἐν τιμῇ τίθεσθαί τινα
Hdt. 3.3
; ἐν αἰτίῃ τιθέναι τινά
Id. 8.99
;ἐν οἰωνῷ τινι τοῦ μέλλοντος, ἐν ἐπαίνῳ, ἐν γέλωτι τίθεσθαι, Plu. Alex. 31 , Cat.Ma. 20 , TG 17 ;θέσθαι παρ' οὐδέν setat naught, A. Ag. 230 (lyr.), E. IT 732 , cf. Pl. Phdr. 252a (but ἐν οὐδενί
BGU 1816.23
(i B.C.), Supp.Epigr. 7.1.6 (Susa,i A.D., Epist.Artabani)); ἐν παρέργῳ θοῦ με
4. c. partit. gen.,ἐμὲ θὲς τῶν πεπεις μένων putmedown as one ofthe convinced, Pl. R. 424c , cf. 376e , 437b ;τῆς ἡμετέρας ἀμελείας ἄν τις θείη might reckonit as due to our carelessness, D. 1.10 .
5. c.inf.,οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτονIholdnot that he lives,counthim not as living, S. Ant. 1166 : so in Med. , Pl. Phd. 93c , D. 25.43 , 44 : rarely c.part.,θήσω ἀδικοῦντα [αὐτόν] Id. 23.76 , cf. Pl. Prt. 343e , Ap. 27c .
