ἀπόθεσις, εως, ἡ,
(ἀποτίθημι) laying up in store, σκευῶν[[ “SIG” 1106.107 (from Cos)] Refs]; εἰς ἀ. γενέσθαι to be stored up, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 844d; γάλα χρήσιμον εἰς ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 522a26] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. τῆς τροφῆς, of bees,[[ 622b26; τὴν ἀ. τῆς θήρας ποιεῖσθαι 623a12] Refs]; preserving, of fish, [[ 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.23. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__2 the final movement in setting a dislocated or fractured limb, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).332, +others, 6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]in Hp.Fract.[[ 12.273] Refs] C.; falsa lectio in [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 19. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 κατ᾽ ἀπόθεσιν, of internal abscesses, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).103. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II putting aside, making away with, getting rid of, ῥύπου[[ NT.1Pet.3.21, compare 2.1.14. ] NT]
__II.2 exposure of children, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1335b19; compare ἀποτίθημι 11.7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 resignation of an office, [[ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.3, compare “SIG” 900.16(4th c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.4 ἀ. κώλου, περιόδου, close or cadence of a phrase, [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 19, cf. Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 176] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in metres, ={κατάληξις}, [[ 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 4 at Title Page ] Refs 7th c.AD+]