διατίθημι,
3rd.pers. plural imperfect διετίθουν [[ 4th c.BC: Antipho Tragicus 1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—arrange each in their several places, distribute, τὰ κρέα, in sacrificing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132; τὸ μὲν ἐπὶ δεξιά, τὸ δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερά [prev. author] 7.39; ᾗπερ οἱ θεοὶ διέθεσαν τὰ ὄντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.27; δ. οἶνον εἰς ὀστράκια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 594a11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II manage well or ill, usually with adverb, κράτιστα δ. τὰ τοῦ πολέμου [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.15; καλὸν πρᾶγμα κακῶς δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.88 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, δ. ἑωυτὸν ἀνηκέστως treat himself barbarously, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, οὐ ῥᾳδίως διετέθη he was not very gently handled, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.57 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπόρως διατεθέντας reduced to helplessness, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.23; ἀθλίως διατιθέμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 121b; σῶμα διατεθειμένῳ κακῶς 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 591. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 with accusative person, with adverbs, dispose one so or so, ὅταν οὕτω διαθῇς τοὺς Ἕλληνας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.80; οὕτω διαθεὶς.. τὰς πόλεις πρὸς ἀλλήλας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.168; δ. τινὰς ἀπίστως πρὸς ἡμᾶς αὐτούς [prev. author] 20.22; τὸν ἀκροατὴν δ. πως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1356a3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be disposed in a certain manner, πρός τινα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 151c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.14; οἰκειότερον διατεθῆναί τινι [prev. author] 12.160; τὸν εἰρημένον τρόπον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1302a35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐρωτικῶς δ., of animals, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 207c, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 1.15 (διάκειμαι is more usually as _passive_ in this sense). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]