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τίθημι [τῐ],
2nd pers. singular τιθεῖς [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.11, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 992 codex B (τιθείς LA recentia), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 545 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] codices Lp (-θείς P, τίθης l), Alc. [[ 890 codices pler., corrupted to τιθείς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 376e 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.22.76, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 301e (ἐπι-), 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 46.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (προσ-); ἐν-τιθεῖς (variant{-εὶς}) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 717; περι-τιθεῖς “BGU” 1141.19 (1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τίθης is found in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” [prev. cited] codices A,D, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus [prev. cited] codex A, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 27.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (προσ-), etc., and is taught by [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.328 H.] Refs 4th c.AD+]; Epic dialect τίθησθα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.404, 24.476 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], and so in Aeolic dialect, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 4.27 (τίθεισθα 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular τίθησι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.83, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+], and Attic dialect; Doric dialect τίθητι [[ “SIG” 331.13 (Megara, 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.48 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural τιθέασι [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.96, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 128 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect τιθεῖσι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.262, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 597, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91 (also 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 466 (Lyric poetry))] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect τίθεισι (προ-) [[ “Schwyzer” 631 A 2 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Doric dialect τίθεντι [[ “IG” 12(3).103.10 (from Nisvrus)] Refs]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. singular τιθεῖ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.732, 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 1.6, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.113, also 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, “SIG” 559.16 (Megalopolis, 3rd c.BC) (τιθῶ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ocyp.” 43, 81, διατιθῶ cited by 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 290.6)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ἐτίθην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 500b; ἐτίθεις [prev. author] “R.” 528d, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 59 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (ἐν-), etc.; ἐτίθει [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.541, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 532, “Nu.” 63 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (προσ-), etc., Epic dialect τίθει [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.441, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural τίθεσαν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.456; τίθεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.65; πρό-τιθεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.112 (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus); late ἐτίθουν NT.Act.4.35 ] NT+8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect imperfect τίθεσκον [[Hes “fragment” 112] Refs]; ἐτίθεα (ὑπερ-) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155: _imperative_ τίθει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.509, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive τιθέναι, not in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect τιθήμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.83; τιθέμεν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 744, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.40; τιθεῖν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 286, “IG” 12(9).189.5 (from Eretria)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; written τιθῖν [[ “Byzantion” 8.50 (Phrygia, 4th c.AD)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; participle τιθείς, but Ionic dialect plural τιθεῦντες variant in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]future θήσω, Epic dialect infinitive θησέμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.35, θησέμεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.58: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἔθηκα, only used in indicative, and mostly in singular, for though 3rd.pers. plural is common, the [[ 1 ] Refs] and 2nd pers. plural are rare, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.15, (ἀν-) 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; even ἔθηκαν is very rare in early Attic, ἀνέθηκαν [[ “IG” 2.1620d, 22.2971 (both 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+], but is found in [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.4.4, etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural θῆκαν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.795, etc.: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἔθην, not used in indicative singular, whereas plural is very common, ἔθεμεν, ἔθετε, ἔθεσαν, Epic dialect θέσαν [[ 12.29, etc.; _imperative_ θές 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 185, etc.; _Laconian dialect_ _3rd.pers._ _sing._ σέτω [prev. work] 1081 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; subjunctive θῶ, Aeolic dialect and Ionic dialect θέω [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 12, (προσ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108 ] Refs 7th c.BC+], Epic dialect θείω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.83, +others (for *θή-ω); _Epic dialect_ 2 and _3rd.pers._ _sing._ θήῃς, θήῃ, 6.432, 16.96, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.301, 341 (sometimes with the _optative_ forms θείης, θείη as variant); _Epic dialect_ _1st pers._ _plural_ θέωμεν (_disyllable_) 24.485, θείομεν (for *θήο-μεν, short-vowel subjunctive) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.244, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.364 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative θείην, 1st pers. plural θεῖμεν [[ 12.347, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 343e (θείημεν codices BT), προσ-θεῖμεν [prev. author] “R.” 370d, and κατα-θεῖτε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural θεῖεν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 865 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive θεῖναι, Epic dialect θέμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.285, θέμεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.3, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 61, 67 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect θέμειν [[ “IG” 12(1).677.13 (Rhodes, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; participle θείς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.254, etc.: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect τέθηκα Attic dialect Inscrr., [[ “IG” 22.2490.7 (4th c.BC), (ἀνα-) [prev. work]839.38, 1299.44, 1534.76, also at Delos, [prev. work]11(2).161 A 6 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+], etc., and in Papyri, [[ “POxy.” 1087.42 (1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; τέθεικα [[ “PCair.Zen.” 324 (3rd c.BC), (ὑπο-) “PPetr.” 3p.53 (3rd c.BC), (ἐκ-) “UPZ” 62.4 (2nd c.BC), (ἀνα-) “IG” 22.1011.71,80 (2nd c.BC), (προσ-) 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.23 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; hence some editors restore τέθηκα for τέθεικα in Attic authors, as [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.55, 22.16, 27.36, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 15.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Phocian 3rd.pers. plural ἀνα-τεθέκαντι [[ “BCH” 59.202 (from Daulis):] Refs] —middle τίθεμαι, 2nd pers. singular τίθεσαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 202c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίθη or τίθῃ uncertain in [[ “PTeb.” 768.9 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; as passive, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 11.300 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); _imperative_ τίθεσο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1039, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 237b, τίθου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 226, _Doric dialect_ τίθευσο conjecture in “Anthologia Graeca” 9.564 (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus, τιθεύσω codex, τίθεσσο Plan., compare ἀφίκευσο)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect participle τιθήμενος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.34 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future θήσομαι [[ 24.402, etc.: ] Refs]aorist 1 ἒθηκάμην, only in indicative and participle, and never in Attic dialect; 2nd pers. singular ἐθήκαο [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.18 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular θήκατο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.31, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 128 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle θηκάμενος [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1150, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.29 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἐθέμην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.750, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect and Lyric poetry 3rd.pers. singular θέτο [[ 10.149, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.89; _imperative_ θέο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.333, θοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 466 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive θῶμαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 486, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 2nd pers. singular θῆαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.403; _optative_ θείμην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 188, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular θεῖτο [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.225, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 527 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 195c, etc. (πρόσ-θοιτο, -θοισθε, ἔν-θοιτο] Refs 8th c.BC+] are found in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.6, 21.188, 34.17, but προσ-θεῖτο [prev. author] 6.12 codices ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπιθοίμεθα, -θοιντο, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34, 11; compare τιθοῖτο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.10)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect (see. below):—passive τίθεμαι [[ “SIG” 57.25 (Milet., 5th c.BC), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 705e, 744a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future τεθήσομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1268, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 730b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐτέθην [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1245, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.28, etc. (ἐθέθην “IG” 14.862 (Cumae, 6th c.BC)): ] Refs 6th c.BC+]perfect τέθειμαι, rare in early Gr., [[ LXX.1Ki.9.24, NT.Mark.15.47, (προσ-) 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 853a35 ] LXX+NT+4th c.BC+]; infinitive τεθεῖσθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 327 codices (but _falsa lectio_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle τεθειμένος [[ 4th c.BC: Demades Orator 12, (προ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 9.11, (δια-) 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 591 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also used in middle sense, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.49, “SIG” 705.17 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1735.11 (1st c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 9, (ἐν-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.16, (προ-) “Supp.epigram” 7.62.6 (Seleucia Pieria, 2nd c.BC), (συν-) “OGI” 229.62 (Smyrna, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπεκ-τεθημένος (sic) [[ “BCH” 54.269 (Rhamnus, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀνα-τέθηται (passive sense) [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.81 K.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; Phocian perfect participle (middle sense) ἀνα-τεθεμένος [[ “BCH” 59.202 (from Daulis)] Refs]:— the passive never occurs in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, and is generally rare, κεῖμαι being used instead. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __A in local sense, set, put, place, λίθον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.405, compare “IG” 12.373.10, +others; θεμείλια 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.29 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέρματα τ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.193 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλισίην, θρόνον τ. τινί, set a stool or chair for him, [[ 4.123, 8.65 (so in _middle_, ] Refs]set for oneself, δίφρον [[ 20.387); ἐκελήσατο θέμεν τὰν κλίναν, ἐφ᾽ ἇς τὰν Σωστράταν ἔφερον ] Refs]lay down, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 42(1).122.31 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πόδα τ. plant the foot, i.e. walk, run, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 294, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 32: so in ] Refs 5th c.BC+]middle, τετράποδος βάσιν θηρὸς τιθέμενος, i.e. going on all fours, [[ [prev. author] “Hec.” 1059 (Lyric poetry): the mode is expressed by _adverbs_ or Preps., ] Refs]
__A.a with adverbs, τ. τι πυρὸς ἐγγύς, ἀπάνευθε πυρός, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.518, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.412; προπάροιθε ποδῶν 20.324; χαμαὶ τ. τὸν πόδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 906 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ ἄνω κάτω and τὰ κάτω ἄνω τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.3, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 651, etc.: with _adverbs_ implying motion, ἄλλοσε θῆκε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.184, 204; ἔχεις.. ὅποι θήσεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 479c ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, ὅποι.. τιθοῖτο [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.b with Preps. of local sense, θεῖσα στέφανον ἀμφὶ βοστρύχοις [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1160 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (middle, ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοισι τιθήμενον ἔντεα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.34)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνά τινι or τι, as ἂμ βωμοῖσι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.441; ἀνὰ μυρίκην 10.466 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπί τινος, τινι, or τι, as εἵματα ἐπ᾽ ἀπήνης [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.252, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.223, etc.; ἐπὶ κρατὶ κυνέην 15.480; πέπλον Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασι 6.92 (see. below 111.2)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ [θρόνον τὰ ἱμάτια] [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 483, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἀρχὴν (i.e. τοῦ ἐπιδέσμου) κατὰ μεσοφρύου, ἐπὶ ἰνίον, etc., [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 1, 2, +others] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὑπό τινι or τι, as δέμνι᾽ ὑπ᾽ αἰθούσῃ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.644; ἀμβροσίην ὑπὸ ῥῖνά τινι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.445: most frequently with the Preps. ἐν or εἰς] Refs 8th c.BC+], put in or put into.. , as θῆκεν ἐν ἀκμοθέτῳ ἄκμονα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.476; τόξα ἐν πυρί 5.215; ἐν κίστῃ ἐδωδήν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.76 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν λεχέεσσι θ. [τινά] [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.352 (so in _middle_, ἐς δίφρον ἄρνας θέτο] Refs 8th c.BC+] put into the car,[[ 3.310; ὁ θεὸς ἔθετο τὰ μέλη ἐν τῷ σώματι NT.1Cor.12.18)] NT]; ἐς λάρνακα, ἐς κάπετον, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.795, 797; ἐς ταφάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1110 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (middle, ἐν τάφοισι θέσθε [[ [prev. author] “OC” 1410), compare “Ant.” 504, “Tr.” 1254. ] Refs]
__A.c in Poets also with dative only, χρήματα μυχῷ ἄντρου [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.364 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (so in middle, κολεῷ ἄορ θέο [[ 10.333), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 691, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1064.--The same constructions will be found under many of the following heads. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.1 θεῖναί τινί τι ἐν χερσίν, ἐν χειρί, put it in his hands, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.441, 585, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν χερσί or χείρεσσί τινος [[ 6.482, 23.597; οἶνον Ὀδυσσῆϊ ἐν χείρεσσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.448 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς χεῖρά τινος into his hand, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 751. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.2 of women, θέσθαι παῖδα, υἱὸν ὑπὸ ζώνῃ, to have a child put under her girdle, i.e. to conceive, [[ “hymnus ad Venerem” 255, 282. ] Refs]
__A.II.3 ἐν ὄμμασι θέσθαι set before one's eyes, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.43. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.4 set a plant, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.7, 9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.4.b lay a mosaic, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 665.10, 15 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.II.5 θέσθαι τὴν ψῆφον lay one's voting-pebble on the altar, put it into the urn, ἐς τεῦχος οὐ διχορρόπως ψήφους ἔθεντο [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 816 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence simply, give one's vote, ἐπὶ φόνῳ for death, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 756 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑωυτῷ in one's own favour, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.123; σὺν τῷ νόμῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὔφρονα, δικαίαν τὴν ψῆφον τ., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 640 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 128, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; and in passive, ἔστω δὴ φανερὰ ἡ ψῆφος τιθεμένη [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 855d: also γνώμην θέσθαι] Refs 5th c.BC+], with infinitive, give one's opinion, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.82; περὶ ἡμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.21: τίθεσθαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] absolutely, vote, γνώμῃ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1448 codices (_anapaest meter_, γνώμην Lambinus), 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.29; μετά τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 644 (Lyric poetry); ἐναντία τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 58b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.37 codices, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Declamationes” 1.65. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.II.6 in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, θεῖναί τινί τι ἐν στήθεσσι, ἐν φρεσί] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc., put or plant it in his heart, ἐν στήθεσσι τιθεῖ νόον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.732 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βουλὴν ἐν στήθεσσι τ[[. 17.470; ἔπος ἐν φρεσί 19.121, +others; also μένος δέ οἱ ἐν φρεσὶ θῆκε 21.145:] Refs] —middle, ἄγριον ἐν στήθεσσι θέτο θυμόν laid up wrath in his heart, treasured it there,[[ 9.629; ἐν φρεσὶ θέσθε αἰδῶ καὶ νέμεσιν 13.121 ] Refs]; τοῖσιν κότον αἰνὸν ἔθεσθε harboured enmity against them,[[ 8.449; καθαρὸν θέμενος νόον 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 89; θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 164 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θέσθαι, with infinitive, bear in mind, think of doing a thing, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.729; θ. [τι] ἐν καρδίᾳ NT.Luke.1.66. ] NT+8th c.BC+]
__A.II.7 deposit, as in a bank, τὰ πρυτανεῖα πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας [[ “IG” 12.22.33; θεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τὰς τετταράκοντα μνᾶς 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 5; ἐνέχυρον τιθέναι τι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 451, compare “Ec.” 755, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.11, “PEnteux.” 32.7 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.:—middle, τὰ ἡμίσεα τῆς οὐσίης θέσθαι παρά τινα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86.ά, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.207; τὴν τιμὴν θήσονται ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν, ἕως.. “PCair.Zen.” 723.11 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐγγύην θέσθαι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 898; συνθήκας παρά τινι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 23 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, τὰ ληφθέντα καὶ τὰ τεθεντα [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.5 (but ] Refs 4th c.BC+]active and middle are sometimes distinguished, ὁ θείς the mortgagor, ὁ θέμενος the mortgagee, τοὺς θέντας ἡμᾶς ἢ καὶ τοὺς θεμένους ὑμᾶς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 820e, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 169, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίθεσθαι seems to have the same meaning as ὑποτίθεσθαι in [[ “IG” 22.43.41, 2758.4, 12(7).55.12 (Arcesine, 4th-3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+], but the two are distinguished in [[ “Supp.epigram” 3.760 (Euboea, 4th c.BC)): _metaphorically_, χάριν or χάριτα θέσθαι τινί] Refs 4th c.BC+] deposit a claim for favour with one, lay an obligation on one, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60, 107, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 783, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.8 pay down, pay, τόκον, εἰσφοράν, μετοίκιον, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.9, 22.43, 29.3; τὸ γιγνόμενον [prev. author] 18.104; τὸν πριάμενον ἑκατοστὴν τιθέναι τῆς τιμῆς 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 97.1; τὴν τιμήν “PRev.Laws” 18.13 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ μέρη [[ “PCair.Zen.” 218.33 (3rd c.BC); [τὰς δραχμὰς] εἰς ἀνήλωμα τοῦ πλοίου [prev. work] 753.64 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—middle, θέμενος ἀρραβῶνα [[ “PFlor.” 303.3 (6th c.AD). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__A.II.9 put down in writing, θοῦ δ᾽ ἐν φρενῶν δέλτοισι τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 597 (conjecture Nauck)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὰ ἐν γράμμασι τεθέντα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 793b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.9.b place to account, reckon, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.34,36, 28.13; θήσω εἰς δύο παῖδας χιλίας δραχμὰς ἑκάστου ἐνιαυτοῦ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.28, compare [prev. work] 21] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—metaphorically in middle, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀκριβῶς αὐτὸ θήσομαι λίαν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 532 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἀγαθὰ ἐς ἀμφίβολον ἀσφαλῶς ἔθεντο reckoned as doubtful, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.10 in military language, τίθεσθαι or θέσθαι τὰ ὅπλα has four senses,
__A.II.10.a rest arms, i.e. halt, with arms in an easy position but ready for action, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.44, 93, 7.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θέμενοι ἐς τὴν ἀγορὰν τὰ ὅπλα advancing to the market-place and resting arms there, [[ [prev. author] 2.2, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.52, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.14, 17, 1.6.4, etc.; εἰς τάξιν τὰ ὅπλα τ. [prev. work] 2.2.21, 5.4.11; so ἐν τάξει [prev. work] 2.2.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀντία τισί over against them, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.74 (in 1.62 ἀντία ἔθεντο τὰ ὅπλα over against it (the temple))] Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry, πάτρας ἕνεκα εἰς δῆριν ἔθεντο ὅπλα Inscription cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.289. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.II.10.b bear arms, fight, τὸ θυμοειδὲς.. ἐν τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς στάσει τίθεσθαι τὰ ὅπλα πρὸς τὸ λογιστικόν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 440e; τοῦ δήμου.. παρακαλοῦντος τοὺς στρατιώτας τίθεσθαι πρὸς τὴν πόλιν “IG” 22.666.10; ὃς ἂν μὴ θῆται τὰ ὅπλα μηδὲ μεθ᾽ ἑτέρων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 8.5, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.14, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.145 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ὁπόσοιπερ ἂν ὅπλα ἱππικὰ ἢ πεζικὰ τιθῶνται who serve on horseback or on foot, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 753b, compare 756a; ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τὰ ὅπλα θέσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.10.c lay down one's arms, surrender, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.31, 45 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; so, without the idea of surrender, θέσθαι τὰς ἀσπίδας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but active, τὰ ὅπλα θείς [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.759a). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__A.II.10.d τὰ ὅπλα εὖ τίθεσθε keep your arms in good order, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.3; εὖ ἀσπίδα θέσθω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.382. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II lay in the grave, bury, ἐμὰ σῶν ἀπάνευθε τιθήμεναι ὀστέα [[ 23.83 (frequently with words added, ἐν τάφοισι, ἐς ταφάς, etc., see above 1 b)] Refs]; ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονό; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1006 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ φασι.. τεθῆναι.. ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 242c, “Lg.” 947e; ἄλλῳ δὲ μηδενὶ ἐξεῖναι ἐν τῷ πυργίσκῳ τεθῆναι μετὰ τὸ ἐνταφῆναι αὐτήν· ἐπεὶ ὁ θείς τινα ἀσεβὴς ἔστω θεοῖς καταχθονίοις “TAM” 2(1).51 (from Telmessus), compare 55, +others, “AJP” 48.30 (from Apamea), “Supp.epigram” 6.221 (from Phrygia), etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.12 τιθέναι τὰ γόνατα kneel down, [[NT.Mark.15.19, NT.Luke.22.41, +others ] NT]
__A.III set up, of the prizes in games, ἄεθλα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.263, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀέθλιον[[ [prev. work] 748; νικητήρια 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 537 (so in _passive_, τὰ τιθέμενα] Refs 5th c.BC+] the prizes, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.25)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also with the object offered as the prize, τ. δέπας, βοῦν, σόλον, etc., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.656, 750, 826, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.144, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 573:—this is more fully expressed by ἐς μέσσον τ., 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.704: after 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] more generally, lay before people as common property, βούλομαι ὑμῖν εἰς τὸ μέσον αὐτὸ θεῖναι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 719a; ἐς μέσον ἀρχὴν τιθεὶς ἰσονομίην ὑμῖν προαγορεύω 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142; so also τ. τι εἰς τὸ κοινὸν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.14.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; reading and sense are doubtful in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 145. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.III.2 set up in a temple, dedicate, ἀγάλματα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.347; τάσδε.. θεοῖς ἀσπίδας ἔθηκε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 576; so perhaps 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.92 (see. above 1b). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.IV assign, award, τιμήν τινι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.57; ὄνομά τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 244d: especially in ] Refs 8th c.BC+]middle, ὄνομα (or οὔνομα) θέσθαι τινί give a child a name at one's own discretion, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.5, 19.406 (in 19.403 with variant{θείης}), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.107, 113, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 13: elliptically, without ὄνομα, ᾧ δὴ ἀθροίς ματι ἄνθρωπόν τε τίθενται καὶ λίθον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 157b, compare “Cra.” 402b: pleonastic, Ἴωνα δ᾽ αὐτὸν ὄνομα κεκλῆσθαι θήσεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 75. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.V τιθέναι νόμον down or give a law, of a legislator, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 580, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 57, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 532, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 339c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.99, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—so in middle, of Solon, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a people, state, or legislature, give oneself a law, make a law, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 338e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.6, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1289a14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (passive, τίθεται νόμος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1425, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 705e, 744a; τιμωρίαι.. ἐτέθησαν [prev. work] 943d)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also θήσω θεσμόν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 484; κήρυγμα θεῖναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκῆψιν τιθέναι allege an excuse, [[ [prev. author] “El.” 584 ] Refs]: with accusative et infinitive, order matters so that.. , [ὁ Λυκοῦργος] ἔθηκε θύειν βασιλέα πρὸ τῆς πόλεως τὰ δημόσια ἅπαντα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 15.2, compare 1.5, 2.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; without infinitive, καλῶς ἔθεντο ταῦτα πατέρες οἱ πάλαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 512 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative et infinitive, γυναιξὶ σωφρονεῖν.. θήσει [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1057. ] Refs]
__A.V.2 middle, agree upon, ἡμέραν θέσθαι [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.1,13] Refs 4th c.BC+]; so θ. συγγραφήν, ὁμολογίαν, σύμβολόν τινι, etc., [[ “PEleph.” 2.16 (3rd c.BC), “PGoodsp.Cair.” 6ii 2 (2nd c.BC), “PRein.” 11.9 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.V.3 execute a document. τ. διαθήκην make a will, [[ “Stud.Pal.” 1.6.3 (5th c.AD)] Refs 5th c.AD+]: so in middle, [[ “PSI” 10.1119.16 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; θέσθαι τινὸς ἀπαρχήν make out a person's birth-certificate, [[[prev. work] 9.1067.15 (3rd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.VI establish, institute, ἀγῶνας [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 845, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τοῖς ἀγώνοις οἷς ἁ πόλις τίφητι (sic) [[ “Delph.” 3(3).120.17 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; πενταετηρίδα [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.21. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.VII dispose, order, ordain, bring to pass, of gods, οὕτω νῦν Ζεὺς θείη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.465, 15.180; ὣς ἄο᾽ ἔμελλον θησέμεναι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.35; [Ζεὺς] τίθησ᾽ ὅπῃ θέλει 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα πάντ᾽ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω στρέφων τίθησιν (i.e. Ζεύς) [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 651 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πάντα παγκάκως θεοὶ θέσαν conjecture in [[ [prev. author] “Pers.” 283 (Lyric poetry); τέλος δ᾽ ἔθηκε Ζεὺς.. καλῶς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόσμῳ θέντες, as etymology of θεοί, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.52 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of human beings, administer, manage, [τι] κακῶς θέμεν, εὖ θέμεν, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 845, 846; τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα φροντὶς.. θήσει δικαίως 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 913; ἐγὼ καὶ σὺ θήσομεν κρατοῦντε τῶνδε δωμάτων καλῶς [prev. work] 1673 (troch.)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ταῦτ᾽ ἐγὼ θήσω καλῶς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 521, compare “Andr.” 737; τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν εὖ τίθει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 243; τ. τὰ τῶν φίλων ἀσφαλῶς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 11.12; τὰ πράγματ᾽ ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ πράξει καλῶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 287 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, administer for oneself, οἶκον εὖ θέσθαι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 23; ἄνδρας σοφοὺς χρὴ τὸ παρὸν πρᾶγμα καλῶς εἰς δύναμιν τίθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 172 (Lyric poetry), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.134, Anon.ap Suid.see entry τίθεσθαι] Refs 8th c.BC+], [[5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see τὸ παρὸν εὖ τίθεσ; ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἴχοντο θέσθαι τὸ παρόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ παρὸν εὖ θέσθαι make the best of one's resources or situation, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 21, M. Ant. 6.2, compare 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.35 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; εὐτυχίαν τὴν παροῦσαν ἔξεστι καλῶς θέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17; τὰ παρόντα θέσθαι καλῶς 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 5.11; τὰ σεωυτοῦ τιθέμενος εὖ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.236; τὰ οἰκεῖα εὖ θέμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 443d; τὰ ἴδια ἕκαστοι εὖ βουλόμενοι δὴ θέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.59; τὰ πάντα ὅπως ἂν αὐτῇ ἡδὺ ᾖ οὕτως τίθεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.17; εἰ μὴ θήσομαι τἄμ᾽ ὡς ἄριστα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 378; τὸ σαυτοῦ θέμενος εὖ [prev. author] “IT” 1003, compare “Ba.” 49, “HF” 605, 938, “Hipp.” 709, 5th c.BC: Dionysius Chalcus Elegiacus 1.5; τὰ πρὶν εὖ θέμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1434 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συνετῶν ἀνδρῶν (i.e. εἶναι), πρὶν γενέσθαι τὰ δυσχερῆ, προνοῆσαι ὅπως μὴ γένηται· ἀνδρείων δέ, γενόμενα εὖ θέσθαι [[ 6th c.BC: Pittacus Lyricus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.78 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; τὸ κοινῶς φοβερὸν ἅπαντας εὖ θέσθαι that all should face the common danger, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wars, quarrels, etc., bring them to a successful issue, but sometimes put a good face on them, patch them up, ἕως ἂν τὸν πόλεμον εὖ θῶνται [[ [prev. author] 8.84; θήσονται τὸν πόλεμον ᾗ βούλονται [prev. author] 1.31 ] Refs]; πόλεμον ἀραμένους οὐ ῥᾴδιον εὐπρεπῶς θέσθαι[[ [prev. work] 82; ὅτῳ τρόπῳ.. τὸ σφέτερον ἀπρεπὲς εὖ θήσονται [prev. author] 6.11; μεθ᾽ ἧς τὸ νῦν παρεστὸς νεῖκος εὖ θέσθαι χρεών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 633; τὸν τρὸς τοὺς Ἐλευσῖνι πόλεμον ὡς μετρίως ἔθεντο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 243e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄμεινον ἢ τότε ἐθέμεθα τὸν πόλεμον[[ [prev. work] 245e; τὰς γενομένας συμφορὰς πρὸς ἀλλήλους θέσθαι καλῶς 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.140: _absolutely_, θέσθαι καλῶς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 350:—_passive_, εἰ τεθήσεται κατὰ νοῦν τὰ πράγματα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.120. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.VII.2 in the game of πεττεία, κυβεία, Latin tesserae (compare [[Ter. “Adelph.” 739)] Refs], to place as skilfully as possible the 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 [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.56.39; ὥσπερ ἐν πτώσει κύβων πρὸς τὰ πεπτωκότα τίθεσθαι τὰ αὑτοῦ πράγματα ὅπῃ ὁ λόγος αἱρεῖ βέλτιστ᾽ ἂν ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604c, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 26; στέργειν δὲ τἀκπεσόντα καὶ θέσθαι πρέπει σοφὸν κυβευτήν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 947 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δεσποτῶν γὰρ εὖ πεσόντα θήσομαι I will take advantage of my master's good luck, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 32 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: many of the passages cited in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus v11. I may be _metaphorically_ applications of this sense. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B put in a certain state or condition, much the same as ποιεῖν, ποιεῖσθαι, and so often to be rendered by our make:
__B.I followed by an attributive substantive, make one something, with the predicate in apposition, θεῖναί τινα αἰχμητήν, ἱέρειαν, μάντιν, etc., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.290, 6.300, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.253, etc.; θ. τινὰ ἀρχέπολιν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.54 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θεῖναί τινα ἄλοχόν τινος make her another's wife, of a third person who negotiates a marriage, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.298 (for _middle_, see below 3)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἥτε με τοῖον ἔθηκεν ὅπως ἐθέλει who has made me such as she will, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.208 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σῦς ἔθηκας ἑταίρους thou hast made my comrades swine,[[ 10.338; so [νῆα] λᾶαν ἔθηκε 13.163, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.319, etc.; ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον LXX.Psa.109(110).1 ] LXX+8th c.BC+]; but γέλων ἔθηκε συνδείπνοις caused them laughter, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1172 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγους εἰς μέτρα τ. put them into verse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 669d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.2 with an adjective for the attributive, θεῖναί τινα ἀθάνατον καὶ ἀγήρων make him undying and undecaying, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.136 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πηρόν, τυφλόν, ἀφνειὸν τ. τινά, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.599, 6.139, 9.483; τὸν μὲν.. θῆκε μείζονά τ᾽ εἰσιδέειν καὶ πάσσονα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.229, compare 18.195, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 344d. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.2.b of things, ἅλιον πόνον, πόνον οὐκ ἀτέλεστον, πάντα μεταμώνια, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.26, 57, 363; ὄλεθρον ἀπευθέα θῆκε Κρονίων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.88, compare 11.274; ἀποίητον θέμεν ἔργων τέλος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.17; ἀρὰν τ. ἀλαθῆ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 944 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀναστάτους οἴκους τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 674; τ. λεῖον τὸν τραχὺν ἐχῖνον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1086 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πραχθὲν ἀγένητον τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 324b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.3 frequently in middle, γυναῖκα or ἄκοιτιν θέσθαι τινά make her one's wife, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.72, 316, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.169 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν θ. take her own son as husband, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 929 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.I.3.b υἱὸν θέσθαι τινά, like{ποιεῖσθαι}, make one's son, adopt, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929c, etc.: _absolutely_, θέσθαι τινά] Refs 5th c.BC+] adopt, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 5. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.I.3.c generally, προσφιλῆ θέσθαι τινά [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 532 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but φίλον ἐμαυτῷ θ. deem my friend, [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 188 ] Refs]; γέλωτα θέσθαι τινά make him one's butt, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.29, 7.209. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.4 with infinitive, make one do so and so, τιθέναι τινὰ νικᾶσαι make him conquer, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.48 (uncertain); μετατραπεῖν [prev. author] “fragment” 177; τὸν πάθει μάθος θέντα κυρίως ἔχειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 178 (Lyric poetry), compare 1036, 1174 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 718, “Heracl.” 990, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II in reference to mental action, when middle is more frequently than active, lay down. assume, hold, reckon or regard as.. , τί δ᾽ ἐλέγχεα ταῦτα τίθεσθ; [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.333; δαιμόνιον αὐτὸ τίθημ᾽ ἐγώ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1270 (Lyric poetry); τοιοῦτον θέντες τὸν δίκαιον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 361b, compare 430b (_middle_)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θὲς δή μοι.. now suppose so and so, [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 191c; εὐεργέτημά τι θεῖναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.10; with ὡς, θέντες ὡς ὑπάρχον εἶναι ὃ βούλονται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 458a, compare “Phd.” 100a; μὴ τοῦτο ὡς ἀδίκημα θῇς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.193. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 followed by adverbs, ποῦ χρὴ τίθεσθαι ταῦτ; in what light must we regard these things? [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 451 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδαμοῦ τιθέναι τι hold of no account, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 210 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόσθεν or ἐπίπροσθέν τινος τιθέναι τι, [[ [prev. author] “Hec.” 129 (_anapaest meter_), “Supp.” 515 ] Refs]; πόρρω τίθεσθαί τί τινων set far below.., [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.299. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.3 followed by Preps., τ. τινὰ ἐν φιλοσόφοις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 475d; ἐν τοῖς φίλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.4.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also εἰς ὁποτέραν (of two classes) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 264c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὸν δῆμον, εἰς τοὺς πλουσίους, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.39; also οὐκ ἐν λόγῳ τίθεσθαί τινα 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 12.1; ἐν τιμῇ τίθεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.3; ἐν αἰτίῃ τιθέναι τινά [prev. author] 8.99 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἐν οἰωνῷ τινι τοῦ μέλλοντος, ἐν ἐπαίνῳ, ἐν γέλωτι τίθεσθαι, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 31, “Cat.Ma.” 20, “TG” 17 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; θέσθαι παρ᾽ οὐδέν set at naught, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 230 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 732, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 252a (but ἐν οὐδενί “BGU” 1816.23 (1st c.BC), “Supp.epigram” 7.1.6 (Susa, 1st c.AD, Epist.Artabani))] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν παρέργῳ θοῦ με [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 473 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐν εὐχερεῖ ἔθου[[ [prev. work] 876; ταῦτ᾽ ἐν αἰσχρῷ θέμενος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 806; ἐν ἀδικήματι θέσθαι τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.35; ἐν ἀδικήματος μέρει τιθέναι τι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.148 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θέσθαι τὰ δίκαια ἔκ τινος estimate them by.., [[ [prev. author] 8.8. ] Refs]
__B.II.4 with partitive genitive, ἐμὲ θὲς τῶν πεπεισμένων put me down as one of the convinced, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 424c, compare 376e, 437b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἡμετέρας ἀμελείας ἄν τις θείη might reckon it as due to our carelessness, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.10. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.5 with infinitive, οὐ τίθημ᾽ ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον I hold not that he lives, count him not as living, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1166 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in middle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 93c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.43,44: rarely with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, θήσω ἀδικοῦντα [αὐτόν] [[ [prev. author] 23.76, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 343e, “Ap.” 27c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.6 elliptically, lay down, assume, θῶμεν δύο εἴδη (i.e. εἶναι) [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 79a, etc.] Refs]; θήσω οὕτω (i.e. εἶναί τι) [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.85, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1290a30. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.7 affirm, opposed to αἴρω (deny), τὸ ἐπέκεινα ὄντος οὐ τόδε λέγει- οὐ γὰρ τίθησιν--the phrase 'beyond being' does not denote a 'this' (for it is not an affirmation), [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.5.6. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__C without any attributive word following, make, work, execute, of an artist, ἐν δ᾽ ἐτίθει νειόν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.541, compare 550, 561, 607 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; [δόρπον] θησέμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.394. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.2 make, cause, bring to pass, ἔργα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.321; τ. κέλαδον καὶ ἀϋτήν 9.547; ὀρυμαγδόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.235; ἔριν μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισιν 3.136 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φιλότητα, ὅρκια μετ᾽ ἀμφ., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.83, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.546: with _dative_ _person_, σῆμα τιθεὶς Τρώεσσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.171; Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκεν 1.2, etc.; πᾶσι δ᾽ ἔθηκε πόνον 21.524, compare 15.721, 16.262; φόως ἑτάροισιν 6 6, etc.; χάρματ᾽ ἄλλοις ἔθηκεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.99; πόλει κατασκαφὰς θέντες 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 47; εἰρήνην φίλοις [prev. author] “Pers.” 769; αἷμα θήσεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 837 (assuming variant). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.3 frequently in middle, make or prepare for oneself, θέσθαι κέλευθον make oneself a road, open a way, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.418; θέτο δῶμα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.241 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίθεντο δὲ δαῖτα, δόρπα, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.475, 9.88 (but δαῖτα τίθενται] Refs 8th c.BC+] are holding a feast, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.269)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θέσθαι to make oneself, get a large thigh, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.225 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θέσθαι μάχην engage in.. , [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.402; δυσμενέεσσι πόνον καὶ δῆριν ἔθεντο 17.158 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱδρῶτα τίθεσθαι have an access of perspiration, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαρτύρια θέσθαι produce as testimony, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδρὸς αἰδοίου πρόσοψιν θηκάμενος putting on the aspect of a reverend man, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.29, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] see at {θήκατ; πόνον πλέω τίθου} work thyself the more annoy, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 226; εὐκλεᾶ θέσθαι βίον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1422, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.4 periphrastic for a single Verb. μνηστήρων σκέδασιν θεῖναι make a scattering, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.116 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θέμεν κρυφόν, νέμεσιν, αἶνον, for κρύπτειν, νεμεσῦν, αἰνεῖν, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.97, 8.86, “N.” 1.5; μὴ σχολὴν τίθει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1059 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμῖν ἔθηκε σὺν θεοῖς σωτηρίαν (variant{προμηθίαν}) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 915:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — also in middle, θέσθαι μάχην, for μάχεσθαι, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.402 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θέσθαι θυσίαν, γάμον, for θύειν, γαμεῖσθαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.42, 13.53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπουδήν, πρόνοιαν θέσθαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 13, 536, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.276; θ. ἐπιστροφὴν πρό τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 134; περὶ τούτων οἰκονομίας “PEnteux.” 22.6 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; and with genitive, θ. λησμοσύναν, συγγνωμοσύνην τινῶν, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 151 (Lyric poetry), “Tr.” 1265 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Lithuanian dēti 'lay (eggs, etc.)', Sanskrit dáti 'lay down, place', Latin -do in con-do, etc., Engl. do, doom.)
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