διάθεσις, εως, ἡ,
(διατίθημι) placing in order, arrangement (ἡ τοῦ ἔχοντος μέρη τάξις [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1022b1), 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 24a; πολιτείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 710b; τῶν ξενίων [prev. author] “Ti.” 27a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 disposition or composition in a work of art (opposed to εὕρεσις), [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 236a ] Refs]; opposed to ἱστορία, μῦθος, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 34.4.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 32, etc.; δ. ᾠδῆς 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 303; τῶν ἐπῶν 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; plan of a building, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 13 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; subject of a picture, etc., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Polemo Sophista cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.210b; δ. μυθολογίας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.16b ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; representation in a play, [[ 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 20.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: in plural, word-painting, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.17b ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of geographical description, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.1.16 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; rhetorical art, μετ᾽ αὐξήσεως καὶ διαθέσεως [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.61.1. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2.b in oratory, delivery, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 7; δ. σώματός τε καὶ τόνου φωνῆς 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor “Ars Rhetorica” p.194H. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 disposition of property, will, testament, ={διαθήκη}, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 44, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 922b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]