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|Full diacritics=θέσις
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|Capitals=ΘΕΣΙΣ
|Transliteration A=thésis
|Transliteration B=thesis
|Transliteration C=thesis
|Beta Code=qe/sis
|Definition=εως, ἡ, (τίθημι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">setting, placing</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπέων θ</b>. <b class="b2">setting</b> of words in verse, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>3.8</span>; πλίνθων καὶ λίθων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>333b</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.33 (Lebad.); <b class="b3">θ. νόμων</b> law<b class="b2">giving</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>3.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>690d</span>: in pl., νόμων θέσεις <span class="bibl">D.18.309</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1289a22</span>; <b class="b3">θ. ὀνόματος</b> <b class="b2">giving</b> of a name, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>390d</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπί τινος</b> <b class="b2">application</b> of word to object, <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span> 145</span>; <b class="b3">θ. ἀγώνων</b> <b class="b2">institution</b> of games, <span class="bibl">D.S.4.53</span>; <b class="b2">ordinance, disposition</b>, S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span>277 (only here in Trag.); <b class="b2">setting forth</b> in legal form, ἀσφαλειῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1027.12</span> (i A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">laying down</b>, <b class="b3">ὅπλων</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀναίρεσις</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>814a</span>; of diggers, <b class="b2">plunging</b> of the spade, opp. <b class="b3">ἄρσις</b>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>2.45.5. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">deposit</b> of money, preparatory to a law-suit, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1191</span> (pl.): generally, <b class="b2">sum deposited</b> in a temple, <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 365.14 (iii B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span>12(3).322 (pl., Thera). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">pledging, giving as security</b>, <span class="bibl">D.33.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.8.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">payment</b>, τελῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>425d</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">adoption</b> of a child, κατὰ θέσιν υἱωνός <span class="bibl">Plb.18.35.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.2.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VA</span>6.11</span>; Κρινοτέλην Πινδάρου, θέσει δὲ Φιλοξένου <span class="title">IG</span>12(3).274 (Anaphe), cf. 12(7).50 (Amorgos); <b class="b2">adoption</b> as a citizen of a foreign state, <b class="b3">Ἁλεξανδρεὺς θέσει, Ἁθηναῖος θ</b>. (opp. <b class="b3">φύσει</b>), Suid. s.v. [[Ἀρίσταρχος]], Ἀριστοφάνης Πόδιος. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">situation</b>, of a city, Hp.<b class="b2">Aër</b>.6; πόλις αὐτάρκη θ. κειμένη <span class="bibl">Th.1.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.7</span>; ἡ θ. τῆς χώρας πρὸς τὰ πνεύματα <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.23.5</span>; <b class="b3">τόπων θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.1.41.7</span>: Astron., θ. τῶν ἄστρων <span class="bibl">Herm. <span class="title">in Phdr.</span>p.149A.</span>; <b class="b2">position, arrangement</b>, λεγομένων καὶ γραφομένων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>206a</span>; τῶν μερῶν θέσεις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>668e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.11U.</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>30</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Math., <b class="b2">local position</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GC</span>322b33</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχειν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APo.</span>88a34</span>; <b class="b3">θ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα</b> to have a <b class="b2">local</b> relation, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.</span>4b21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>586c</span>; τῇ θ. μέσον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APr.</span>25b36</span>: Geom., <b class="b3">θέσει δεδόσθαι</b> or <b class="b3">εἶναι</b>, to be given <b class="b2">in position</b>, <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Sph.Cyl.</span>2.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Euc.<span class="title">Dat.</span>4</span>, <span class="bibl">Apollon.Perg.<span class="title">Con.</span>2.46</span>, al.; <b class="b3">παρὰ θέσει</b> parallel to a straight line <b class="b2">given in position</b>, [Euc.]<span class="title">Dat.Def.</span>15; <b class="b3">εἰς δύο θέσεις τὰς</b> AB, AT to meet the two <b class="b2">straight lines</b> AB, AT <b class="b2">given in position</b>, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Metr.</span>3.10</span>; κατὰ τὴν θ. τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>208b23</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐ τῇ θ. διαφέροντα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῇ δυνάμει</b> ib.<span class="bibl">22</span>; so in Music, of notes in a scale, <b class="b3">κατὰ θέσιν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ δύναμιν</b>, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Harm.</span>2.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> Philos., <b class="b2">thesis, position</b>, assumed and requiring proof, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>335a</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>104b19</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APo.</span>72a15</span>; <b class="b3">θέσιν διαφυλάττειν</b> to maintain <b class="b2">a thesis</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1096a2</span>; <b class="b3">κινεῖν</b> to controvert it, Plu.2.687b, cf. 328a, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">general question</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὑπόθεσις</b> (<b class="b2">special case</b>), <span class="bibl">Aphth.<span class="title">Prog.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl">Theon <span class="title">Prog.</span>12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Top.</span>21.79</span>, Quint.3.5.5 (but θ. includes <b class="b3">ὑπόθεσις</b> and <b class="b3">ὁρισμός</b>, <span class="bibl">Phlp.<span class="title">in APo.</span>35.1</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἀξίωμα</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">34.9</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">arbitrary determination</b>, esp. in dat. θέσει, τὰ ὀνόματα μὴ θ. γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span> 1p.27U.</span>; opp. <b class="b3">φύσει</b>, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.3.76</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.2.3.7</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ θ. δίκαια, νόμιμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.50</span>, <span class="bibl">112</span>; <b class="b3">σημαίνειν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.256</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">affirmation</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἄρσις</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1.192</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.244</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot.5.5.6</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b2">a setting down</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἄρσις</b> (<b class="b2">lifting</b>), πᾶσα πορεία ἐξ ἄρσεως καὶ θέσεως συντελεῖται <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>885b6</span>: hence, in rhythm, <b class="b2">downward beat</b>, opp. the <b class="b2">upward</b> (ἄρσις), <span class="bibl">Aristid.Quint.1.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Bacch.<span class="title">Harm.</span>98</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> in prosody, <b class="b3">θέσει μακρὰ συλλαβή</b> long by <b class="b2">position</b>, opp. <b class="b3">φύσει</b>, <span class="bibl">D.T.632.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Heph. 1.3</span>: orig. prob. in signf. v.<span class="bibl">3</span>, cf. Sch.D.T.<span class="bibl">p.206H.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">θέσεις, αἱ</b>, in punctuation, <b class="b2">stops</b>, Donat.in <span class="title">Gramm.Lat.</span>4.372 K. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VIII</span> part of a horse's hoof, ἡ θ. τοῦ ποδός <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>82.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1202.png Seite 1202]] ἡ, 1) das Setzen, Stellen; ἐπέων Pind. Ol. 3, 8, die kunstvolle Stellung u. Verknüpfung der Wörter zu einem Verse u. Gedichte; πλίνθων καὶ λίθων Plat. Rep. I, 333 d, die Stellung, Anordnung; λεγομένων καὶ γραφομένων Theaet. 206 a; μερῶν Arist. H. A. 1, 15; – das Aufstellen, Geben, νόμων Plat. Legg. III, 690 d VIII, 837 e; Arist. Pol. 4, 1; – ὀνομάτων, das Geben der Namen, Plat. Crat. 390 d u. öfter in diesem Dialog. – Von Waffen, das Niederlegen, Ggstz [[ἀναίρεσις]], Plat. Legg. VII, 813 e; – ἀγώνων, Einsetzen u. Geben der Kampfspiele, D. Sic. 4, 53. 5, 64. – 2) das zum Unterpfand Geben, Verpfändung; ἵππου Lys. 8, 10; ὅσουπερ ἡ [[θέσις]] ἦν Dem. 33, 12; B. A. 263 [[ὑποθήκη]] erkl. Vgl. Ar. Nubb. 1173 ἵν' αἱ θέσεις γίγνοιντο τῇ νουμηνίᾳ, nach Schol. αἱ δίκαι καὶ αἱ καταβολαὶ τῶν πρυτάνεων, das Auszahlen des Geldes. – 3) die Annahme an Kindes Statt, Adoption, Sp. ὁ κατὰ θέσιν [[πατήρ]], Adoptivvater. Auch Annahme zum Bürger in einer fremden Stadt, Mein. Euphor. p. 5, Ggstz φύσει. So auch von der Länge der Sylben durch Position, Sest. Emp. adv. Gramm. 121. – 41 ein aufgestellter Satz, bes. Aufgabe zu philosophischen od. theoretischen Ausarbeitungen, [[ὑπόληψις]] [[παράδοξος]] τῶν γνωρίμων τινὸς κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν Arist. Top. 1, 11; θέσιν φυλάττειν Eth. 1, 5, 6; vgl. Plat. Rep. 1, 335 a Legg. X, 889 e; bes. Rhett., die es auch im Ggstz von [[ἄρσις]] für Affirmation brauchen. – 5) bei den Gramm. im Ggstz von [[ἄρσις]], die Verssenkung, – auch die Interpunktionszeichen.
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|lstext='''θέσις''': -εως, ἡ, ([[τίθημι]]) τοποθέτησις, τακτοποίησις, ἐπέων τε θέσιν, σύνθεσιν ἐπῶν, Πίνδ. Ο. 3. 14˙ ([[ἐντεῦθεν]] [[θέσις]] = [[ποίησις]], Ἀλκαῖ. 128)˙ πλίνθων καὶ λίθων Πλάτ. Πολ. 333B λεγομένων καὶ γραφομένων ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Θεαιτ. 206A τῶν μερῶν ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Νόμ. 668D θ. νόμων, [[νομοθεσία]] (ἴδε [[τίθημι]] IV), [[αὐτόθι]] 690D, Δημ. 328. 20, κτλ.˙ θ. ὀνομάτων, τὸ νὰ δώσῃ τις [[ὄνομα]], Πλάτ. Κρατ. 390D θ. τελῶν, ἐπιβολὴ τελῶν, δασμῶν, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Πολ. 425D θ. ἀγώνων, [[διορισμός]], [[ἵδρυσις]] ἀγώνων, Διόδ. 4. 53. ΙΙ. [[κατάθεσις]], ὅπλων, ἀντίθετον τῷ [[ἀναίρεσις]], Πλάτ. Νόμ. 813E. 2) [[κατάθεσις]] χρημάτων πρὸ τῆς δίκης, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 1191 (πρβλ. πρυτανεῖα)˙ χρήματα προπληρωνόμενα ἐπὶ ἀγορᾷ πράγματος, [[ἀρραβών]], «καπάρο», Δημ. 896. 6, πρβλ. Λυσ. 113. 12. ΙΙΙ. [[παραδοχή]] τινος ὡς πολίτου εἰς ξένην πολιτείαν, Ἀλεξανδρεὺς θέσει, [[Ἀθηναῖος]] θ., ἀντίθετον τῷ φύσει (ἐκ γενετῆς) Σουΐδ.˙ Κρινοτέλην Πινδάρου, θέσει δὲ Φιλοξένου Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. (Προσθῆκαι) 2480d, πρβλ. 2264o: - πρβλ. [[θέτης]] ΙΙΙ, θετὸς ΙΙ, [[υἱοθεσία]]. IV. [[θέσις]], [[κατάστασις]], Λατ. situs, [[θέσις]] πόλεως, Ἱππ. π. Ἀέρ. 283, Θουκ. 1. 37., 5. 7˙ ἡ θ. τῆς χώρας πρὸς τὰ πνεύματα Θεόφρ. Αἰτ. Φυτ. 3. 23, 5˙ γεωγραφικὴ [[θέσις]], Πολύβ. 16. 29, 3. 2) ἐν τοῖς μαθηματικ., τοπικὴ [[θέσις]], Ἀριστ. π. Γεν. καὶ Φθορ. 1. 6, 6, κ. ἀλλ.˙ κεῖσθαι θέσιν, ἴδε [[κεῖμαι]] ΙΙ. 1˙ ἔχειν θέσιν ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀν. Ὑστ. 1. 32, 2˙ θέσιν ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα, ἔχειν τοπικὴν σχέσιν πρὸς ἄλληλα, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Κατηγ. 6. 1, πρβλ. Πλάτ. Πολ. 586B τῇ θέσει [[μέσον]] Ἀριστ. Ἀν Προτ. 1. 4, 3, κ. ἀλλ.˙ κατὰ τὴν θ. τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Φυσ. 4. 1, 5, κτλ. V. ἐν τῇ φιλοσοφ. γλώσσῃ, [[θέσις]] ἢ [[ζήτημα]] τεθέν, οὗ ζητεῖται ἡ [[ἀπόδειξις]], Πλάτ. Πολ. 335A, Ἀριστ. Τοπ. 1. 11, 4 κἑξ., Ἀν. Ὕστ. 1. 2, 7, κ. ἀλλ.˙ θέσιν διαφυλάττειν, διατηρεῖν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ συζητήσει, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἠθ. Νικ. 1. 5, 6˙ κινεῖν, ἀναιρεῖν αὐτήν, Πλούταρχ. 2. 687B, πρβλ. Wytt. [[αὐτόθι]] 328A˙ πρβλ. [[ὑπόθεσις]]. 2) γενική τις [[ἀρχή]], Λατιν. quaestio infinita, propositum, ἄρσις δὲ [[εἶναι]] μερικὴ [[περίπτωσις]], quaestio finita, Κικ. Τοπ. 21, Κυντιλ. 3. 5. VI. [[κατάθεσις]], καταβίβασις, ἀντίθετον τῷ ἄρσις ([[ὕψωσις]]), πᾶσα [[πορεία]] ἐξ ἄρσεως καὶ θέσεως συντελεῖται Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 5. 41˙ [[ἐντεῦθεν]] ἐν τῇ μουσικῇ ἢ τῇ ῥυθμικῇ, τὸ πρὸς τὰ [[κάτω]] [[κτύπημα]], κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὸ πρὸς τὰ ἄνω (ἄρσις), ἴδε ἄρσις ΙΙΙ. VII. ἐν τῇ Ρητορικῇ, [[ἐπιβεβαίωσις]]. VIII. παρὰ γραμμ., φωνῆέν τι [[εἶναι]] μακρὸν φύσει ἢ θέσει. 2) αἱ θέσεις, Λατ. positurae, αἱ στίξεις, Donat.
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|btext=εως (ἡ) :<br /><b><b>A.</b> I.</b> action de poser, de placer, d’arranger;<br /><b>II.</b> <i>fig.</i> <b>1</b> action d’instituer, d’établir (des lois, des impôts, des concours, <i>etc.</i>);<br /><b>2</b> convention, coutume;<br /><b>3</b> <i>t. de philos.</i> action de poser une thèse, d’établir un principe, proposition;<br /><b>4</b> affirmation (<i>p. opp. à [[ἀπόφασις]] négation</i>);<br /><b>5</b> <i>t. de droit</i> adoption d’un enfant, <i>ou</i> d’un étranger par un citoyen;<br /><b>6</b> <i>t. de gramm.</i> allongement d’une syllabe par position ; <i>t. de pros.</i> thésis, partie forte, accentuée d’un pied, <i>p. opp. à l’arsis ([[ἄρσις]])</i>;<br /><b>III.</b> action de déposer, d’abaisser :<br /><b>1</b> <i>au propre</i> δακτύλων LUC action de poser les doigts (sur la flûte), <i>p. opp. à [[ἄρσις]]</i>;<br /><b>2</b> <i>t. de droit</i> dépôt d’argent, consignation d’une somme;<br /><b>B.</b> position d’une ville.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[τίθημι]].
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