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|Definition=-εως, ἡ, ([[τίθημι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[setting]], [[placing]], <b class="b3">ἐπέων θέσις</b> [[setting]] of [[word]]s in [[verse]], Pi.''O.''3.8; πλίνθων καὶ λίθων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 333b, cf. ''IG''7.3073.33 (Lebad.); [[θέσις]] νόμων = [[law-giving]], X.''Ath.''3.2, Pl.''Lg.''690d: in plural, νόμων θέσεις D.18.309, Arist.''Pol.''1289a22; <b class="b3">θέσις ὀνόματος</b> [[giving]] of a [[name]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''390d; <b class="b3">ἐπί τινος</b> [[application]] of word to [[object]], Demetr.''Eloc.'' 145; <b class="b3">θέσις ἀγώνων</b> [[institution]] of [[game]]s, D.S.4.53; [[ordinance]], [[disposition]], S.''Ichn.''277 (only here in Trag.); [[setting forth]] in [[legal]] [[form]], ἀσφαλειῶν ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1027.12 (i A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[laying down]], [[ὅπλων]], opp. [[ἀναίρεσις]], Pl.''Lg.''814a; of [[digger]]s, [[plunging]] of the [[spade]], opp. [[ἄρσις]], ''Gp.''2.45.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[deposit]] of money, preparatory to a [[lawsuit]], Ar.''Nu.''1191 (pl.): generally, [[sum]] [[deposit]]ed in a [[temple]], ''Inscr.Délos'' 365.14 (iii B.C.), ''IG''12(3).322 (pl., Thera).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[pledging]], [[giving]] as [[security]], D.33.12, Lys.8.10.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[payment]], τελῶν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 425d (pl.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[adoption]] of a [[child]], κατὰ θέσιν υἱωνός Plb.18.35.9, cf. Ph.2.36, Philostr. ''VA''6.11; Κρινοτέλην Πινδάρου, θέσει δὲ Φιλοξένου ''IG''12(3).274 (Anaphe), cf. 12(7).50 (Amorgos); [[adoption]] as a citizen of a foreign state, <b class="b3">Ἁλεξανδρεὺς θέσει, Ἁθηναῖος θέσις</b> (opp. [[φύσει]]), Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[Ἀρίσταρχος]], Ἀριστοφάνης Πόδιος.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[situation]], of a city, Hp.Aër.6; πόλις αὐτάρκη θέσις κειμένη Th.1.37, cf. 5.7; ἡ θέσις τῆς χώρας πρὸς τὰ πνεύματα [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 3.23.5; <b class="b3">τόπων θέσις</b> Plb.1.41.7: Astron., θέσις τῶν ἄστρων Herm. ''in Phdr.''p.149A.; [[position]], [[arrangement]], λεγομένων καὶ γραφομένων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''206a; τῶν μερῶν θέσεις Id.''Lg.''668e, cf. Epicur.''Ep.''1p.11U., ''Fr.''30 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> Math., [[local]] [[position]], Arist.''GC''322b33; <b class="b3">ἔχειν θέσιν</b> Id.''APo.''88a34; <b class="b3">θέσιν ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα</b> to have a [[local]] [[relation]], Id.''Cat.''4b21, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 586c; τῇ [[θέσις]] μέσον Arist.''APr.''25b36: Geom., <b class="b3">θέσει δεδόσθαι</b> or [[εἶναι]], to be given [[in position]], Archim.''Sph.Cyl.''2.3, Euc.''Dat.''4, Apollon.Perg.''Con.''2.46, al.; <b class="b3">παρὰ θέσει</b> [[parallel]] to a [[straight]] [[line]] [[give]]n in [[position]], [Euc.]''Dat.Def.''15; <b class="b3">εἰς δύο θέσεις τὰς</b> AB, AT to [[meet]] the two [[straight]] [[line]]s AB, AT [[give]]n in [[position]], Hero ''Metr.''3.10; κατὰ τὴν θέσις τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς Arist.''Ph.''208b23, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐ τῇ θέσις διαφέροντα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῇ δυνάμει</b> ib.22; so in Music, of [[note]]s in a [[scale]], [[κατὰ θέσιν]], opp. [[κατὰ δύναμιν]], Ptol.''Harm.''2.5.<br><span class="bld">V</span> Philos., [[thesis]], [[position]], [[assume]]d and [[requiring]] [[proof]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 335a, Arist.''Top.''104b19, ''APo.''72a15; <b class="b3">θέσιν διαφυλάττειν</b> to [[maintain]] a [[thesis]], Id.''EN''1096a2; [[κινεῖν]] to [[controvert]] it, Plu.2.687b, cf. 328a, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[general]] [[question]], opp. [[ὑπόθεσις]] ([[special]] [[case]]), Aphth.''Prog.''13, Theon ''Prog.''12, cf. Cic.''Top.''21.79, Quint.3.5.5 (but θέσις [[include]]s [[ὑπόθεσις]] and [[ὁρισμός]], Phlp.''in APo.''35.1; opp. [[ἀξίωμα]], ib.34.9).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[arbitrary]] [[determination]], especially in dat. [[θέσει]], τὰ ὀνόματα μὴ θέσις [[γενέσθαι]] Epicur.''Ep.'' 1p.27U.; opp. [[φύσει]], Chrysipp.Stoic.3.76, Str.2.3.7, etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ θέσις δίκαια, νόμιμα</b>, Ph.1.50, 112; <b class="b3">σημαίνειν θέσις</b> S.E.''P.''2.256.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[affirmation]], opp. [[ἄρσις]], ib.1.192, cf. 2.244, Plot.5.5.6, etc.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> a [[set]]ting down, opp. [[ἄρσις]] ([[lift]]ing), πᾶσα [[πορεία]] ἐξ ἄρσεως καὶ θέσεως συντελεῖται Arist.''Pr.''885b6: hence, in [[rhythm]], [[downward]] [[beat]], opp. the [[upward]] ([[ἄρσις]]), Aristid.Quint.1.13, Bacch.''Harm.''98, etc.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> in [[prosody]], <b class="b3">θέσει μακρὰ συλλαβή</b> long by [[position]], opp. [[φύσει]], D.T.632.30, Heph. 1.3: orig. prob. in signf. v.3, cf. Sch.D.T.p.206H.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[θέσεις]], αἱ, in [[punctuation]], [[stop]]s, Donat.in ''Gramm.Lat.''4.372 K.<br><span class="bld">VIII</span> part of a [[horse]]'s [[hoof]], ἡ [[θέσις]] τοῦ ποδός ''Hippiatr.''82.