κάθεσις
From LSJ
ἀγαθοὶ δὲ ἐγένοντο διὰ τὸ φῦναι ἐξ ἀγαθῶν → they were virtuous because they were sprung from virtuous men, virtuous they were because they were sprung from men of virtue
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (καθίημι)
A letting down, τῆς κόμης D.L.1.109; of a diving-bell, Arist.Pr.960b33. 2 production of a play, Sch.Ar. V.1317, prob. in Sch.Ra.1060, Sch.Lys.1096. 3 insertion, τοῦ αὐλίσκου Ruf.Ren.Ves.7; of a finger, Antyll. ap. Orib.44.23.1; of a lancet, Orib.7.5.12. II (from Pass.) descent, Arist.Mete.356a11; κ. νέφους εἰς τοὺς κάτω τόπους Epicur.Ep.2p.47U.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1283] ἡ, das Herablassen (καθίημι), Arist. meteorl. 2, 2 u. Sp. – Nach Hesych. auch οἴκησις, das sich Niederlassen (von καθέζομαι); δράματος, Aufführung, Schol. Ar. Ran. 1060 u. Lys. 1096.
