διάθεσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, (διατίθημι)

   A placing in order, arrangement (ἡ τοῦ ἔχοντος μέρη τάξις Arist.Metaph.1022b1), Antipho Soph.24a; πολιτείας Pl.Lg.710b; τῶν ξενίων Id.Ti.27a.    2 disposition or composition in a work of art (opp.εὕρεσις), Id.Phdr.236a; opp.ἱστορία, μῦθος, Plb. 34.4.1, Plu.Arat.32, etc.; δ. ᾠδῆς Eup.303; τῶν ἐπῶν Phryn.Com. 55; plan of a building, Plu.Per.13; subject of a picture, etc., Polem. ap. Ath.5.210b; δ. μυθολογίας Plu.2.16b; representation in a play, Hero Aut.20.2: in pl., word-painting, Plu.2.17b; of geographical description, Str.1.1.16; rhetorical art, μετ' αὐξήσεως καὶ διαθέσεως Plb.2.61.1.    b in oratory, delivery, Plu.Dem.7; δ. σώματός τε καὶ τόνου φωνῆς Longin.Rh.p.194H.    3 disposition of property, will, testament, = διαθήκη, Lys.Fr.44, Pl.Lg.922b.    4 disposing of, sale, τῶν περιόντων Isoc.11.14, cf. PTeb.38.10 (ii B.C.), Str.11.2.12, Plu.Sol. 24; οἷς δ. εὔπορος, perh. means of disposing of it, of making away with it, Arist.Rh.1372a33 (possibly, inventive disposition).    5 δ. ἔγγραφος written report, POxy.52.13 (iv A.D.).    6 = διάθεμα, Procl.inCra.p.10P.(pl.).    II (from Pass.) bodily state, condition, Hp.VM7, Arist.GA778b34; δ. τοῦ σώματος Philem.95.4; δ. ὑγιεινή, νοσώδης, Gal.5.826, 17(2).238; ἕξις defined as δ. μόνιμος Id.5.826; νευρικὴ δ. OGI331.11 (Pergam.); of the mind, Antipho Soph. 24a; ἕξις ψυχῆς καὶ δ. Pl.Phlb.11d; distd. from ἕξις, Arist.Cat.8b28, de An.417b15, Zeno and Chrysipp.Stoic.1.50, 3.111; δ. ἁμαρτωλός Phld.Lib.p.560., al.; δ. σωματική, ψυχική, A.D.Synt.278.10: pl., Diotog. ap. Stob.4.7.62.    b disposition towards persons, Pl.R.489a; propensity, Cic.Att.14.3.2; πρός τινα Sch.E.Hec.8.    2 generally, state, condition, τὴν βασιγείαν εἰς τὴν ἀρχαίαν δ. κατέστησεν OGI 219.11 (Sigeum, iv/iii B.C.).    3 Gramm., force, function, τοῦ ὀνόματος δ. εἰσὶ δύο, ἐνέργεια καὶ πάθος (e.g. κριτής, κριτός) D.T.637.29; esp. of the voices of the verb, δ. εἰσὶ τρεῖς, ἐνέργεια, πάθος, μεσότης Id.638.8; δ. παθητική, μέση, A.D.Synt.210.19, 226.10; also of tense, χρονικὴ δ. ib.251.1 (s.v.l.); διαβατικὴ δ. transitive force, ib.43.18.