ἀπόθεσις
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ἀποτίθημι)
A laying up in store, σκευῶν SIG1106.107 (Cos); εἰς ἀ. γενέσθαι to be stored up, Pl.Lg.844d; γάλα χρήσιμον εἰς ἀ. Arist.HA522a26; ἡ ἀ. τῆς τροφῆς, of bees, 622b26; τὴν ἀ. τῆς θήρας ποιεῖσθαι 623a12; preserving, of fish, Philum. ap. Aët.9.23. 2 the final movement in setting a dislocated or fractured limb, Gal.18(2).332, al., Pall.in Hp.Fract.12.273 C.; f.l. in Hp.Off. 19. 3 κατ' ἀπόθεσιν, of internal abscesses, Gal.17(1).103. II putting aside, making away with, getting rid of, ῥύπου 1 Ep.Pet.3.21, cf. 2.1.14. 2 exposure of children, Arist.Pol.1335b19; cf. ἀποτίθημι 11.7. 3 resignation of an office, App.BC1.3, cf. SIG 900.16(iv A.D.). 4 ἀ. κώλου, περιόδου, close or cadence of a phrase, Demetr.Eloc.19, cf. Sch.Ar.Nu.176; so in metres, = κατάληξις, Heph.4 tit. III = ἀποδυτήριον, Luc.Hipp.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 303] ἡ, 1) das Ablegen, Beiseitlegen, Aufbewahren, Plat. Legg. VIII, 844 d; ἰσχάδων Ep. 13, 361 b. – 2) das Aussetzen der Kinder, Arist. pol. 7, 14; βρεφῶν D. Hal. 1, 84. – 3) Absatz, Ruhepunkt im Satz, Demetr. Phal. 19, 205. – 4) Auskleidezimmer, Luc. Hipp. 5.
