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|mdlsjtxt=[from Root !θε]<br />A. in [[local]] [[sense]], to set, put, [[place]], Hom., etc.:—in [[attic]], [[πόδα]] τ. to [[plant]] the [[foot]], i. e. [[walk]], run, Aesch.; [[τετράποδος]] βάσιν θηρὸς τίθεσθαι, i. e. to go on all fours, Eur.: θεῖναί τινί τι ἐν χερσίν to put it in his hands, Il.; ἐς χεῖρά τινος [[into]] his [[hand]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[θέσθαι]] τὴν ψῆφον to lay one's voting-[[pebble]] on the [[altar]], put it [[into]] the urn, Aesch.; so, τίθεσθαι τὴν γνώμην to [[give]] one's [[opinion]], Hdt.; and τίθεσθαι absol. to [[vote]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> θεῖναί τινί τι ἐν φρεσί, ἐν στήθεσσι to put or [[plant]] it in his [[heart]], Hom.; ἐν στήθεσσι [[τιθεῖ]] νόον Il., etc.: Mid., [[θέσθαι]] θυμὸν ἐν στήθεσσι to lay up [[wrath]] in one's [[heart]], Il.; [[θέσθαι]] τινὶ κότον to [[harbour]] [[enmity]] [[against]] him, Il.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to [[deposit]], as in a [[bank]], Hdt., Xen.; also, ἐγγύην [[θέσθαι]] Aesch.:—Pass., τὰ τεθέντα the deposits, Dem.:—metaph., [[χάριν]] or [[χάριτα]] [[θέσθαι]] τινί to [[deposit]] a [[claim]] for [[favour]] with one, to lay an [[obligation]] on one, Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> to pay [[down]], pay, Dem.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> to [[place]] to [[account]], put [[down]], [[reckon]], in rationes referre, Dem.<br /><b class="num">7.</b> in [[military]] [[language]], τίθεσθαι τὰ ὅπλα has [[three]] senses,<br />a. to [[pile]] [[arms]], as in a [[camp]], to [[bivouac]], Thuc.:—[[hence]], to [[take]] up a [[position]], [[draw]] up in [[order]] of [[battle]], Hdt., etc.<br />b. to lay [[down]] one's [[arms]], [[surrender]], Xen.; so, πόλεμον [[θέσθαι]] to [[settle]], end it, Thuc.<br />c. εὖ [[θέσθαι]] ὅπλα to [[keep]] one's [[arms]] in [[good]] [[order]], Xen.; like εὖ ἀσπίδα θέσθω, Il.<br /><b class="num">8.</b> to lay in the [[grave]], [[bury]], Il., Aesch., etc.<br /><b class="num">9.</b> τιθέναι τὰ [[γόνατα]] to [[kneel]] [[down]], NTest.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to set up prizes in games, Lat. proponere, Il., etc.:— Pass., τὰ τιθέμενα the prizes, Dem.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[θεῖναι]] ἐς [[μέσον]], Lat. in [[medio]] ponere, to lay [[before]] [[people]], Hdt.; so, τ. εἰς τὸ κοινόν Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to set up ina [[temple]], to [[devote]], [[dedicate]], Hom., Eur.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[assign]], [[award]], τιμήν τινι Il.:—Mid., [[ὄνομα]] [[θέσθαι]] to [[give]] a [[name]], Od., Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> τιθέναι νόμον to lay [[down]] or [[give]] a law, of a [[legislator]], Soph., etc.: Mid., of [[republican]] legislatures, to [[give]] [[oneself]] a law, make a law, Hdt., etc.:—so, [[θεῖναι]] θεσμόν Aesch.; σκῆψιν [[θεῖναι]] to [[allege]] an [[excuse]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> to [[establish]], [[institute]], ἀγῶνα Aesch., Xen.<br /><b class="num">VI.</b> to [[ordain]], [[command]], c. acc. et inf., Xen.; γυναιξὶ σωφρονεῖν θήσει Eur.; so, with Advs., [[οὕτω]] νῦν [[Ζεὺς]] θείη so may he [[ordain]], Od.; ὣς ἄρ' ἔμελλον [[θησέμεναι]] Il.<br />B. to put in a [[certain]] [[state]], to make so and so, θεῖναί τινα αἰχμητήν, μάντιν Hom.; θεῖναί τινα ἄλοχόν τινος to make her [[another]]'s [[wife]], Il.; τοῖόν με ἔθηκε [[ὅπως]] ἐθέλει has made me [[such]] as she [[will]], Od.; σῦς ἔθηκας ἑταίρους thou didst make my comrades [[swine]], Od.; ναῦν λᾶαν ἔθηκε Od.:—so, with an adj., θεῖναί τινα ἀθάνατον to make him [[immortal]], Od.; also of things, ὄλεθρον ἀπευθέα θῆκε [[left]] it [[unknown]], Od.:—often in Mid., γυναῖκα or ἄκοιτιν [[θέσθαι]] τινά to make her one's [[wife]], Od.; παῖδα or υἱὸν τίθεσθαί τινα, like ποιεῖσθαι, to make her one's [[child]], [[adopt]] him, Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. inf. to make one do so and so, τιθέναι τινὰ νικῆσαι to make him [[conquer]], Pind., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> in [[reference]] to [[mental]] [[action]], [[mostly]] in Mid., to lay [[down]], [[assume]], [[hold]], [[reckon]] or [[regard]] as so and so, τί δ' ἐλέγχεα [[ταῦτα]] τίθεσθε; Od.; [[εὐεργέτημα]] τ. τι Dem.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> foll. by Advs., ποῦ χρὴ τίθεσθαι [[ταῦτα]]; in [[what]] [[light]] must we [[regard]] these things? Soph.; [[οὐδαμοῦ]] τιθέναι τι to [[hold]] of no [[account]], [[nullo]] in [[numero]] habere, Eur.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> foll. by Preps., τ. τινὰ ἐν τοῖς φίλοις Xen.; τίθεσθαί τινα ἐν τιμῆι Hdt.; [[θέσθαι]] παρ' [[οὐδέν]] to set at [[naught]], Aesch., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> with an inf., οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον I [[hold]] not that he lives, [[count]] him not as [[living]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> to lay [[down]], [[assume]], Plat., etc.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to make, [[work]], [[execute]], Lat. ponere, of an [[artist]], ἐν δ' ἐτίθει νεῖον Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to make, [[cause]], [[bring]] to [[pass]], ἔργα Il.; ὀρυμαγδόν Od., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in Mid. to make for [[oneself]], [[θέσθαι]] κέλευθον to make [[oneself]] a [[road]], Il.; μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα [[θέσθαι]] to get a [[large]] [[thigh]], Od.; [[θέσθαι]] πόνον to [[work]] [[oneself]] [[annoy]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> periphr. for a [[single]] Verb. σκέδασιν [[θεῖναι]] = σκεδάσαι, to make a scattering, Od.; so in Mid., [[θέσθαι]] μάχην for μάχεσθαι, Il.; σπουδήν, πρόνοιαν [[θέσθαι]] Soph.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> εὖ [[θέσθαι]] to [[settle]], [[arrange]], or [[manage]] well, τὰ [[σεωυτοῦ]] Hdt.; τὸ [[παρόν]] Thuc.:—also, [[καλῶς]] [[θεῖναι]] or [[θέσθαι]] Soph., Eur.; εὖ [[θέσθαι]] Soph.

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