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