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|Definition=[τῐ], 2sg.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[τιθεῖς]] Pi.''P.''8.11, S.''Ph.''992 cod. B ([[τιθείς]] LA rec.), E.''Cyc.''545 codd. Lp ([[τιθείς]] P, τίθης l), Alc. 890 codd. pler., corrupted to τιθείς Pl.''R.''376e Stob., Arr.''Epict.''3.22.76, Pl.''Euthd.''301e (ἐπι-), Lib. ''Or.''46.28 ([[προστιθεῖς]]); [[ἐντιθεῖς]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[τιθεὶς]]) [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''717; [[περιτιθεῖς]] ''BGU'' 1141.19 (i B.C.); but [[τίθης]] is found in Pl.''R.''l.c. codd. AD, Ar. [[l.c.]] cod. A, Lib.''Or.''27.11 (προσ-), etc., and is taught by Choerob. ''in Theod.'' 2.328 H.; Ep. [[τίθησθα]] Od.9.404, 24.476, and so in Aeol., Alc.''Supp.''4.27 (τίθεισθα [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]); 3sg. τίθησι Il.4.83, al., and Att.; Dor. [[τίθητι]] ''SIG'' 331.13 (Megara, iv B.C.), Theoc.3.48; 3pl. τιθέασι Th.5.96, Alex.128; Ep.and Ion. [[τιθεῖσι]] Il.16.262, Hes.''Th.''597, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.91 (also A.''Ag.''466 (lyr.)); Aeol. [[τίθεισι]] (προ-) ''Schwyzer''631 ''A'' 2 (ii B.C.); Dor. [[τίθεντι]] ''IG''12(3).103.10 (Nisvrus); Ion. 3sg. τιθεῖ Il.13.732, Mimn.1.6, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.113, also Arc., ''SIG''559.16 (Megalop., iii B.C.) (τιθῶ Luc.''Ocyp.''43,81, [[διατιθῶ]] cited by A.D.''Synt.''290.6): impf. ἐτίθην Pl.''Grg.''500b; ἐτίθεις Id.''R.''528d, Ar.''Nu.''59 (ἐν-), etc.; ἐτίθει Il.18.541, al., [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''532, ''Nu.'' 63 (προσ-), etc., Ep. [[τίθει]] Il.1.441, al.; Ep. 3pl. τίθεσαν Od.22.456; τίθεν Pi.''P.''3.65; πρό-τιθεν Od.1.112 (Aristarch.); late ἐτίθουν ''Act.Ap.''4.35; Ion. impf. [[τίθεσκον]] Hes ''Fr.''112; [[ἐτίθεα]] (ὑπερ-) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.155: imper. τίθει Il.1.509, etc.; inf. [[τιθέναι]], not in Hom. or Hes.; Ep. [[τιθήμεναι]] Il.23.83; τιθέμεν Hes.''Op.''744, Pi.''P.''1.40; τιθεῖν Thgn.286, ''IG''12(9).189.5 (Eretria); written τιθῖν ''Byzantion'' 8.50 (Phrygia, iv A.D.); part. [[τιθείς]], but Ion. pl. [[τιθεῦντες]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.91: fut. θήσω, Ep. inf. θησέμεναι Il.12.35, θησέμεν Pi.''P.''10.58: aor.1 [[ἔθηκα]], only used in indic., and mostly in sg., for though 3pl. is common, the ''1'' and 2pl. are rare, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.15, (ἀν-) Hyp.''Eux.''9; even [[ἔθηκαν]] is very rare in early Attic, ἀνέθηκαν ''IG''2.1620d, 22.2971 (both iv B.C.), but is found in Plb.8.4.4, etc.; Ep. 3pl. θῆκαν Il.24.795, etc.: aor. 2 [[ἔθην]], not used in indic. sg., whereas pl. is very common, [[ἔθεμεν]], [[ἔθετε]], [[ἔθεσαν]], Ep. [[θέσαν]] 12.29, etc.; imper. θές Ar.''Lys.''185, etc.; Lacon. 3sg. [[σέτω]] ib.1081; subj. [[θῶ]], Aeol. and Ion. [[θέω]] Sapph.12, (προσ-) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.108, Ep. [[θείω]] Il.16.83, al. (for <b class="b3">*θή-ω</b>); Ep. 2 and 3sg. [[θήῃς]], [[θήῃ]], 6.432, 16.96, Od.10.301,341 (sts. with the opt. forms [[θείης]], [[θείη]] as v.l.); Ep. 1pl. [[θέωμεν]] (disyll.) 24.485, [[θείομεν]] (for <b class="b3">*θήο-μεν</b>, short-vowel subjunctive) Il.23.244, Od.13.364; opt. [[θείην]], 1pl. θεῖμεν 12.347, Pl.''Prt.''343e ([[θείημεν]] codd. BT), προσ-θεῖμεν Id.''R.''370d, and κατα-θεῖτε D.14.27; 3pl. θεῖεν S.''OC''865; inf. [[θεῖναι]], Ep.θέμεναι Il.2.285, θέμεν Od.21.3, Hes.''Op.''61,67; Dor. [[θέμειν]] ''IG'' 12(1).677.13 (Rhodes, iv B.C.); part. θείς Il.23.254, etc.: pf. [[τέθηκα]] Att. Inscrr., ''IG''22.2490.7 (iv B.C.), (ἀνα-) ib.839.38, 1299.44, 1534.76, also at Delos, ib.11(2).161 ''A''6 (iii B.C.), etc., and in Papyri, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]'' 1087.42 (i B.C.); τέθεικα ''PCair.Zen.''324 (iii B.C.), (ὑπο-) ''PPetr.''3p.53 (iii B.C.), (ἐκ-) ''UPZ''62.4 (ii B.C.), (ἀνα-) ''IG''22.1011.71,80 (ii B.C.), (προσ-) Str.1.2.23; hence some editors restore [[τέθηκα]] for [[τέθεικα]] in Attic authors, as [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.4.19, D.20.55, 22.16, 27.36, Alex.15.13; Phocian 3pl. ἀνα-τεθέκαντι ''BCH''59.202 (Daulis):—Med. [[τίθεμαι]], 2sg. τίθεσαι Pl.''Tht.''202c; [[τίθη]] or [[τίθῃ]] dub. in ''PTeb.''768.9 (ii B.C.); as Pass., ''AP''11.300 (Pall.); imper. τίθεσο Ar.''Pax'' 1039, Pl. ''Sph.''237b, τίθου A.''Eu.''226, Dor. [[τίθευσο]] cj. in ''AP''9.564 (Nic., [[τιθεύσω]] cod., [[τίθεσσο]] Plan., cf. [[ἀφίκευσο]]); Ep. part. τιθήμενος Il.10.34: fut. θήσομαι 24.402, etc.: aor. 1 [[ἒθηκάμην]], only in indic. and part., and never in Att.; 2sg. ἐθήκαο Theoc.29.18; Ep. 3sg. θήκατο Il.10.31, Hes.''Sc.''128; part. θηκάμενος Thgn.1150, Pi.''P.''4.29: aor. 2 ἐθέμην Il.2.750, etc.; Ep. and Lyr. 3sg. θέτο 10.149, Pi.''N.''10.89; imper. θέο Od. 10.333, θοῦ S.''OC''466; subj. θῶμαι E.''HF''486, etc.; Ep. 2sg. θῆαι Od. 19.403; opt. θείμην S.''Ant.''188, etc.; 3sg. θεῖτο Od.17.225, A.''Pr.''527 (lyr.), Pl.''Tht.''195c, etc. (<b class="b3">πρόσ-θοιτο, -θοισθε, ἔν-θοιτο</b> are found in D. 11.6, 21.188, 34.17, but προσ-θεῖτο Id.6.12 codd.; <b class="b3">ἐπιθοίμεθα, -θοιντο</b>, Th.6.34,''ΙΙ''; cf. [[τιθοῖτο]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.8.10): pf. (v. infr.):—Pass. τίθεμαι ''SIG''57.25 (Milet., v B.C.), Pl.''Lg.''705e, 744a: fut. τεθήσομαι E.''El.'' 1268, Pl.''Lg.''730b, D.24.17: aor. ἐτέθην E.''HF''1245, Lys.31.28, etc. (ἐθέθην ''IG''14.862 (Cumae, vi B.C.)): pf. [[τέθειμαι]], rare in early Gr., [[LXX]] ''1 Ki.''9.24, ''Ev.Marc.''15.47, (προσ-) Arist.''Mech.''853a35; inf. τεθεῖσθαι Ar.''Fr.''327 codd. (but [[falsa lectio|f.l.]]); part. τεθειμένος Demad.12, (προ-) X.''Hier.''9.11, (δια-) Men.591; also used in med. sense, D.21.49, ''SIG''705.17 (Delph., ii B.C.), ''BGU''1735.11 (i B.C.), Luc.''Somn.''9, (ἐν-) D.34.16, (προ-) ''Supp.Epigr.''7.62.6 (Seleucia Pieria, ii B.C.), (συν-) ''OGI''229.62 (Smyrna, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ὑπεκ-τεθημένος</b> (sic) ''BCH''54.269 (Rhamnus, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἀνα-τέθηται</b> (pass. sense) Phld.''Mus.''p.81 K.; Phocian pf. part. (med. sense) ἀνα-τεθεμένος ''BCH''59.202 (Daulis):—the Pass. never occurs in Hom., and is generally rare, [[κεῖμαι]] being used instead.<br><span class="bld">A</span> in local sense, [[set]], [[put]], [[place]], λίθον Il.21.405, cf. ''IG''12.373.10, al.; θεμείλια Il.12.29; <b class="b3">τέρματα τ.</b> Od.8.193; <b class="b3">κλισίην, θρόνον τ. τινί</b>, [[set]] a stool or chair for him, 4.123, 8.65 (so in Med., [[set for oneself]], δίφρον 20.387); ἐκελήσατο θέμεν τὰν κλίναν, ἐφ' ἇς τὰν Σωστράταν ἔφερον [[lay down]], IG42(1).122.31 (Epid., iv B.C.); <b class="b3">πόδα τ.</b> [[plant]] the foot, i.e. walk, run, A.''Eu.''294, E.''IT''32: so in Med., <b class="b3">τετράποδος βάσιν θηρὸς τιθέμενος</b>, i.e. going on all fours, Id.''Hec.'' 1059 (lyr.): the mode is expressed by Advbs. or Preps.,<br><span class="bld">a</span> with Advbs., <b class="b3">τ. τι πυρὸς ἐγγύς, ἀπάνευθε πυρός</b>, Od.14.518, Il.18.412; προπάροιθε ποδῶν 20.324; χαμαὶ τ. τὸν πόδα A.''Ag.''906; <b class="b3">τὰ ἄνω κάτω</b> and <b class="b3">τὰ κάτω ἄνω τ.</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.3, cf. A.author>''Eu.''651, etc.: with Advbs. implying motion, ἄλλοσε θῆκε Od.23.184,204; ἔχεις . . ὅποι θήσεις Pl.''R.''479c:—Med., ὅποι . . τιθοῖτο [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.8.10.<br><span class="bld">b</span> with Preps. of local sense, θεῖσα στέφανον ἀμφὶ βοστρύχοις E.''Med.''1160 (Med., ἀμφ' ὤμοισι τιθήμενον ἔντεα Il.10.34); <b class="b3">ἀνά τινι</b> or τι, as ἂμ βωμοῖσι Il.8.441; ἀνὰ μυρίκην 10.466; <b class="b3">ἐπί τινος, τινι</b>, or τι, as εἵματα ἐπ' ἀπήνης Od.6.252, cf. Il.16.223, etc.; ἐπὶ κρατὶ κυνέην 15.480; πέπλον Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασι 6.92 (v. infr.111.2); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ [θρόνον τὰ ἱμάτια]</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.9, cf. A.''Supp.''483, etc.; <b class="b3">τὴν ἀρχὴν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τοῦ ἐπιδέσμου</b>) <b class="b3"> κατὰ μεσοφρύου, ἐπὶ ἰνίον</b>, etc., Sor.''Fasc.''1,2, al.; <b class="b3">ὑπό τινι</b> or τι, as δέμνι' ὑπ' αἰθούσῃ Il.24.644; ἀμβροσίην ὑπὸ ῥῖνά τινι Od.4.445: most freq. with the Preps. [[ἐν]] or [[εἰς]], [[put in]] or [[put into]] . ., as θῆκεν ἐν ἀκμοθέτῳ ἄκμονα Il.18.476; τόξα ἐν πυρί 5.215; ἐν κίστῃ ἐδωδήν Od.6.76; <b class="b3">ἐν λεχέεσσι θ. [τινά]</b> Il.18.352 (so in Med., <b class="b3">ἐς δίφρον ἄρνας θέτο</b> [[put]] into the [[car]], 3.310; ὁ θεὸς ἔθετο τὰ μέλη ἐν τῷ σώματι ''1 Ep.Cor.''12.18); <b class="b3">ἐς λάρνακα, ἐς κάπετον</b>, Il.24.795,797; ἐς ταφάς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1110 (Med., ἐν τάφοισι θέσθε Id.''OC''1410), cf. ''Ant.''504, ''Tr.''1254.<br><span class="bld">c</span> in Poets also with dat. only, χρήματα μυχῷ ἄντρου Od.13.364 (so in Med., κολεῷ ἄορ θέο 10.333), cf. S.''Tr.''691, E.''Hel.''1064.—The same constructions will be found under many of the following heads.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Special phrases:<br><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">θεῖναί τινί τι ἐν χερσίν, ἐν χειρί</b>, [[put]] it in his [[hand]]s, Il.1.441,585, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν χερσί</b> or χείρεσσί τινος 6.482, 23.597; οἶνον Ὀδυσσῆϊ ἐν χείρεσσι Od.14.448; <b class="b3">ἐς χεῖρά τινος</b> [[into]] his hand, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''751.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of women, <b class="b3">θέσθαι παῖδα, υἱὸν ὑπὸ ζώνῃ</b>, to have a child [[put]] under her girdle, i.e. to conceive, ''h.Ven.''255,282.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐν ὄμμασι θέσθαι</b> [[set]] before one's eyes, Pi.''N.''8.43.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[set]] a plant, X.''Oec.''19.7,9.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[lay]] a mosaic, ''PCair.Zen.''665.10,15 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">θέσθαι τὴν ψῆφον</b> = [[lay]] one's voting-pebble on the altar, [[put]] it into the [[urn]], ἐς τεῦχος οὐ διχορρόπως ψήφους ἔθεντο A.''Ag.''816: hence simply, [[give one's vote]], <b class="b3">ἐπὶ φόνῳ</b> for [[death]], E.''Or.''756 (troch.); [[ἑωυτῷ]] in one's own favour, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.123; σὺν τῷ νόμῳ [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.17; <b class="b3">εὔφρονα, δικαίαν τὴν ψῆφον τ.</b>, A.''Supp.''640 (lyr.), Lycurg.128, etc.; and in Pass., ἔστω δὴ φανερὰ ἡ ψῆφος τιθεμένη Pl.''Lg.''855d: also <b class="b3">γνώμην θέσθαι</b>, c. inf., [[give one's opinion]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.82; περὶ ἡμῶν And.3.21: [[τίθεσθαι]] abs., [[vote]], γνώμῃ S.''Ph.''1448 codd. (anap., [[γνώμην]] Lambinus), Hld.2.29; μετά τινος A.''Supp.''644 (lyr.); ἐναντία τινί Pl.''Phlb.''58b; τινι S.E.''P.''2.37 codd., Lib.''Decl.''1.65.<br><span class="bld">6</span> in Hom., <b class="b3">θεῖναί τινί τι ἐν στήθεσσι, ἐν φρεσί</b>, etc., [[put]] or [[plant]] it in his heart, ἐν στήθεσσι τιθεῖ νόον Il.13.732; <b class="b3">βουλὴν ἐν στήθεσσι τ.</b> 17.470; ἔπος ἐν φρεσί 19.121, al.; also [[μένος]] δέ οἱ ἐν φρεσὶ θῆκε 21.145:—Med., <b class="b3">ἄγριον ἐν στήθεσσι θέτο θυμόν</b> laid [[up]] [[wrath]] in [[his]] [[heart]], [[treasure]]d it there, 9.629; ἐν φρεσὶ θέσθε αἰδῶ καὶ νέμεσιν 13.121; <b class="b3">τοῖσιν κότον αἰνὸν ἔθεσθε</b> [[harbour]]ed [[enmity]] against them, 8.449; καθαρὸν θέμενος νόον Thgn.89; θέμενος [[ἄγναμπτος|ἄγναμπτον]] νόον A.''Pr.''164 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θέσθαι</b>, c. inf., [[bear]] in mind, [[think]] of doing a thing, Od.4.729; θ. [τι] ἐν καρδίᾳ ''Ev.Luc.'' 1.66.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[deposit]], as in a [[bank]], τὰ [[πρυτανεῖα]] πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας ''IG''12.22.33; θεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τὰς [[τετταράκοντα]] μνᾶς Hyp.''Ath.''5; ἐνέχυρον τιθέναι τι Ar.''Pl.''451, cf. ''Ec.''755, D.41.11, ''PEnteux.''32.7 (iii B.C.), etc.:—Med., τὰ [[ἡμίσεα]] τῆς οὐσίης θέσθαι παρά τινα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.86.ά, cf. Od.13.207; τὴν τιμὴν θήσονται ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν, ἕως . . ''PCair.Zen.''723.11 (iii B.C.); ἐγγύην θέσθαι A.''Eu.''898; συνθήκας παρά τινι Lycurg.23:—Pass., τὰ ληφθέντα καὶ τὰ τεθεντα D.49.5 (but Act. and Med. are sometimes distinguished, ὁ [[θείς]] = the [[mortgagor]], ὁ [[θέμενος]] = the [[mortgagee]], τοὺς θέντας ἡμᾶς ἢ καὶ τοὺς θεμένους ὑμᾶς Pl.''Lg.''820e, cf. Hyp.''Fr.''169, D.53.10; [[τίθεσθαι]] seems to have the same meaning as [[ὑποτίθεσθαι]] in ''IG''22.43.41, 2758.4, 12(7).55.12 (Arcesine, iv/iii B.C.), but the two are distinguished in ''Supp.Epigr.''3.760 (Euboea, iv B.C.)): metaph., [[χάριν]] or <b class="b3">χάριτα θέσθαι τινί</b> [[deposit]] a [[claim]] for [[favour]] with one, [[lay]] an [[obligation]] on one, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.60, 107, cf. A.''Pr.''783, etc.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[pay down]], [[pay]], [[τόκον]], [[εἰσφορά]]ν, [[μετοίκιον]], D.41.9, 22.43, 29.3; τὸ γιγνόμενον Id.18.104; τὸν πριάμενον ἑκατοστὴν τιθέναι τῆς τιμῆς Thphr.''Fr.''97.1; τὴν τιμήν ''PRev.Laws'' 18.13 (iii B.C.); τὰ μέρη ''PCair.Zen.''218.33 (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">[τὰς δραχμὰς] εἰς ἀνήλωμα τοῦ πλοίου</b> ib.753.64 (iii B.C.):—Med., θέμενος ἀρραβῶνα ''PFlor.''303.3 (vi A.D.).<br><span class="bld">9</span> [[put down in writing]], θοῦ δ' ἐν φρενῶν δέλτοισι τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους S.''Fr.''597 (cj. Nauck):—Pass., τὰ ἐν γράμμασι τεθέντα Pl.''Lg.''793b.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[place to account]], [[reckon]], D.27.34,36, 28.13; θήσω εἰς δύο παῖδας χιλίας δραχμὰς ἑκάστου ἐνιαυτοῦ Lys.32.28, cf. ib.21:—metaph. in Med., ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀκριβῶς αὐτὸ θήσομαι λίαν E.''Med.''532; <b class="b3">τἀγαθὰ ἐς ἀμφίβολον ἀσφαλῶς ἔθεντο</b> [[reckon]]ed as [[doubtful]], Th.4.18.<br><span class="bld">10</span> in military language, [[τίθεσθαι]] or <b class="b3">θέσθαι τὰ ὅπλα</b> has four senses,<br><span class="bld">a</span> [[rest arms]], i.e. halt, with arms in an easy position but ready for action, Th.4.44,93, 7.3; <b class="b3">θέμενοι ἐς τὴν ἀγορὰν τὰ ὅπλα</b> advancing to the [[market]]-place and [[rest]]ing [[arm]]s there, Id.2.2, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.52, X.''An.''1.5.14, 17, 1.6.4, etc.; <b class="b3">εἰς τάξιν τὰ ὅπλα τ.</b> ib.2.2.21, 5.4.11; so <b class="b3">ἐν τάξει</b> ib.2.2.8; <b class="b3">ἀντία τισί</b> over against them, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.74 (in 1.62 <b class="b3">ἀντία ἔθεντο τὰ ὅπλα</b> over against it (the temple)); ''poet.'', <b class="b3">πάτρας ἕνεκα εἰς δῆριν ἔθεντο ὅπλα</b> Inscr. ap. D.18.289.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[bear arms]], [[fight]], τὸ [[θυμοειδής|θυμοειδὲς]] . . ἐν τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς στάσει τίθεσθαι τὰ ὅπλα πρὸς τὸ λογιστικόν Pl.''R.''440e; τοῦ δήμου . . παρακαλοῦντος τοὺς στρατιώτας τίθεσθαι πρὸς τὴν πόλιν ''IG''22.666.10; ὃς ἂν μὴ θῆται τὰ ὅπλα μηδὲ μεθ' ἑτέρων Arist.''Ath.''8.5, cf. Lys.31.14, D.21.145; so <b class="b3">ὁπόσοιπερ ἂν ὅπλα ἱππικὰ ἢ πεζικὰ τιθῶνται</b> who [[serve]] on [[horseback]] or on [[foot]], Pl.''Lg.''753b, cf. 756a; ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τὰ ὅπλα θέσθαι Plu.''Cim.''5.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[lay down one's arms]], [[surrender]], D.S.20.31,45; so, without the [[idea]] of [[surrender]], <b class="b3">θέσθαι τὰς ἀσπίδας</b> X.''HG''2.4.12 (but Act., τὰ ὅπλα θείς Plu.2.759a).<br><span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">τὰ ὅπλα εὖ τίθεσθε</b> [[keep]] your [[arm]]s in [[good]] [[order]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.3; εὖ ἀσπίδα θέσθω Il.2.382.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[lay in the grave]], [[bury]], ἐμὰ σῶν ἀπάνευθε τιθήμεναι ὀστέα 23.83 (freq. with words added, <b class="b3">ἐν τάφοισι, ἐς ταφάς</b>, etc., v. supr. ''1'' b); <b class="b3">ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονός</b>; A.''Th.''1006 (lyr.):—Pass., τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ φασι . . τεθῆναι . . ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ Th.1.138, cf. Pl.''Mx.'' 242c, ''Lg.''947e; ἄλλῳ δὲ μηδενὶ ἐξεῖναι ἐν τῷ πυργίσκῳ τεθῆναι μετὰ τὸ ἐνταφῆναι αὐτήν· ἐπεὶ ὁ θείς τινα ἀσεβὴς ἔστω θεοῖς καταχθονίοις ''TAM'' 2(1).51 (Telmessus), cf. 55, al., ''AJP''48.30 (Apamea), ''Supp.Epigr.'' 6.221 (Phrygia), etc.<br><span class="bld">12</span> τιθέναι τὰ γόνατα [[kneel down]], Ev.Marc. 15.19, ''Ev.Luc.''22.41, al.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[set up]], of the [[prize]]s in [[game]]s, ἄεθλα Il.23.263, etc.; [[ἀέθλιον]] ib.748; [[νικητήριος|νικητήρια]] S.''Fr.''537 (so in Pass., [[τὰ τιθέμενα]] = the [[prize]]s, D.61.25); also with the object offered as the [[prize]], <b class="b3">τ. δέπας, βοῦν, σόλον</b>, etc., Il.23.656,750,826, al., cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.144, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''573:—this is more fully expressed by <b class="b3">ἐς μέσσον τ.</b>, Il.23.704: after Hom. more generally, [[lay before]] [[people]] as [[common]] [[property]], [[βούλομαι]] ὑμῖν εἰς τὸ μέσον αὐτὸ θεῖναι Pl.''Lg.''719a; ἐς μέσον ἀρχὴν τιθεὶς ἰσονομίην ὑμῖν [[προαγορεύω]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.142; so also τ. τι εἰς τὸ κοινὸν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.14.1; [[read]]ing and [[sense]] are [[doubtful]] in A.''Ch.'' 145.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[set up]] in a [[temple]], [[dedicate]], ἀγάλματα Od.12.347; τάσδε . . θεοῖς ἀσπίδας ἔθηκε E.''Ph.''576; so perhaps Il.6.92 (v. supr. 1b).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[assign]], [[award]], τιμήν τινι Il.24.57; ὄνομά τινι Pl.''Sph.''244d: especially in Med., [[ὄνομα]] (or [[οὔνομα]]) <b class="b3"> θέσθαι τινί</b> [[give]] a [[child]] a [[name]] at one's own [[discretion]], Od.18.5, 19.406 (in 19.403 with [[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[θείης]]), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.107, 113, cf. E.''Ph.''13: ellipt., without ὄνομα, ᾧ δὴ ἀθροίς ματι ἄνθρωπόν τε τίθενται καὶ λίθον Pl.''Tht.''157b, cf. ''Cra.''402b: pleonast., Ἴωνα δ' αὐτὸν ὄνομα κεκλῆσθαι θήσεται E.''Ion''75.<br><span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">τιθέναι νόμον</b> [[down]] or [[give]] a [[law]], of a [[legislator]], S.''El.''580, E.''Alc.''57, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''532, Pl.''R.''339c, D.24.99, etc.:—so in Med., of [[Solon]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.29; of a people, state, or [[legislature]], [[give]] [[oneself]] a [[law]], [[make]] a law, Pl.''R.''338e, Isoc.3.6, Arist. ''Pol.''1289a14 (Pass., τίθεται νόμος Ar.''Nu.''1425, Pl.''Lg.''705e,744a; <b class="b3">τιμωρίαι . . ἐτέθησαν</b> ib.943d); also [[θήσω]] θεσμόν A.''Eu.''484; [[κήρυγμα]] [[θεῖναι]] S.''Ant.''8; <b class="b3">σκῆψιν τιθέναι</b> [[allege]] an [[excuse]], Id.''El.''584: c. acc. et inf., [[order]] [[matter]]s so that . ., [ὁ Λυκοῦργος] ἔθηκε θύειν βασιλέα πρὸ τῆς πόλεως τὰ δημόσια [[ἅπαντα]] X.''Lac.''15.2, cf. 1.5, 2.11; without inf., καλῶς ἔθεντο ταῦτα πατέρες οἱ πάλαι E.''Or.''512: c. dat. et inf., γυναιξὶ σωφρονεῖν . . θήσει Id.''Tr.''1057.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Med., [[agree]] [[upon]], ἡμέραν θέσθαι D.42.1,13; so θ. [[συγγραφή]]ν, [[ὁμολογία]]ν, σύμβολόν τινι, etc., ''PEleph.'' 2.16 (iii B.C.), ''PGoodsp.Cair.''6ii 2 (ii B.C.), ''PRein.''11.9 (ii B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[execute]] a [[document]]. <b class="b3">τ. διαθήκην</b> [[make]] a [[will]], ''Stud.Pal.''1.6.3 (v A.D.): so in Med., ''PSI''10.1119.16 (ii A.D.); <b class="b3">θέσθαι τινὸς ἀπαρχήν</b> [[make out]] a person's [[birth]]-[[certificate]], ib.9.1067.15 (iii B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[establish]], [[institute]], ἀγῶνας A.''Ag.''845, cf. X.''An.''1.2.10; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς ἀγώνοις οἷς ἁ πόλις τίφητι</b> (sic) ''Delph.''3(3).120.17 (ii B.C.); [[πενταετηρίδα]] Pi.''O.''3.21.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> [[dispose]], [[order]], [[ordain]], [[bring to pass]], of [[god]]s, οὕτω νῦν Ζεὺς θείη Od.8.465, 15.180; ὣς ἄο' ἔμελλον θησέμεναι Il.12.35; [Ζεὺς] τίθησ' ὅπῃ θέλει Semon.1.2; <b class="b3">τὰ δ' ἄλλα πάντ' ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω στρέφων τίθησιν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[Ζεύς]]) A.''Eu.''651; <b class="b3">πάντα παγκάκως θεοὶ θέσαν</b> cj. in Id.''Pers.''283 (lyr.); τέλος δ' ἔθηκε Ζεὺς . . καλῶς S.''Tr.'' 26; <b class="b3">κόσμῳ θέντες</b>, as etym. of [[θεοί]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.52; of human beings, [[administer]], [[manage]], <b class="b3">[τι] κακῶς θέμεν, εὖ θέμεν</b>, Thgn.845,846; τὰ δ' ἄλλα [[φροντίς|φροντὶς]] . . θήσει [[δικαίως]] A.''Ag.''913; <b class="b3">ἐγὼ καὶ σὺ θήσομεν κρατοῦντε τῶνδε δωμάτων καλῶς</b> ib.1673 (troch.); ταῦτ' ἐγὼ θήσω καλῶς E.''Hipp.'' 521, cf. ''Andr.''737; τὰ παρ' ὑμῶν εὖ τίθει Ar.''Lys.''243; τ. τὰ τῶν φίλων [[ἀσφαλῶς]] X.''Ages.''11.12; τὰ πράγματ' [[ὀρθῶς]] ἂν τιθῇ πράξει [[καλῶς]] E.''Fr.''287:—Med., [[administer for oneself]], οἶκον εὖ θέσθαι Hes.''Op.''23; ἄνδρας σοφοὺς χρὴ τὸ παρὸν πρᾶγμα καλῶς εἰς δύναμιν τίθεσθαι Cratin. 172 (lyr.), cf. D.23.134, Anon.ap Suid.s.v. [[τίθεσθαι]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]s.v.τὸ παρὸν εὖ τίθεσο; ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἴχοντο θέσθαι τὸ παρόν Th.1.25; <b class="b3">τὸ παρὸν εὖ θέσθαι</b> [[make the best of]] one's resources or situation, Luc.''Nec.''21, M. Ant.6.2, cf. Aristid.2.35 J.; [[εὐτυχία]]ν τὴν παροῦσαν ἔξεστι καλῶς θέσθαι Th.4.17; τὰ παρόντα θέσθαι καλῶς Ach.Tat.5.11; τὰ σεωυτοῦ τιθέμενος εὖ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.236; τὰ οἰκεῖα εὖ θέμενον Pl.''R.''443d; τὰ ἴδια ἕκαστοι εὖ βουλόμενοι δὴ θέσθαι Th.4.59; τὰ πάντα ὅπως ἂν αὐτῇ ἡδὺ ᾖ οὕτως τίθεσθαι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.4.17; εἰ μὴ θήσομαι τἄμ' ὡς ἄριστα E.''Andr.'' 378; τὸ σαυτοῦ θέμενος εὖ Id.''IT''1003, cf. ''Ba.''49, ''HF''605,938, ''Hipp.'' 709, Dionys.Eleg.1.5; τὰ πρὶν εὖ θέμενος S.''El.''1434; <b class="b3">συνετῶν ἀνδρῶν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[εἶναι]]), πρὶν [[γενέσθαι]] τὰ δυσχερῆ, προνοῆσαι ὅπως μὴ γένηται· ἀνδρείων δέ, γενόμενα εὖ θέσθαι Pittac. ap. D.L.1.78; <b class="b3">τὸ κοινῶς φοβερὸν ἅπαντας εὖ θέσθαι</b> that all should [[face]] the [[common]] [[danger]], Th.4.61; of [[war]]s, [[quarrel]]s, etc., [[bring]] them to a [[successful]] [[issue]], but sometimes [[put a good face on]] them, [[patch]] them [[up]], ἕως ἂν τὸν πόλεμον εὖ θῶνται Id.8.84; θήσονται τὸν πόλεμον ᾗ βούλονται Id.1.31; <b class="b3">πόλεμον ἀραμένους οὐ ῥᾴδιον εὐπρεπῶς θέσθαι</b> ib.82; ὅτῳ τρόπῳ . . τὸ σφέτερον ἀπρεπὲς εὖ θήσονται Id.6.11; μεθ' ἧς τὸ νῦν παρεστὸς [[νεῖκος]] εὖ θέσθαι χρεών S. ''OT''633; τὸν τρὸς τοὺς Ἐλευσῖνι πόλεμον ὡς μετρίως ἔθεντο Pl.''Mx.''243e; <b class="b3">ἄμεινον ἢ τότε ἐθέμεθα τὸν πόλεμον</b> ib.245e; τὰς γενομένας συμφορὰς πρὸς ἀλλήλους θέσθαι καλῶς And.1.140: abs., θέσθαι καλῶς S.''Fr.'' 350:—pass., εἰ τεθήσεται κατὰ νοῦν τὰ πράγματα Th.4.120.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in the [[game]] of [[πεττεία]], [[κυβεία]], Lat. [[tesserae]] (cf. Ter.''Adelph.''739), to [[place]] as [[skilfully]] as [[possible]] the [[piece]]s which have been [[assign]]ed to one by the [[luck]] of the [[dice]], πεττείᾳ τινὶ ἔοικεν ὁ [[βίος]], καὶ δεῖ ὥσπερ ψῆφόν τινα τίθεσθαι τὸ συμβαῖνον Socr. ap. Stob.4.56.39; ὥσπερ ἐν πτώσει κύβων πρὸς τὰ πεπτωκότα τίθεσθαι τὰ αὑτοῦ πράγματα ὅπῃ ὁ λόγος αἱρεῖ βέλτιστ' ἂν ἔχειν Pl.''R.''604c, cf. Plu.''Pyrrh.''26; [[στέργειν]] δὲ τἀκπεσόντα καὶ θέσθαι πρέπει σοφὸν κυβευτήν S.''Fr.''947; <b class="b3">τὰ δεσποτῶν γὰρ εὖ πεσόντα θήσομαι</b> I [[will]] [[take]] [[advantage]] of my [[master]]'s [[good]] [[luck]], A.''Ag.''32: many of the [[passage]]s cited in A. v11. I may be metaph. applications of this sense.<br><span class="bld">B</span> [[put]] in a [[certain]] [[state]] or [[condition]], much the same as [[ποιεῖν]], [[ποιεῖσθαι]], and so often to be rendered by our [[make]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> followed by an attributive Subst., [[make]] one something, with the [[predicate]] in [[apposition]], <b class="b3">θεῖναί τινα αἰχμητήν, ἱέρειαν, μάντιν</b>, etc., Il.1.290, 6.300, Od.15.253, etc.; θ. τινὰ ἀρχέπολιν Pi.''P.''9.54; <b class="b3">θεῖναί τινα ἄλοχόν τινος</b> [[make]] her another's [[wife]], of a third person who [[negotiate]]s a [[marriage]], Il.19.298 (for Med., v. infr. 3); <b class="b3">ἥτε με τοῖον ἔθηκεν ὅπως ἐθέλει</b> who has made me such as she [[will]], Od.16.208; <b class="b3">σῦς ἔθηκας ἑταίρους</b> thou hast made my [[comrade]]s [[swine]], 10.338; so [νῆα] λᾶαν ἔθηκε 13.163, cf. Il.2.319, etc.; ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον [[LXX]] ''Ps.''109(110).1; but <b class="b3">γέλων ἔθηκε συνδείπνοις</b> [[cause]]d them [[laughter]], E.''Ion''1172; <b class="b3">λόγους εἰς μέτρα τ.</b> [[put]] them into [[verse]], Pl. ''Lg.''669d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with an Adj. for the attributive, <b class="b3">θεῖναί τινα ἀθάνατον καὶ ἀγήρων</b> [[make]] him [[undying]] and [[undecaying]], Od.5.136; <b class="b3">πηρόν, τυφλόν, ἀφνειὸν τ. τινά</b>, Il.2.599, 6.139, 9.483; τὸν μὲν . . θῆκε μείζονά τ' εἰσιδέειν καὶ πάσσονα Od.6.229, cf. 18.195, Pl.''Prt.''344d.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of things, <b class="b3">ἅλιον πόνον, πόνον οὐκ ἀτέλεστον, πάντα μεταμώνια</b>, Il.4.26,57, 363; [[ὄλεθρος|ὄλεθρον]] ἀπευθέα θῆκε Κρονίων Od.3.88, cf. 11.274; ἀποίητον θέμεν ἔργων τέλος Pi.''O.''2.17; ἀρὰν τ. ἀλαθῆ A.''Th.''944 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἀναστάτους οἴκους τ.</b> S.''Ant.''674; τ. λεῖον τὸν τραχὺν ἐχῖνον Ar.''Pax''1086; <b class="b3">τὸ πραχθὲν ἀγένητον τ.</b> Pl.''Prt.''324b.<br><span class="bld">3</span> freq. in Med., [[γυναῖκα]] or <b class="b3">ἄκοιτιν θέσθαι τινά</b> [[make]] her one's [[wife]], Od.21.72,316, B.5.169; <b class="b3">παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν θ.</b> [[take]] her own [[son]] as [[husband]], A.''Th.''929 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">υἱὸν θέσθαι τινά</b>, like [[ποιεῖσθαι]], [[make one's]] son, [[adopt]], Pl.''Lg.''929c, etc.: abs., <b class="b3">θέσθαι τινά</b> [[adopt]], Plu.''Aem.''5.<br><span class="bld">c</span> generally, προσφιλῆ θέσθαι τινά S.''Ph.''532; but <b class="b3">φίλον ἐμαυτῷ θ.</b> [[deem]] my [[friend]], Id.''Ant.''188; [[γέλωτα θέσθαι τινά]] = [[make him one's butt]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.29, 7.209.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. inf., [[make]] one do so and so, <b class="b3">τιθέναι τινὰ νικᾶσαι</b> [[make him conquer]], Pi.''N.''10.48 (dub.); [[μετατραπεῖν]] Id.''Fr.''177; τὸν πάθει μάθος θέντα κυρίως ἔχειν A.''Ag.''178 (lyr.), cf. 1036, 1174 (lyr.), E.''Med.''718, ''Heracl.'' 990, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in reference to mental action, when Med. is more freq. than Act., [[lay down]], [[assume]], [[hold]], [[reckon]] or [[regard]] as . ., <b class="b3">τί δ' ἐλέγχεα ταῦτα τίθεσθε</b>; Od.21.333; δαιμόνιον αὐτὸ τίθημ' ἐγώ S.''El.''1270 (lyr.); τοιοῦτον θέντες τὸν δίκαιον Pl.''R.''361b, cf. 430b (Med.); <b class="b3">θὲς δή μοι . .</b>now [[suppose]] so and so, Id.''Tht.''191c; εὐεργέτημά τι θεῖναι D.1.10; with ὡς, θέντες ὡς ὑπάρχον εἶναι ὃ βούλονται Pl.''R.'' 458a, cf. ''Phd.''100a; μὴ τοῦτο ὡς [[ἀδίκημα]] θῇς D.18.193.<br><span class="bld">2</span> followed by Advbs., <b class="b3">ποῦ χρὴ τίθεσθαι ταῦτα</b>; in what [[light]] must we [[regard]] these things? S.''Ph.''451; <b class="b3">οὐδαμοῦ τιθέναι τι</b> [[hold]] of no [[account]], E.''Andr.''210; [[πρόσθεν]] or <b class="b3">ἐπίπροσθέν τινος τιθέναι τι</b>, Id.''Hec.''129 (anap.), ''Supp.''515; <b class="b3">πόρρω τίθεσθαί τί τινων</b> [[set]] far below... D.18.299.<br><span class="bld">3</span> followed by Preps., τ. τινὰ ἐν φιλοσόφοις Pl.''R.''475d; ἐν τοῖς φίλοις [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.4.4; also <b class="b3">εἰς ὁποτέραν</b> (of two classes) Pl.''Sph.''264c; <b class="b3">εἰς τὸν δῆμον, εἰς τοὺς πλουσίους</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.39; also [[οὐκ]] ἐν λόγῳ τίθεσθαί τινα Tyrt.12.1; ἐν τιμῇ τίθεσθαί τινα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.3; ἐν αἰτίῃ τιθέναι τινά Id.8.99; <b class="b3">ἐν οἰωνῷ τινι τοῦ μέλλοντος, ἐν ἐπαίνῳ, ἐν γέλωτι τίθεσθαι</b>, Plu.''Alex.''31, ''Cat.Ma.''20, ''TG''17; <b class="b3">θέσθαι παρ' οὐδέν</b> [[set]] at naught, A.''Ag.''230 (lyr.), E.''IT''732, cf. Pl.''Phdr.''252a (but ἐν οὐδενί ''BGU''1816.23 (i B.C.), ''Supp.Epigr.''7.1.6 (Susa, i A.D., Epist.Artabani)); ἐν παρέργῳ θοῦ με S.''Ph.'' 473; <b class="b3">πάντα ταῦτ' ἐν εὐχερεῖ ἔθου</b> ib.876; ταῦτ' ἐν αἰσχρῷ θέμενος E. ''Hec.''806; ἐν ἀδικήματι θέσθαι τι Th.1.35; ἐν ἀδικήματος μέρει τιθέναι τι D.23.148; <b class="b3">θέσθαι τὰ δίκαια ἔκ τινος</b> [[estimate]] them by... Id.8.8.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. partit. gen., <b class="b3">ἐμὲ θὲς τῶν πεπεισμένων</b> [[put]] me [[down]] as one of the [[convinced]], Pl.''R.''424c, cf. 376e, 437b; <b class="b3">τῆς ἡμετέρας ἀμελείας ἄν τις θείη</b> [[might]] [[reckon]] it as [[due]] to our [[carelessness]], D.1.10.<br><span class="bld">5</span> c. inf., <b class="b3">οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον</b> I [[hold]] not that he [[live]]s, [[count]] him not as [[living]], S.''Ant.''1166: so in Med., Pl.''Phd.''93c, D. 25.43,44: rarely c. part., <b class="b3">θήσω ἀδικοῦντα [αὐτόν]</b> Id.23.76, cf. Pl. ''Prt.''343e, ''Ap.''27c.<br><span class="bld">6</span> elliptically, [[lay down]], [[assume]], <b class="b3">θῶμεν δύο εἴδη</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[εἶναι]]) Id.''Phd.''79a, etc.; <b class="b3">θήσω οὕτω</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">εἶναί τι</b>) D.23.85, cf. Arist.''Pol.''1290a30.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[affirm]], opp. [[αἴρω]] ([[deny]]), <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπέκεινα ὄντος οὐ τόδε λέγει- οὐ γὰρ τίθησιν</b>—the phrase '[[beyond]] [[be]]ing' does not [[denote]] a 'this' (for it [[is]] not an [[affirmation]]), Plot.5.5.6.<br><span class="bld">C</span> without any attributive word following, [[make]], [[work]], [[execute]], of an artist, ἐν δ' ἐτίθει νειόν Il.18.541, cf. 550,561,607; [δόρπον] θησέμεναι Od.20.394.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[make]], [[cause]], [[bring to pass]], ἔργα Il.3.321; τ. κέλαδον καὶ ἀϋτήν 9.547; [[ὀρυμαγδός|ὀρυμαγδόν]] Od.9.235; ἔριν μετ' ἀμφοτέροισιν 3.136; <b class="b3">φιλότητα, ὅρκια μετ' ἀμφ</b>., Il.4.83, Od.24.546: c. dat. pers., σῆμα τιθεὶς Τρώεσσι Il.8.171; Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε' ἔθηκεν 1.2, etc.; πᾶσι δ' ἔθηκε πόνον 21.524, cf. 15.721, 16.262; φόως ἑτάροισιν 6 6, etc.; χάρματ' ἄλλοις ἔθηκεν Pi.''O.''2.99; πόλει κατασκαφὰς θέντες A. ''Th.''47; εἰρήνην φίλοις Id.''Pers.''769; αἷμα θήσεις E.''Ba.''837 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">3</span> freq. in Med., [[make]] or [[prepare]] for [[oneself]], <b class="b3">θέσθαι κέλευθον</b> [[make]] oneself a [[road]], [[open]] a [[way]], Il.12.418; θέτο δῶμα Od.15.241; <b class="b3">τίθεντο δὲ δαῖτα, δόρπα</b>, Il.7.475, 9.88 (but <b class="b3">δαῖτα τίθενται</b> are [[hold]]ing a [[feast]], Od.17.269); <b class="b3">μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θέσθαι</b> to [[make]] [[oneself]], [[get]] a [[large]] [[thigh]], Od.17.225; [[θέσθαι μάχην]] = [[engage]] in . ., Il.24.402; δυσμενέεσσι πόνον καὶ δῆριν ἔθεντο 17.158; <b class="b3">ἱδρῶτα τίθεσθαι</b> have an [[access]] of [[perspiration]], Hp.''Decent.''2; <b class="b3">μαρτύρια θέσθαι</b> [[produce]] [[as]] [[testimony]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.55; <b class="b3">ἀνδρὸς αἰδοίου πρόσοψιν θηκάμενος</b> [[put]]ting on the [[aspect]] of a [[reverend]] [[man]], Pi.''P.''4.29, cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [[sub verbo|s.v.]] θήκατο; πόνον πλέω τίθου [[work]] [[thyself]] the more [[annoy]], A.''Eu.''226; εὐκλεᾶ θέσθαι βίον S.''Ph.''1422, etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[periphrasis]] for a single Verb. <b class="b3">μνηστήρων σκέδασιν θεῖναι</b> [[make]] a [[scatter]]ing, Od.1.116; <b class="b3">θέμεν κρυφόν, νέμεσιν, αἶνον</b>, for [[κρύπτειν]], [[νεμεσῦν]], [[αἰνεῖν]], Pi.''O.''2.97, 8.86, ''N.''1.5; μὴ σχολὴν τίθει A. ''Ag.''1059; <b class="b3">ὑμῖν ἔθηκε σὺν θεοῖς σωτηρίαν</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] προμηθίαν) E.''Med.''915:—also in Med., [[θέσθαι μάχην]], for [[μάχεσθαι]], Il.24.402; [[θέσθαι]] [[θυσία]]ν, [[γάμος|γάμον]], for [[θύειν]], [[γαμεῖσθαι]], Pi.''O.''7.42, 13.53; [[σπουδή]]ν, [[πρόνοια]]ν θέσθαι, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''13,536, cf. Pi.''P.''4.276; θ. [[ἐπιστροφή|ἐπιστροφὴν]] πρό τινος S.''OT''134; περὶ τούτων [[οἰκονομία]]ς ''PEnteux.''22.6 (iii B.C.); and c. gen., θ. [[λησμοσύνη|λησμοσύναν]], [[συγγνωμοσύνη|συγγνωμοσύνην]] τινῶν, S.''Ant.''151 (lyr.), ''Tr.''1265 (anap.). (Cf. Lith. dēti '[[lay]] ([[egg]]s, etc.)', Skt. dáti '[[lay down]], [[place]]', Lat. -[[do]] in [[condo]], etc., Engl. [[do]], [[doom]].)