πρόθεσις
Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (προτίθημι)
A placing in public; of a corpse, laying it out (cf. προτίθημι 11), Pl.Lg.947b, 959a, 959e, D.43.64. 2 public notice, αἱ π. τῶν ἀναγεγραμμένων Arist.Pol.1322a9. 3 statement of a case, Id.Rh.1414b8; ὑπέρ τινος τὴν πρόθεσιν ποιήσασθαι Id.Cat. 11a21; theme, thesis, Phld.Rh.1.36, al. S.: generally, proposition, statement, D.H.Amm.2.2. 4 πρόθεσιν ποιεῖσθαι ἐπὶ ταῖς . . προσόδοις to make payment in advance, IPE12.32A41 (Olbia, iii B.C.). 5 offering, PCair.Zen.328.75 (iii B.C.), Gauthier et Sottas Decret trilingue (iii B.C.), Call.Fr.1.13 P., OGI90.48 (ii B.C.), UPZ149.21,31 (ii B.C.): esp. in VT and NT, οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. the loaves laid before, shew-bread, LXX 1 Ki. 21.6(7), Ev.Matt.12.4; ἡ π. τῶν ἄρτων Ep.Hebr.9.2, cf. Ph. 2.294; ἡ τράπεζα τῆς π. LXX 2 Ch.29.18. II purpose, end proposed, ἐπαινῶ σὴν π. SIG22.14 (Magn. Mae., Epist. Darei), cf. Philipp. ap.D.18.167, Arist.APr.47a5, Cleanth.Stoic. 1.131, Plb.5.35.2, Arr. Epict.1.21.2, etc.; π. βίων Adam.Phgn.1.2; defined as σημείωσις ἐπιτελέσεως, Stoic.3.41; κατὰ πρόθεσιν purposely, Plb.12.10.6; τὰ κατὰ π. φύντα Ph.2.144; τὰ κατὰ τὴν π. Plb.1.54.1, cf. PTeb.27.81 (ii B.C.). 2 goodwill, π. ἔχειν πρὸς ἔθνος, ὑπὲρ τῶν πολιτῶν, Plb. 4.73.2, OGI765.44 (prob. l., Priene). III supposition, calculation, Plb.6.32.1, 12.21.6. IV Gramm., preposition, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.45, D.T.634.5, D.H.Comp.2, A.D.Synt.305.24, Pron.64.5. 2 prefixing, placing first, Id.Synt.311.1, Pron.58.16. 3 π. καὶ πτῶσις perh.stem (or root) and ending, Phld.Po.2.18. V = προθεσμία, interpol. in Suid.
German (Pape)
[Seite 723] ἡ, das Vorstellen, Ansstellen, bes. der Leichen, Plat. Legg. XII, 959 ae; τῃ προθέσει τοῦ τετελευτηκότος παρεῖναι, Dem. 43, 64. – Der Vorsatz, Entschluß, Wille, Pol. oft, τὰ κατὰ τὴν πρόθεσιν ἀπετέλεσεν, 1, 54, 1; κατὰ πρόθεσιν ἐψευσμένος, mit Vorsatz, 12, 11, 6; auch ἡ πρόθεσις, ἣν ἔχει τις πρός τινα, 4, 73, 2, Gesinnung, Geneigtheit; Sp. – Auch öffentliche Bekanntmachung, wie πρόθεμα. – Auch Aufstellen eines Themas zur Besprechung, Arist. categ. 8, 38 rhet. 3, 13. – Bei den Gramm. die Präposition.
