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|Definition=(also thematic forms, 3sg. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> προτιθεῖ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.133</span>, 3pl. προτιθεῖσι <span class="bibl">Id.7.197</span>), fut. -θήσω <span class="bibl">Th.3.67</span>: aor. προὔθηκα <span class="bibl">Il.24.409</span>, etc. (for <b class="b3">προθέουσι</b> v. [[προθέω]] (B)):—Med. (v. infr.):—Pass., aor. 1 προὐτέθην <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>803</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>90b</span>, etc.; but pres. and impf. Pass. are usu. supplied by <b class="b3">πρόκειμαι</b>:—[[set before]], [[set out]], esp. of meals, <b class="b3">τραπέζας νίζον καὶ πρότιθεν</b> (Ep. for <b class="b3">προὐτίθεσαν</b>) <span class="bibl">Od.1.112</span>; βοῦν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>537</span>; τούτοισι προθεῖναι δαῖτα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.207</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1294</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>775</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>274</span>, etc.; ξείνια στρατῷ <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.29</span>:—Med., [[set before oneself]], [[have set before one]], δαῖτα <span class="bibl">Id.1.133</span>, <span class="bibl">4.26</span>; κλίνας καὶ τραπέζας Plu.2.99e; also <b class="b3">προτίθεσθαί τισι ἄριστον</b> [[cause]] it [[to be set before]] them, <span class="bibl">Chionid.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">π. τινὰ κυσίν</b> [[throw]] him to the dogs, <span class="bibl">Il.24.409</span>; <b class="b3">τινὰ θηρσὶν ἁρπαγὴν π</b>. <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">El.</span>896</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> [[hand over for burial]], τινά τινι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1198</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1487</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[expose]] a child, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.112</span>; π. τινὰ ἔρημον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>268</span>:—Pass., ὁ θανάτῳ προτεθείς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>803</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[set up]], [[institute]], [[propose]], esp. of contests, ἅμιλλαν λόγων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>546</span>; λόγων τοὺς ἀγῶνας <span class="bibl">Th.3.67</span>; εἰ πονηρίας ἀγὼν προτεθείη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>90b</span>; <b class="b3">ἄπορον αἵρεσιν</b> [[offer]] a choice, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>196c</span> (but also προτίθεσθαί τινι αἵρεσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>858a</span>); π. νόμον <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hipp.</span>1046</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[set up as a mark]] or [[prize]], στέφανόν τισι τῶν ἀγώνων <span class="bibl">Th.2.46</span>; σκοπὸν κάλλιστον ἐν τῷ ζῆν <span class="bibl">Plb.7.8.9</span>:—Pass., προὐτέθην ἐγὼ ἆθλον . . δορός <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>42</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> [[set as a penalty]], <b class="b3">θάνατον ζημίαν π</b>. <span class="bibl">Th.3.44</span>; <b class="b3">τιμωρίας ἔτι μείζους οὐ μέχρι τοῦ δικαίου</b> ib.<span class="bibl">82</span>; τῶν νόμων τὰ ἔσχατα ἐπιτίμια προτεθηκότων <span class="bibl">D.34.37</span>; τοῖσι ἐκείνου ἀπογόνοισι ἀέθλους τοιούσδε <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.197</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[fix]], [[set]], <b class="b3">ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης ἀνθρώπῳ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.1.32</span>:—Med.; <b class="b3">οὖρον π. ἐνιαυτόν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">74</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[appoint as a task]] or [[duty]], τινί τι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1049</span>; νεωτέρῳ τοῦτο βαστάζειν πρόθες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>216</span>; <b class="b3">δμῳαῖς π. πένθος οἰκεῖον στένειν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1249</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 9.94</span>:—Med., [[propose to oneself]] as a task or object, ὅπερ προὐθέμεθα σκέψασθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>259e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>352d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>221a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>169c</span>; π. ψέγειν αὐτὸ ἢ ἐπαινεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>638c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1142b19</span> (dub.), <span class="bibl">Hipparch. 1.1.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nec.</span>19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> Med., c. fut. inf., [[propose to oneself]], [[intend]], προτεθειμένου κατοικήσειν ἐνταῦθα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Syr.D.</span> 13.256</span> (Seleucia in Pieria, ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> Med., also, <b class="b2">put forth on one's own part, display, show</b>, εὐλάβειαν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1334</span>; ἀνδραγαθίαν <span class="bibl">Th.3.64</span>; ἔχθραν <span class="bibl">Id.8.85</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> Med., <b class="b3">θνητοὺς ἐν οἴκτῳ προθέμενος</b> [[setting before oneself]] in pity, feeling compassion for, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>241</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> [[advance]] money, <span class="title">IPE</span>12.32<span class="hiitalic">B</span>30,63 (Olbia, iii B.C.); τὸ διδόμενον ἆθλον ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου αὐτὸς προέθηκεν ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου <span class="title">IG</span>12(9).234.18 (Eretria, i B.C.); τισὶν τῶν πολιτῶν εἰς λύτρα προτιθείς <span class="title">SIG</span>708.15 (Istropolis, ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">π. νεκρόν</b> [[lay out]] a dead body, [[let]] it [[lie in state]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.8</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>664</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>53</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>611</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.34</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.18</span>, etc.; ποτήρια χρύσεα προθεῖτο <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.148</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[set out]] wares [[for show]] or [[sale]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>25</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[display]] a public notice, τὸ λεύκωμα πρὸ τοῦ ναοῦ <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).1109.35 (Coropa, ii B.C.); ἐπ' αὐτῆς τῆς οἰκίας π. ἐν λευκώματι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span> 106.20</span> (ii B.C.); τὸ ὑπογεγραμμένον ἔκθεμα <span class="title">OGI</span>664.4 (Egypt, i A.D.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>2108.8</span> (Pass., iii A.D.); [[notify publicly]], τοὺς [προέδρους] προτιθέναι περὶ ὧν δεῖ βουλεύεσθαι <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).68.80 (Epid., iv B.C.); <b class="b3">περὶ ὧν . . οἱ ἄρχοντες προτίθεισι Ἀρχ.Δελτ</b>.9 παρ.53 (Eresus), cf. <span class="title">IG</span> 12(2).526a21 (ibid., iv B.C.), 645b35 (Nesus, iv B.C.); <b class="b3">τὰς πράξεις</b> (exactions) . . <b class="b3">τῶν προτιθεμένων</b> (Pass.) κατὰ τὰς ἐγγραφάς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1321b42</span>; [[call]] a case [[for trial by means of a public notice]], τῶν κατ' αὐτοὺς προτεθέντων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>118.18</span> (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">οἱ προτεθέντες ἐπ' ἐμὲ καὶ μὴ ὑπακούσαντες ἴστωσαν ὅτι</b> . . <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHamb.</span>29.6</span> (i A.D.); [[advertise]] for sale or other purpose, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>992 i 7</span> (Pass., ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLips.</span>64.44</span> (iv A.D.), etc.; <b class="b3">τοῖς συλλημψομένοις ὑμῖν γέρα προτιθέντα</b> [[advertising]] rewards to those of you who apprehend (robbers), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1408.16</span> (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[propose]], [[bring forward]] a thing to be examined and debated, also [[give an opportunity for]] debate, voting, ἐς μέσον σφι π. πρῆγμα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.206</span>; π. τὸν λόγον <span class="bibl">Id.8.59</span>; γνώμας σφίσιν αὐτοῖς <span class="bibl">Th. 1.139</span>; <b class="b3">π. λόγον</b> (sc. <b class="b3">εἰς ἐκκλησίαν</b>) <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.65</span>; λόγον περί τινος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.2.3</span>; <b class="b3">γνώμας π. αὖθις Ἀθηναίοις</b>, of the Prytanes, <span class="bibl">Th.6.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.36</span>; <b class="b3">π. τὴν διαγνώμην αὖθις περὶ Μυτιληναίων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.15</span>; <b class="b3">π. βουλὴν εἴτε . . εἴτε</b> . . <span class="bibl">D.H.6.15</span>; τὸν ἐπιμήνιον, ἢν μὴ προθῇ, ἑκατὸν στατῆρας ὀφείλειν <span class="title">SIG</span>58.10 (Milet., v B.C.), cf. 141.12 (Corc. Nigra, iv B.C.), 167.13 (Mylasa, iv B.C.), al.; <b class="b3">προθεῖναι αὖθις περὶ Μυτιληναίων λέγειν</b> [[propose]] a discussion about... <span class="bibl">Th.3.38</span>; τὸ συμφέρον ἡ πόλις προὐτίθει σκοπεῖν <span class="bibl">D.18.273</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">π. αὐτοῖς κρίσιν</b> [[appoint]] a trial for them, <span class="bibl">Lys.27.8</span>; π. αὐτοῖς ἀγορὰν δικῶν Luc.Bis Acc.4; <b class="b3">προέθηκε . . λέγειν τὰ ἑκατέροισι . . κατέργασται</b> [[has proposed]] (or [[initiated]]) a recital of what each has done, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.27</span>: c. dat. pers. et inf., <span class="bibl">Id.3.38</span>: c. acc. et inf., π. γνώμην ἀποφαίνεσθαι τὸν βουλόμενον <span class="bibl">Id.8.49</span>:—Med., ἤν τις προθῆται ψῆφον, ὥστε μὴ εἶναι τὸν νόμον τοῦτον <span class="title">SIG</span>45.33 (Halic., v B.C.):—Pass., <b class="b3">οὐ προὐτέθη σφίσι λόγος</b> speech [[was]] not [[allowed]] them, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.7.5</span>; ψῆφος περὶ ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἀνδραποδισμοῦ προτεθεῖσα <span class="bibl">D.19.65</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[convene]] a meeting, προὔθεσαν οἱ πρυτάνεις ἐκκλησίαν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nec.</span>19</span>:—Med., σύγκλητον τήνδε γερόντων προὔθετο λέσχην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>161</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[put forward]], as one foot before the other, βραδύπουν ἤλυσιν ἄρθρων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>67</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[hold out]] as a pretext, αἰτίαν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1051</span>:—Med., τὴν συγγένειαν <span class="bibl">Plb. 2.19.1</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[put before]] or [[first]], <b class="b3">προτιθέντι ἀνάγκη . . λέγειν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐπιλέγοντι</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1394a15</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">b28</span>; π. τοῦ λόγου προοίμιον <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>723c</span>; [[set down first]] in writing, <b class="b3">προθεὶς ἄρχοντα Νικόμαχόν φησιν οὕτως· ἐπὶ τούτου κτλ</b>." Did. [[in D]].<span class="bibl">1.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.17</span>, al., Gal.19.183:— Med., [[put in front]], τοὺς γροσφομάχους <span class="bibl">Plb.1.33.9</span>; [[premise]], λόγον <span class="bibl">Id.3.118.11</span>; τὰς προειρημένας αἰτίας <span class="bibl">Id.4.25.6</span>:—Pass., τὸ μὴ καὶ τὸ οὒ προτιθέμενα τῶν ἐπιόντων ὀνομάτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>257c</span>: metaph., <span class="bibl">Th.2.42</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[put before]] or [[over]], <b class="b3">πρόσθεν ὀμμάτων πέπλον π</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1550</span>:— Med., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1218</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[prefer]] one to another, τί τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.53</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>963</span>; ἡδονὴν ἀντὶ τοῦ καλοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>382</span>:—Med., πάρος τοὐμοῦ πόθου προὔθεντο τὴν τυραννίδα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>419</span>.</span>