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|Definition=εως, ἡ, ([[τίθημι]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[setting]], [[placing]], <b class="b3">ἐπέων θέσις</b> [[setting]] of [[word]]s 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 = [[law-giving]], <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">θέσις 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">θέσις ἀγώνων</b> [[institution]] of [[game]]s, <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"><span class="bld">II</span> [[laying down]], [[ὅπλων]], opp. [[ἀναίρεσις]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>814a</span>; of [[digger]]s, [[plunging]] of the [[spade]], opp. [[ἄρσις]], <span class="title">Gp.</span>2.45.5. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[deposit]] of money, preparatory to a [[lawsuit]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1191</span> (pl.): generally, [[sum]] [[deposit]]ed 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"><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"><span class="bld">4</span> [[payment]], τελῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>425d</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense"><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 θέσις</b> (opp. [[φύσει]]), Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[Ἀρίσταρχος]], Ἀριστοφάνης Πόδιος. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[situation]], of a city, Hp.Aër.6; πόλις αὐτάρκη θέσις κειμένη <span class="bibl">Th.1.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.7</span>; ἡ θέσις τῆς χώρας πρὸς τὰ πνεύματα <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.23.5</span>; <b class="b3">τόπων θέσις</b> <span class="bibl">Plb.1.41.7</span>: Astron., θέσις 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"><span class="bld">2</span> Math., [[local]] [[position]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GC</span>322b33</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχειν θέσιν</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APo.</span>88a34</span>; <b class="b3">θέσιν 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 [[θέσις]] 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]] [[give]]n 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]] [[line]]s AB, AT [[give]]n in [[position]], <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Metr.</span>3.10</span>; κατὰ τὴν θέσις τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>208b23</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐ τῇ θέσις διαφέροντα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῇ δυνάμει</b> ib.<span class="bibl">22</span>; so in Music, of [[note]]s in a [[scale]], [[κατὰ θέσιν]], opp. [[κατὰ δύναμιν]], <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Harm.</span>2.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> Philos., [[thesis]], [[position]], [[assume]]d 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"><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 θέσις [[include]]s [[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"><span class="bld">3</span> [[arbitrary]] [[determination]], especially in dat. [[θέσει]], τὰ ὀνόματα μὴ θέσις [[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 θέσις δίκαια, νόμιμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.50</span>, <span class="bibl">112</span>; <b class="b3">σημαίνειν θέσις</b> <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.256</span>. </span><span class="sense"><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"><span class="bld">VI</span> a [[set]]ting down, opp. [[ἄρσις]] ([[lift]]ing), 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"><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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[θέσεις]], [[αἱ]], in [[punctuation]], [[stop]]s, Donat.in <span class="title">Gramm.Lat.</span>4.372 K. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VIII</span> part of a [[horse]]'s [[hoof]], ἡ [[θέσις]] τοῦ ποδός <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>82.</span>