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θέσις, a setting, placing, arranging

θέσις, εως, ἡ, (τίθημι)
  • setting, placing, ἐπέων θ. setting of words in verse, Pi. O. 3.8; πλίνθων καὶ λίθων Pl. R. 333b, cf. IG 7.3073.33 (Lebad.); θ. νόμων lawgiving, X. Ath. 3.2, Pl. Lg. 690d: in pl., νόμων θέσεις D. 18.309, Arist. Pol. 1289a22; θ. ὀνόματος giving of a name, Pl. Cra. 390d; ἐπί τινος application of word to object, Demetr. Eloc. 145; θ. ἀγώνων institution of games, D.S. 4.53; ordinance, disposition, S. Ichn. 277 (only here in Trag.); setting forth in legal form, ἀσφαλειῶν POxy. 1027.12 (i A.D.).
    • II laying down, ὅπλων, opp. ἀναίρεσις, Pl. Lg. 814a; of diggers, plunging of the spade, opp. ἄρσις, Gp. 2.45.5.
      • 2 deposit of money, preparatory to a law-suit, Ar. Nu. 1191 (pl.): generally, sum deposited in a temple, Inscr.Délos 365.14 (iii B.C.), IG 12(3).322 (pl., Thera).
      • 3 pledging, giving as security, D. 33.12, Lys. 8.10.
      • 4 payment, τελῶν Pl. R. 425d (pl.).
    • III adoption of a child, κατὰ θέσιν υἱωνός Plb. 18.35.9, cf. Ph. 2.36, Philostr. VA 6.11; Κρινοτέλην Πινδάρου, θέσει δὲ Φιλοξένου IG 12(3).274 (Anaphe), cf. 12(7).50 (Amorgos); adoption as a citizen of a foreign state, Ἁλεξανδρεὺς θέσει, Ἁθηναῖος θ. (opp. φύσει), Suid. s.v. Ἀρίσταρχος, Ἀριστοφάνης Πόδιος.
    • IV situation, of a city, Hp. Aër. 6; πόλις αὐτάρκη θ. κειμένη Th. 1.37, cf. 5.7; ἡ θ. τῆς χώρας πρὸς τὰ πνεύματα Thphr. CP 3.23.5; τόπων θ. Plb. 1.41.7: Astron., θ. τῶν ἄστρων Herm. in Phdr. p.149 A.; position, arrangement, λεγομένων καὶ γραφομένων Pl. Tht. 206a; τῶν μερῶν θέσεις Id. Lg. 668e, cf. Epicur. Ep. 1 p.11 U., Fr. 30 (pl.).
      • 2 Math., local position, Arist. GC 322b33; ἔχειν θ. Id. APo. 88a34; θ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα to have a local relation, Id. Cat. 4b21, cf. Pl. R. 586c; τῇ θ. μέσον Arist. APr. 25b36: Geom., θέσει δεδόσθαι or εἶναι, to be given in position, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 2.3, Euc. Dat. 4, Apollon.Perg. Con. 2.46, al.; παρὰ θέσει parallel to a straight line given in position, [Euc.]Dat.Def. 15; εἰς δύο θέσεις τὰς AB, AT to meet the two straight lines AB, AT given in position, Hero Metr. 3.10; κατὰ τὴν θ. τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς Arist. Ph. 208b23, etc.; οὐ τῇ θ. διαφέροντα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῇ δυνάμει ib. 22; so in Music, of notes in a scale, κατὰ θέσιν, opp. κατὰ δύναμιν, Ptol. Harm. 2.5.
    • V Philos., thesis, position, assumed and requiring proof, Pl. R. 335a, Arist. Top. 104b19, APo. 72a15; θέσιν διαφυλάττειν to maintain a thesis, Id. EN 1096a2; κινεῖν to controvert it, Plu. QConv. 2.687b, cf. Alex. fort. 328a, etc.
      • 2 general question, opp. ὑπόθεσις (special case), Aphth. Prog. 13, Theon Prog. 12, cf. Cic. Top. 21.79, Quint. 3.5.5 (but θ. includes ὑπόθεσις and ὁρισμός, Phlp. in APo. 35.1; opp. ἀξίωμα, ib. 34.9).
      • 3 arbitrary determination, esp. in dat. θέσει, τὰ ὀνόματα μὴ θ. γενέσθαι Epicur. Ep. 1 p.27 U.; opp. φύσει, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.76, Str. 2.3.7, etc.; τὰ θ. δίκαια, νόμιμα, Ph. 1.50, 112; σημαίνειν θ. S.E. P. 2.256.
      • 4 affirmation, opp. ἄρσις, ib. 1.192, cf. 2.244, Plot. 5.5.6, etc.
    • VI a setting down, opp. ἄρσις (lifting), πᾶσα πορεία ἐξ ἄρσεως καὶ θέσεως συντελεῖται Arist. Pr. 885b6: hence, in rhythm, downward beat, opp. the upward (ἄρσις), Aristid.Quint. 1.13, Bacch. Harm. 98, etc.
    • VII in prosody, θέσει μακρὰ συλλαβή long by position, opp. φύσει, D.T. 632.30, Heph. 1.3: orig. prob. in signf. V.3, cf. Sch.D.T. p.206H.
      • 2 θέσεις, αἱ, in punctuation, stops, Donat. in Gramm.Lat. 4.372 K.
    • VIII part of a horseʼs hoof, ἡ θ. τοῦ ποδός Hippiatr. 82.

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