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πρόθεσις

πρόθεσις, a placing in public

πρόθεσις, εως, ἡ, (προτίθημι)
  • placing in public; of a corpse, laying it out (cf. προτίθημι II), 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, IPE 12.32A41 (Olbia, iii B.C.).
      • 5 offering, PCair.Zen. 328.75 (iii B.C.), Gauthier et Sottas Décret trilingue (iii B.C.), Call. Fr. 1.13 P., OGI 90.48 (ii B.C.), UPZ 149.21, 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. SIG 22.14 (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, OGI 765.44 (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.

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