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ἀπόθεσις

ἀπόθεσις, a laying up in store

ἀπόθεσις, εως, ἡ, (ἀποτίθημι)
  • laying up in store, σκευῶν SIG 1106.107 (Cos); εἰς ἀ. γενέσθαι to be stored up, Pl. Lg. 844d; γάλα χρήσιμον εἰς ἀ. Arist. HA 522a26; ἡ ἀ. τῆς τροφῆς, of bees, 622b26; τὴν ἀ. τῆς θήρας ποιεῖσθαι 623a12; preserving, of fish, Philum. ap. Aët. 9.23.
      • 2 the final movement in setting a dislocated or fractured limb, Gal. 18(2).332, al., Pall. in Hp.Fract. 12.273 C.; f.l. in Hp. Off. 19.
      • 3 κατʼ ἀπόθεσιν, of internal abscesses, Gal. 17(1).103.
    • II putting aside, making away with, getting rid of, ῥύπου 1 Ep.Pet. 3.21, cf. 2.1.14.
      • 2 exposure of children, Arist. Pol. 1335b19; cf. ἀποτίθημι II.7.
      • 3 resignation of an office, App. BC 1.3, cf. SIG 900.16 (iv A.D.).
      • 4 ἀ. κώλου, περιόδου, close or cadence of a phrase, Demetr. Eloc. 19, cf. Sch. Ar. Nu. 176; so in metres, = κατάληξις, Heph. 4 tit.
    • III = ἀποδυτήριον, Luc. Hipp. 5.

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