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  "headword": "θέσις",
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      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>setting, placing,</i> ἐπέων θ. <i>setting</i> of words in verse, Pi. O. 3.8; πλίνθων καὶ λίθων Pl. R. 333b, cf. IG 7.3073.33 (Lebad.); θ. νόμων law <i>giving,</i> X. Ath. 3.2, Pl. Lg. 690d: in pl., νόμων θέσεις D. 18.309, Arist. Pol. 1289a22; θ. ὀνόματος <i>giving</i> of a name, Pl. Cra. 390d; ἐπί τινος <i>application</i> of word to object, Demetr. Eloc. 145; θ. ἀγώνων <i>institution</i> of games, D.S. 4.53; <i>ordinance, disposition,</i> S. Ichn. 277 (only here in Trag.); <i>setting forth</i> in legal form, ἀσφαλειῶν POxy. 1027.12 (i A.D.).",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πλίνθων καὶ λίθων",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 333b",
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65983",
              "data": {
                "quote": "νόμων θέσεις",
                "ref": "D. 18.309",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc2:309"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65984",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀσφαλειῶν",
                "ref": "POxy. 1027.12",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Oxy.:1027.perseus-grc2.12"
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            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>laying down,</i> ὅπλων, opp. ἀναίρεσις, Pl. Lg. 814a; of diggers, <i>plunging</i> of the spade, opp. ἄρσις, Gp. 2.45.5.",
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              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>deposit</i> of money, preparatory to a law-suit, Ar. Nu. 1191 (pl.): generally, <i>sum deposited</i> in a temple, Inscr.Délos 365.14 (iii B.C.), IG 12(3).322 (pl., Thera).",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>pledging, giving as security,</i> D. 33.12, Lys. 8.10.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n48504-0-0-0-1",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>payment,</i> τελῶν Pl. R. 425d (pl.).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τελῶν",
                        "ref": "Pl. R. 425d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:425d"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>adoption</i> 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); <i>adoption</i> as a citizen of a foreign state, Ἁλεξανδρεὺς θέσει, Ἁθηναῖος θ. (opp. φύσει), Suid. s.v. Ἀρίσταρχος, Ἀριστοφάνης Πόδιος.",
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              "citations": [
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65986",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κατὰ θέσιν υἱωνός",
                    "ref": "Plb. 18.35.9",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:18.35.perseus-grc2.9"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65987",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Κρινοτέλην Πινδάρου, θέσει δὲ Φιλοξένου",
                    "ref": "",
                    "urn": ""
                  }
                }
              ],
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            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>situation,</i> 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.149A.; <i>position, arrangement,</i> λεγομένων καὶ γραφομένων Pl. Tht. 206a; τῶν μερῶν θέσεις Id. Lg. 668e, cf. Epicur. Ep. 1p.11U., Fr. 30 (pl.).",
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              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65988",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πόλις αὐτάρκη θ. κειμένη",
                    "ref": "Th. 1.37",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.37"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65989",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἡ θ. τῆς χώρας πρὸς τὰ πνεύματα",
                    "ref": "Thphr. CP 3.23.5",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3.23.perseus-grc2.5"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65990",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "θ. τῶν ἄστρων",
                    "ref": "Herm. in Phdr. p.149A.",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2317.tlg001.perseus-grc2:p.149A"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65991",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "λεγομένων καὶ γραφομένων",
                    "ref": "Pl. Tht. 206a",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc2:206a"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65992",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τῶν μερῶν θέσεις",
                    "ref": "Id. Lg. 668e",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:668e"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>local position,</i> Arist. GC 322b33; ἔχειν θ. Id. APo. 88a34; θ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα to have a <i>local</i> relation, Id. Cat. 4b21, cf. Pl. R. 586c; τῇ θ. μέσον Arist. APr. 25b36: Geom., θέσει δεδόσθαι or εἶναι, to be given <i>in position,</i> Archim. Sph.Cyl. 2.3, Euc. Dat. 4, Apollon.Perg. Con. 2.46, al.; παρὰ θέσει parallel to a straight line <i>given in position,</i> [ Euc.] Dat.Def. 15; εἰς δύο θέσεις τὰς AB, AT to meet the two <i>straight lines</i> AB, AT <i>given in position,</i> 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.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65993",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῇ θ. μέσον",
                        "ref": "Arist. APr. 25b36",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:25b.perseus-grc2.36"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65994",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κατὰ τὴν θ. τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς",
                        "ref": "Arist. Ph. 208b23",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:208b.perseus-grc2.23"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "<i>thesis, position,</i> assumed and requiring proof, Pl. R. 335a, Arist. Top. 104b19, APo. 72a15; θέσιν διαφυλάττειν to maintain <i>a thesis,</i> Id. EN 1096a2; κινεῖν to controvert it, Plu. QConv. 2.687b, cf. Alex. fort. 328a, etc.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>general question,</i> opp. ὑπόθεσις ( <i>special case</i>), 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).",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>arbitrary determination,</i> esp. in dat. θέσει, τὰ ὀνόματα μὴ θ. γενέσθαι Epicur. Ep. 1p.27U.; 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.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65995",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "θέσει, τὰ ὀνόματα μὴ θ. γενέσθαι",
                        "ref": "Epicur. Ep. 1p.27U.",
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>affirmation,</i> opp. ἄρσις, ib. 1.192, cf. 2.244, Plot. 5.5.6, etc.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "VI",
              "definition": "<i>a setting down,</i> opp. ἄρσις ( <i>lifting</i>), πᾶσα πορεία ἐξ ἄρσεως καὶ θέσεως συντελεῖται Arist. Pr. 885b6: hence, in rhythm, <i>downward beat,</i> opp. the <i>upward</i> ( ἄρσις), Aristid.Quint. 1.13, Bacch. Harm. 98, etc.",
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              "citations": [
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-65996",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πᾶσα πορεία ἐξ ἄρσεως καὶ θέσεως συντελεῖται",
                    "ref": "Arist. Pr. 885b6",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:885b.perseus-grc2.6"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "VII",
              "definition": "θέσει μακρὰ συλλαβή long by <i>position,</i> opp. φύσει, D.T. 632.30, Heph. 1.3: orig. prob. in signf. V.3, cf. Sch.D.T. p.206H.",
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              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "θέσεις, αἱ, in punctuation, <i>stops,</i> Donat. in Gramm.Lat. 4.372 K.",
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "VIII",
              "definition": "ἡ θ. τοῦ ποδός Hippiatr. 82.",
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                {
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἡ θ. τοῦ ποδός",
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                }
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