θέσις
θέσις,
εως,
ἡ,(
τίθημι)
A). 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 law
giving,
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).
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 .
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. 2.687b , cf.
328a , 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,, in punctuation, stops, Donat.in Gramm.Lat. 4.372 K.
VIII). part of a horse's hoof, ἡ θ. τοῦ ποδός Hippiatr. 82 .
ShortDef
a setting, placing, arranging
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θεσις
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">θέσις</span>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">τίθημι</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">setting, placing</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἐπέων θ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">setting</span> of words in verse, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 3.8 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πλίνθων καὶ λίθων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:333b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:333b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 333b </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 7.3073.33 </span> (Lebad.); <span class="foreign greek">θ. νόμων</span> law<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">giving</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:3:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:3.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 3.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:690d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:690d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 690d </a>: in pl., <span class="quote greek">νόμων θέσεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:309" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:309/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.309 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1289a:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1289a.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1289a22 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">θ. ὀνόματος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">giving</span> of a name, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:390d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:390d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 390d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπί τινος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">application</span> of word to object, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:145" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:145/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Demetr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eloc.</span> 145 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">θ. ἀγώνων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">institution</span> of games, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 4.53 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ordinance, disposition</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ichn.</span> 277 </span> (only here in Trag.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">setting forth</span> in legal form, <span class="quote greek">ἀσφαλειῶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 1027.12 </span> (i A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">laying down</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὅπλων</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀναίρεσις</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:814a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:814a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 814a </a>; of diggers, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plunging</span> of the spade, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἄρσις</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 2.45.5 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">deposit</span> of money, preparatory to a law-suit, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1191" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1191/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1191 </a> (pl.): generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sum deposited</span> in a temple, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inscr.Délos</span> 365.14 </span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(3).322 </span> (pl., Thera). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pledging, giving as security</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg033.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg033.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 33.12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg008.perseus-grc1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg008.perseus-grc1:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 8.10 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">payment</span>, <span class="quote greek">τελῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:425d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:425d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 425d </a> (pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">adoption</span> of a child, <span class="quote greek">κατὰ θέσιν υἱωνός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:35:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:35:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 18.35.9 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.36 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:6:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:6.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VA</span> 6.11 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Κρινοτέλην Πινδάρου, θέσει δὲ Φιλοξένου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(3).274 </span> (Anaphe), cf. <span class="bibl"> 12(7).50 </span> (Amorgos); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">adoption</span> as a citizen of a foreign state, <span class="foreign greek">Ἁλεξανδρεὺς θέσει, Ἁθηναῖος θ</span>. (opp. <span class="foreign greek">φύσει</span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span> </span> s.v. <span class="ref greek">Ἀρίσταρχος, Ἀριστοφάνης *(πόδιος</span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">situation</span>, of a city, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Aër.</span> <span class="bibl"> 6 </span>; <span class="quote greek">πόλις αὐτάρκη θ. κειμένη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.37 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.7/canonical-url/"> 5.7 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἡ θ. τῆς χώρας πρὸς τὰ πνεύματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:23:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:23:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 3.23.5 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τόπων θ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:41:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:41:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 1.41.7 </a>: Astron., <span class="quote greek">θ. τῶν ἄστρων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2317.tlg001:p.149A" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2317.tlg001:p.149A/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herm.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Phdr.</span> p.149A. </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">position, arrangement</span>, <span class="quote greek">λεγομένων καὶ γραφομένων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:206a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:206a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 206a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῶν μερῶν θέσεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:668e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:668e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 668e </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:1p.11U" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:1p.11U/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 1p.11U. </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 30 </a> (pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> Math., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">local position</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg013:322b:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg013:322b.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GC</span> 322b33 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἔχειν θ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:88a:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:88a.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APo.</span> 88a34 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">θ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα</span> to have a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">local</span> relation, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg006:4b:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg006:4b.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cat.</span> 4b21 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:586c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:586c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 586c </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῇ θ. μέσον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:25b:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:25b.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APr.</span> 25b36 </a> : Geom., <span class="foreign greek">θέσει δεδόσθαι</span> or <span class="foreign greek">εἶναι</span>, to be given <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in position</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg001:2:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg001:2.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archim.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.Cyl.</span> 2.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg007:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg007:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dat.</span> 4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0550.tlg001:2:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0550.tlg001:2.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apollon.Perg.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Con.</span> 2.46 </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">παρὰ θέσει</span> parallel to a straight line <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">given in position</span>,[<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euc.</span></span>]<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dat.Def.</span> 15 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">εἰς δύο θέσεις τὰς</span> AB, AT to meet the two <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">straight lines</span> AB, AT <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">given in position</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg006:3:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg006:3.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metr.</span> 3.10 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κατὰ τὴν θ. τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:208b:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:208b.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 208b23 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">οὐ τῇ θ. διαφέροντα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῇ δυνάμει</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:22/canonical-url/"> 22 </a>; so in Music, of notes in a scale, <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ θέσιν</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ δύναμιν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0363.tlg010:2:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0363.tlg010:2.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ptol.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Harm.</span> 2.5 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> Philos., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thesis, position</span>, assumed and requiring proof, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:335a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:335a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 335a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:104b:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:104b.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 104b19 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:72a:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:72a.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APo.</span> 72a15 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">θέσιν διαφυλάττειν</span> to maintain <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a thesis</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1096a:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1096a.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1096a2 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κινεῖν</span> to controvert it, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.687b </span>, cf. <span class="bibl"> 328a </span>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">general question</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ὑπόθεσις</span> (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">special case</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg006:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg006:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aphth.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prog.</span> 13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0607.tlg001:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0607.tlg001:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theon</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prog.</span> 12 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi042:21:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi042:21.79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 21.79 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Quint.</span> 3.5.5 </span> (but <span class="itype greek">θ</span>. includes <span class="foreign greek">ὑπόθεσις</span> and <span class="foreign greek">ὁρισμός</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4015.tlg003:35:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4015.tlg003:35.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phlp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in APo.</span> 35.1 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀξίωμα</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4015.tlg003:34:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4015.tlg003:34.9/canonical-url/"> 34.9 </a>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">arbitrary determination</span>, esp. in dat. <span class="quote greek">θέσει, τὰ ὀνόματα μὴ θ. γενέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:1p.27U" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:1p.27U/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 1p.27U. </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">φύσει</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:3:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:3.76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Chrysipp.Stoic.</span> 3.76 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:3:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:3:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 2.3.7 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ θ. δίκαια, νόμιμα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1.50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 1.50 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:112" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:112/canonical-url/"> 112 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σημαίνειν θ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg001:2:256" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg001:2.256/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 2.256 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">affirmation</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἄρσις</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg001:1:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg001:1.192/canonical-url/"> 1.192 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg001:2:244" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg001:2.244/canonical-url/"> 2.244 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:5:5:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:5:5:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 5.5.6 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a setting down</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἄρσις</span> (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lifting</span>), <span class="quote greek">πᾶσα πορεία ἐξ ἄρσεως καὶ θέσεως συντελεῖται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:885b:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:885b.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 885b6 </a> : hence, in rhythm, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">downward beat</span>, opp. the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">upward</span> (<span class="etym greek">ἄρσις</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2054.tlg001:1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2054.tlg001:1.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristid.Quint.</span> 1.13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2136.tlg001:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2136.tlg001:98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Bacch.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Harm.</span> 98 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VII).</strong></span> in prosody, <span class="foreign greek">θέσει μακρὰ συλλαβή</span> long by <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">position</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">φύσει</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:632:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:632.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.T.</span> 632.30 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:1.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heph.</span> 1.3 </a>: orig. prob. in signf. v.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a>, cf. Sch.D.T.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:p.206H" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:p.206H/canonical-url/"> p.206H. </a> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">θέσεις,</span>, in punctuation, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stops</span>, Donat.in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gramm.Lat.</span> 4.372 </span> K. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VIII).</strong></span> part of a horse\'s hoof, <span class="quote greek">ἡ θ. τοῦ ποδός</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hippiatr.</span> 82 </span> .</div> </div><br><br>'}