προτίθημι 3rd pl. προθέουσι fut. -θήσω aor1 προὔθηκα Mid., aor1 προεθηκάμην Pass., aor1 προὐτέθην the pres. and imperf. pass. are supplied by πρόκειμαι to place or set before, set out, esp. of meals, τραπέζας πρότιθεν (Epic for προὐτίθεσαν) Od.; δαῖτά τινι προθεῖναι Hdt., etc.:—Mid. to have set before one, δαῖτα Hdt. like Lat. projicere, πρ. τινὰ κυσίν to throw him to the dogs, Il.; πρ. τινὰ θηρσὶν ἁρπαγήν Eur. generally to hand over to, give over to, τί τινι Soph. to expose a child, Hdt., etc. to set up as a mark or prize, propose, ἀέθλους Hdt.; ἅμιλλαν Eur.:—Pass., προὐτέθην ἆθλον δορός Eur. to propose as a penalty, θάνατον πρ. ζημίαν Thuc., etc. to set forth, fix, set, ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης πρ. Hdt.; so in Mid., οὖρον πρ. ἐνιαυτόν Hdt. to propose as a task, τί τινι Soph.:—Mid. to propose to oneself as a task or object, Plat. Mid. also, to put forth on oneʼs own part, display, shew, εὐλάβειαν Soph. προτίθεσθαί τινα ἐν οἴκτῳ to set before oneself in pity, i. e. compassionate, Aesch. πρ. νεκρόν to lay out a dead body, let it lie in state, Hdt.; so in Mid., Eur., etc. to set out wares for show or sale, Luc. to propose, bring forward a thing to be debated, Lat. in medium afferre, προθεῖναι πρῆγμα, λόγον Hdt.; γνώμας Thuc.: —c. inf., προθεῖναι λέγειν to propose a discussion, Thuc.:—Mid., πένθος προεθήκαντο proposed to themselves, observed mourning, Hdt.:—Pass., ψῆφος περὶ ἡμῶν προτεθεῖσα Dem. to appoint, hold a meeting, Luc.:—Mid., προὔθετο λέσχην appointed a council, Soph. Pass., οὐ προὐτέθη σφίσι λόγος speech was not allowed them, Xen. to put forward, as one foot before the other, Eur. to hold out as a pretext, Soph. to put before or first, τι Plat.:—Mid. to put in front, τοὺς γροσφομάχους Polyb. to put before or over, πέπλον ὀμμάτων Eur. to prefer one to another, τί τινος Hdt., Eur.; ἡδονὴν ἀντὶ τοῦ καλοῦ Eur.:—Mid., πάρος τοὐμοῦ πόθου προὔθεντο τὴν τυραννίδα Soph.