Strong G4388προτίθημι
to plan/present
- Transliteration
- protithemai
- Pronunciation
- prot-ith'-em-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προ-τίθημι
[in LXX: Exo.40:4, 23, Lev.24:8 (עָרַךְ) Psa.54:3 (שׂוּם), etc.;]
1. to set before, set forth publicly; so also in mid.: with accusative of person(s), Rom.3:25 (for a suggested alt, rend., see MM, xxii).
2. Mid., to set before oneself, propose, purpose: with inf., Rom.1:13; with accusative of thing(s), Eph.1:9.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.40:4, 23, Lev.24:8 (עָרַךְ) Psa.54:3 (שׂוּם), etc.;]
1. to set before, set forth publicly; so also in mid.: with accusative of person(s), Rom.3:25 (for a suggested alt, rend., see MM, xxii).
2. Mid., to set before oneself, propose, purpose: with inf., Rom.1:13; with accusative of thing(s), Eph.1:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4388 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- purpose2
- set1
First verses
- Romans 1:13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
- Romans 3:25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
- Ephesians 1:9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προτίθημι
(also thematic forms, 3rd.pers. singular προτιθεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133)], 3rd.pers. plural προτιθεῖσι [Refs ([prev. author] 7.197))], future -θήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.67)]: aorist προὔθηκα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.409, etc. (for προθέουσι see at {προθέω} (B)):)] —middle (see. below):—passive, aorist 1 προὐτέθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 803, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 90b, etc.)]; but present and imperfect passive are usually supplied by πρόκειμαι:—set before, set out, especially of meals, τραπέζας νίζον καὶ πρότιθεν (Epic dialect for προὐτίθεσαν) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.112; βοῦν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 537; τούτοισι προθεῖναι δαῖτα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1294, “Ant.” 775, “Ph.” 274, etc.; ξείνια στρατῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.29)]:—middle, set before oneself, have set before one, δαῖτα [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] 1.133, 4.26; κλίνας καὶ τραπέζας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.99e)]; also προτίθεσθαί τισι ἄριστον cause it to be set before them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Chionides Comicus 7.)]
b π. τινὰ κυσίν throw him to the dogs, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.409)]; τινὰ θηρσὶν ἁρπαγὴν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 896.)]
c hand over for burial, τινά τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1198, compare 1487.)]
2 expose a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.112; π. τινὰ ἔρημον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 268)]:—passive, ὁ θανάτῳ προτεθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 803 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 set up, institute, propose, especially of contests, ἅμιλλαν λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 546; λόγων τοὺς ἀγῶνας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.67; εἰ πονηρίας ἀγὼν προτεθείη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 90b)]; ἄπορον αἵρεσιν offer a choice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 196c (but also προτίθεσθαί τινι αἵρεσιν [prev. author] “Lg.” 858a); π. νόμον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1046.)]
3.b set up as a mark or prize, στέφανόν τισι τῶν ἀγώνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.46; σκοπὸν κάλλιστον ἐν τῷ ζῆν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.8.9)]:—passive, προὐτέθην ἐγὼ ἆθλον.. δορός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 42.)]
3.c set as a penalty, θάνατον ζημίαν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.44)]; τιμωρίας ἔτι μείζους οὐ μέχρι τοῦ δικαίου[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 82; τῶν νόμων τὰ ἔσχατα ἐπιτίμια προτεθηκότων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.37; τοῖσι ἐκείνου ἀπογόνοισι ἀέθλους τοιούσδε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.197.)]
4 fix, set, ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης ἀνθρώπῳ π. [Refs ([prev. author] 1.32:)] —middle; οὖρον π. ἐνιαυτόν[Refs ([prev. work] 74.)]
5 appoint as a task or duty, τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1049; νεωτέρῳ τοῦτο βαστάζειν πρόθες [prev. author] “Ant.” 216)]; δμῳαῖς π. πένθος οἰκεῖον στένειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1249, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.94)]:—middle, propose to oneself as a task or object, ὅπερ προὐθέμεθα σκέψασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 259e, “R.” 352d, compare “Sph.” 221a, “Tht.” 169c; π. ψέγειν αὐτὸ ἢ ἐπαινεῖν [prev. author] “Lg.” 638c, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1142b19 (uncertain), 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.1.6, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 19.)]
5.b middle, with future infinitive, propose to oneself, intend, προτεθειμένου κατοικήσειν ἐνταῦθα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Syr.D.” 13.256 (Seleucia in Pieria, 2nd c.BC).)]
6 middle, also, put forth on one's own part, display, show, εὐλάβειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1334; ἀνδραγαθίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64; ἔχθραν [prev. author] 8.85.)]
7 middle, θνητοὺς ἐν οἴκτῳ προθέμενος setting before oneself in pity, feeling compassion for, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 241.)]
8 advance money, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IPE” 12.32 B 30,63 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC))]; τὸ διδόμενον ἆθλον ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου αὐτὸς προέθηκεν ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 12(9).234.18 (Eretria, 1st c.BC))]; τισὶν τῶν πολιτῶν εἰς λύτρα προτιθείς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 708.15 (Istropolis, 2nd c.BC).)]
II π. νεκρόν lay out a dead body, let it lie in state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.8)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 664, “Supp.” 53 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 611, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.18, etc.; ποτήρια χρύσεα προθεῖτο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.148.)]
II.2 set out wares for show or sale, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 25, +others)]
II.3 display a public notice, τὸ λεύκωμα πρὸ τοῦ ναοῦ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 9(2).1109.35 (Coropa, 2nd c.BC))]; ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς τῆς οἰκίας π. ἐν λευκώματι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 106.20 (2nd c.BC))]; τὸ ὑπογεγραμμένον ἔκθεμα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 664.4 (Egypt, 1st c.AD),compare “POxy.” 2108.8 (_passive_, 3rd c.AD))]; notify publicly, τοὺς [προέδρους] προτιθέναι περὶ ὧν δεῖ βουλεύεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).68.80 (Epid., 4th c.BC))]; περὶ ὧν.. οἱ ἄρχοντες προτίθεισι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Ἀρχ.Δελτ.9 παρ.53 (from Eresus),compare “IG” 12(2).526a21 ([prev. passage], 4th c.BC), 645b35 (Nesus, 4th c.BC))]; τὰς πράξεις (exactions).. τῶν προτιθεμένων (passive) κατὰ τὰς ἐγγραφάς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1321b42)]; call a case for trial by means of a public notice, τῶν κατ᾽ αὐτοὺς προτεθέντων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 118.18 (2nd c.BC))]; οἱ προτεθέντες ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ καὶ μὴ ὑπακούσαντες ἴστωσαν ὅτι.. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PHamb.” 29.6 (1st c.AD))]; advertise for sale or other purpose, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“BGU” 992 i 7 (_passive_, 2nd c.BC), “PLips.” 64.44 (4th c.AD), etc.)]; τοῖς συλλημψομένοις ὑμῖν γέρα προτιθέντα advertising rewards to those of you who apprehend (robbers), [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1408.16 (3rd c.AD).)]
II.4 propose, bring forward a thing to be examined and debated, also give an opportunity for debate, voting, ἐς μέσον σφι π. πρῆγμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206; π. τὸν λόγον [prev. author] 8.59; γνώμας σφίσιν αὐτοῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139)]; π. λόγον (i.e. εἰς ἐκκλησίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.65; λόγον περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.3)]; γνώμας π. αὖθις Ἀθηναίοις, of the Prytanes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.14, compare 3.36)]; π. τὴν διαγνώμην αὖθις περὶ Μυτιληναίων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 42, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.15)]; π. βουλὴν εἴτε.. εἴτε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.15; τὸν ἐπιμήνιον, ἢν μὴ προθῇ, ἑκατὸν στατῆρας ὀφείλειν “SIG” 58.10 (Milet., 5th c.BC), compare 141.12 (Corc. Nigra, 4th c.BC), 167.13 (Mylasa, 4th c.BC), +others)]; προθεῖναι αὖθις περὶ Μυτιληναίων λέγειν propose a discussion about.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38; τὸ συμφέρον ἡ πόλις προὐτίθει σκοπεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.273, etc.)]; π. αὐτοῖς κρίσιν appoint a trial for them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 27.8; π. αὐτοῖς ἀγορὰν δικῶν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 4; προέθηκε.. λέγειν τὰ ἑκατέροισι.. κατέργασται)] has proposed (or initiated) a recital of what each has done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.27)]: with dative person et infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.38)]: with accusative et infinitive, π. γνώμην ἀποφαίνεσθαι τὸν βουλόμενον [Refs ([prev. author] 8.49)]:—middle, ἤν τις προθῆται ψῆφον, ὥστε μὴ εἶναι τὸν νόμον τοῦτον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 45.33 (Halic., 5th c.BC):)] —passive, οὐ προὐτέθη σφίσι λόγος speech was not allowed them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.5; ψῆφος περὶ ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἀνδραποδισμοῦ προτεθεῖσα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.65.)]
II.5 convene a meeting, προὔθεσαν οἱ πρυτάνεις ἐκκλησίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 19)]:—middle, σύγκλητον τήνδε γερόντων προὔθετο λέσχην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 161 (_anapaest meter_).)]
III put forward, as one foot before the other, βραδύπουν ἤλυσιν ἄρθρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 67 (_anapaest meter_).)]
III.2 hold out as a pretext, αἰτίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1051)]:—middle, τὴν συγγένειαν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.19.1, etc.)]
IV put before or first, προτιθέντι ἀνάγκη.. λέγειν, opposed to ἐπιλέγοντι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1394a15, compare b28; π. τοῦ λόγου προοίμιον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 723c)]; set down first in writing, προθεὶς ἄρχοντα Νικόμαχόν φησιν οὕτως· ἐπὶ τούτου κτλ.” [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Didymus Grammaticus)] in D.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (1.19, compare 8.17, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.183)]:— middle, put in front, τοὺς γροσφομάχους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.33.9)]; premise, λόγον [Refs ([prev. author] 3.118.11; τὰς προειρημένας αἰτίας [prev. author] 4.25.6)]:—passive, τὸ μὴ καὶ τὸ οὒ προτιθέμενα τῶν ἐπιόντων ὀνομάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 257c: _metaphorically_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42.)]
IV.2 put before or over, πρόσθεν ὀμμάτων πέπλον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1550)]:— middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1218, etc.)]
IV.3 prefer one to another, τί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 963; ἡδονὴν ἀντὶ τοῦ καλοῦ [prev. author] “Hipp.” 382)]:—middle, πάρος τοὐμοῦ πόθου προὔθεντο τὴν τυραννίδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 419.)]
(also thematic forms, 3rd.pers. singular προτιθεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133)], 3rd.pers. plural προτιθεῖσι [Refs ([prev. author] 7.197))], future -θήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.67)]: aorist προὔθηκα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.409, etc. (for προθέουσι see at {προθέω} (B)):)] —middle (see. below):—passive, aorist 1 προὐτέθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 803, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 90b, etc.)]; but present and imperfect passive are usually supplied by πρόκειμαι:—set before, set out, especially of meals, τραπέζας νίζον καὶ πρότιθεν (Epic dialect for προὐτίθεσαν) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.112; βοῦν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 537; τούτοισι προθεῖναι δαῖτα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1294, “Ant.” 775, “Ph.” 274, etc.; ξείνια στρατῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.29)]:—middle, set before oneself, have set before one, δαῖτα [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] 1.133, 4.26; κλίνας καὶ τραπέζας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.99e)]; also προτίθεσθαί τισι ἄριστον cause it to be set before them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Chionides Comicus 7.)]
b π. τινὰ κυσίν throw him to the dogs, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.409)]; τινὰ θηρσὶν ἁρπαγὴν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 896.)]
c hand over for burial, τινά τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1198, compare 1487.)]
2 expose a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.112; π. τινὰ ἔρημον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 268)]:—passive, ὁ θανάτῳ προτεθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 803 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 set up, institute, propose, especially of contests, ἅμιλλαν λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 546; λόγων τοὺς ἀγῶνας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.67; εἰ πονηρίας ἀγὼν προτεθείη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 90b)]; ἄπορον αἵρεσιν offer a choice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 196c (but also προτίθεσθαί τινι αἵρεσιν [prev. author] “Lg.” 858a); π. νόμον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1046.)]
3.b set up as a mark or prize, στέφανόν τισι τῶν ἀγώνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.46; σκοπὸν κάλλιστον ἐν τῷ ζῆν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.8.9)]:—passive, προὐτέθην ἐγὼ ἆθλον.. δορός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 42.)]
3.c set as a penalty, θάνατον ζημίαν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.44)]; τιμωρίας ἔτι μείζους οὐ μέχρι τοῦ δικαίου[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 82; τῶν νόμων τὰ ἔσχατα ἐπιτίμια προτεθηκότων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.37; τοῖσι ἐκείνου ἀπογόνοισι ἀέθλους τοιούσδε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.197.)]
4 fix, set, ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης ἀνθρώπῳ π. [Refs ([prev. author] 1.32:)] —middle; οὖρον π. ἐνιαυτόν[Refs ([prev. work] 74.)]
5 appoint as a task or duty, τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1049; νεωτέρῳ τοῦτο βαστάζειν πρόθες [prev. author] “Ant.” 216)]; δμῳαῖς π. πένθος οἰκεῖον στένειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1249, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.94)]:—middle, propose to oneself as a task or object, ὅπερ προὐθέμεθα σκέψασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 259e, “R.” 352d, compare “Sph.” 221a, “Tht.” 169c; π. ψέγειν αὐτὸ ἢ ἐπαινεῖν [prev. author] “Lg.” 638c, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1142b19 (uncertain), 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.1.6, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 19.)]
5.b middle, with future infinitive, propose to oneself, intend, προτεθειμένου κατοικήσειν ἐνταῦθα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Syr.D.” 13.256 (Seleucia in Pieria, 2nd c.BC).)]
6 middle, also, put forth on one's own part, display, show, εὐλάβειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1334; ἀνδραγαθίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64; ἔχθραν [prev. author] 8.85.)]
7 middle, θνητοὺς ἐν οἴκτῳ προθέμενος setting before oneself in pity, feeling compassion for, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 241.)]
8 advance money, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IPE” 12.32 B 30,63 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC))]; τὸ διδόμενον ἆθλον ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου αὐτὸς προέθηκεν ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 12(9).234.18 (Eretria, 1st c.BC))]; τισὶν τῶν πολιτῶν εἰς λύτρα προτιθείς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 708.15 (Istropolis, 2nd c.BC).)]
II π. νεκρόν lay out a dead body, let it lie in state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.8)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 664, “Supp.” 53 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 611, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.18, etc.; ποτήρια χρύσεα προθεῖτο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.148.)]
II.2 set out wares for show or sale, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 25, +others)]
II.3 display a public notice, τὸ λεύκωμα πρὸ τοῦ ναοῦ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 9(2).1109.35 (Coropa, 2nd c.BC))]; ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς τῆς οἰκίας π. ἐν λευκώματι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 106.20 (2nd c.BC))]; τὸ ὑπογεγραμμένον ἔκθεμα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 664.4 (Egypt, 1st c.AD),compare “POxy.” 2108.8 (_passive_, 3rd c.AD))]; notify publicly, τοὺς [προέδρους] προτιθέναι περὶ ὧν δεῖ βουλεύεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).68.80 (Epid., 4th c.BC))]; περὶ ὧν.. οἱ ἄρχοντες προτίθεισι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Ἀρχ.Δελτ.9 παρ.53 (from Eresus),compare “IG” 12(2).526a21 ([prev. passage], 4th c.BC), 645b35 (Nesus, 4th c.BC))]; τὰς πράξεις (exactions).. τῶν προτιθεμένων (passive) κατὰ τὰς ἐγγραφάς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1321b42)]; call a case for trial by means of a public notice, τῶν κατ᾽ αὐτοὺς προτεθέντων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 118.18 (2nd c.BC))]; οἱ προτεθέντες ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ καὶ μὴ ὑπακούσαντες ἴστωσαν ὅτι.. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PHamb.” 29.6 (1st c.AD))]; advertise for sale or other purpose, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“BGU” 992 i 7 (_passive_, 2nd c.BC), “PLips.” 64.44 (4th c.AD), etc.)]; τοῖς συλλημψομένοις ὑμῖν γέρα προτιθέντα advertising rewards to those of you who apprehend (robbers), [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1408.16 (3rd c.AD).)]
II.4 propose, bring forward a thing to be examined and debated, also give an opportunity for debate, voting, ἐς μέσον σφι π. πρῆγμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206; π. τὸν λόγον [prev. author] 8.59; γνώμας σφίσιν αὐτοῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139)]; π. λόγον (i.e. εἰς ἐκκλησίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.65; λόγον περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.3)]; γνώμας π. αὖθις Ἀθηναίοις, of the Prytanes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.14, compare 3.36)]; π. τὴν διαγνώμην αὖθις περὶ Μυτιληναίων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 42, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.15)]; π. βουλὴν εἴτε.. εἴτε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.15; τὸν ἐπιμήνιον, ἢν μὴ προθῇ, ἑκατὸν στατῆρας ὀφείλειν “SIG” 58.10 (Milet., 5th c.BC), compare 141.12 (Corc. Nigra, 4th c.BC), 167.13 (Mylasa, 4th c.BC), +others)]; προθεῖναι αὖθις περὶ Μυτιληναίων λέγειν propose a discussion about.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38; τὸ συμφέρον ἡ πόλις προὐτίθει σκοπεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.273, etc.)]; π. αὐτοῖς κρίσιν appoint a trial for them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 27.8; π. αὐτοῖς ἀγορὰν δικῶν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 4; προέθηκε.. λέγειν τὰ ἑκατέροισι.. κατέργασται)] has proposed (or initiated) a recital of what each has done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.27)]: with dative person et infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.38)]: with accusative et infinitive, π. γνώμην ἀποφαίνεσθαι τὸν βουλόμενον [Refs ([prev. author] 8.49)]:—middle, ἤν τις προθῆται ψῆφον, ὥστε μὴ εἶναι τὸν νόμον τοῦτον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 45.33 (Halic., 5th c.BC):)] —passive, οὐ προὐτέθη σφίσι λόγος speech was not allowed them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.5; ψῆφος περὶ ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἀνδραποδισμοῦ προτεθεῖσα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.65.)]
II.5 convene a meeting, προὔθεσαν οἱ πρυτάνεις ἐκκλησίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 19)]:—middle, σύγκλητον τήνδε γερόντων προὔθετο λέσχην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 161 (_anapaest meter_).)]
III put forward, as one foot before the other, βραδύπουν ἤλυσιν ἄρθρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 67 (_anapaest meter_).)]
III.2 hold out as a pretext, αἰτίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1051)]:—middle, τὴν συγγένειαν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.19.1, etc.)]
IV put before or first, προτιθέντι ἀνάγκη.. λέγειν, opposed to ἐπιλέγοντι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1394a15, compare b28; π. τοῦ λόγου προοίμιον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 723c)]; set down first in writing, προθεὶς ἄρχοντα Νικόμαχόν φησιν οὕτως· ἐπὶ τούτου κτλ.” [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Didymus Grammaticus)] in D.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (1.19, compare 8.17, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.183)]:— middle, put in front, τοὺς γροσφομάχους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.33.9)]; premise, λόγον [Refs ([prev. author] 3.118.11; τὰς προειρημένας αἰτίας [prev. author] 4.25.6)]:—passive, τὸ μὴ καὶ τὸ οὒ προτιθέμενα τῶν ἐπιόντων ὀνομάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 257c: _metaphorically_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42.)]
IV.2 put before or over, πρόσθεν ὀμμάτων πέπλον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1550)]:— middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1218, etc.)]
IV.3 prefer one to another, τί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 963; ἡδονὴν ἀντὶ τοῦ καλοῦ [prev. author] “Hipp.” 382)]:—middle, πάρος τοὐμοῦ πόθου προὔθεντο τὴν τυραννίδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 419.)]