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Strong G5087τίθημι

to place

Transliteration
tithēmi
Pronunciation
tith'-ay-mee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

A prolonged form of a primary word θέω theō (which is used only as an alternate in certain tenses); to place (in the widest application literally and figuratively; properly in a passive or horizontal posture and thus different from G2476 which properly denotes an upright and active position while G2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate): - + advise appoint bow commit conceive give X kneel down lay (aside down up) make ordain purpose put set (forth) settle sink down.

Detailed definition

τίθημι,
[in LXX for שִׁית,נתן,שׂוּם, etc.;]

1. causative of κεῖμαι,
__(a) to place, lay, set: Luk.6:48, Rom.9:33, al.; of laying the dead to rest, Mrk.15:47, Luk.23:55, Jhn.11:34, Act.7:16, al.; before ἐπί, with genitive, Luk.8:16, Jhn.19:19, al.; id. with accusative, Mrk.4:21, 2Co.3:13, al.; ὑπό, Mat.5:15, al.; παρά, Act.4:35, 37. Mid., to have put or placed, to place for oneself: of putting in prison, Act.4:3, 5:18, 25, al.; of giving counsel, βουλήν, Act.27:12; of laying up in one's heart, Luk.1:66 21:14 ( 1Ki.21:12);
__(b) to put down, lay down: of bending the knees, τ. γόνατα, to kneel, Mrk.15:19, Act.7:60, al.; of putting off garments, Jhn.13:4; of laying down life, τ. ψυχήν, Jhn.10:11, 15 17, 18 13:37, 38 15:13, 1Jn.3:16; of laying by money, παρ ̓ ἑαυτῷ, 1Co.16:2; of setting on food, Jhn.2:10; metaphorically, of setting forth an idea in symbolism, Mrk.4:30.

2. to set, fix, establish: ὑπόδειγμα, 2Pe.2:6.

3. to make, appoint: Mat.22:44, Mrk.12:36, Luk.20:43, Act.2:35, Rom.4:17, al. Mid., to make, set or appoint for oneself: Act.20:28, 1Co.12:28, 1Th.5:9, 1Ti.1:12, al.; before ἵνα, Jhn.15:16 (cf. ἀνα-, προσ-ανα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἀντι-δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν-επι-, κατα-, συν-κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, ὑπο-τίθημι).
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In the Bible

Strong G5087 appears in 94 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • lay28
  • put16
  • lie12
  • make10
  • appoint6
  • set5
  • down4
  • kneel3
  • hath2
  • ordain2
  • putteth2
  • advise1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:15
    Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
  2. Matthew 12:18
    Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
  3. Matthew 14:3
    For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
  4. Matthew 22:44
    The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
  5. Matthew 24:51
    And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  6. Matthew 27:60
    And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
  7. Mark 4:21
    And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
  8. Mark 6:29
    And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
  9. Mark 6:56
    And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
  10. Mark 10:16
    And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
  11. Mark 12:36
    For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
  12. Mark 15:19
    And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
  13. Mark 15:47
    And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
  14. Mark 16:6
    And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
  15. Luke 1:66
    And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
  16. Luke 5:18
    And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
  17. Luke 6:48
    He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
  18. Luke 8:16
    No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
  19. Luke 9:44
    Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
  20. Luke 11:33
    No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
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τίθημι [τῐ],
2nd pers. singular τιθεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.11, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 992 codex B (τιθείς LA recentia), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 545)] codices Lp (-θείς P, τίθης l), Alc. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (890 codices pler., corrupted to τιθείς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 376e 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.22.76, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 301e (ἐπι-), 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 46.28)] (προσ-); ἐν-τιθεῖς (variant{-εὶς}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 717; περι-τιθεῖς “BGU” 1141.19 (1st c.BC))]; but τίθης is found in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” [prev. cited] codices A,D, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus [prev. cited] codex A, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 27.11)] (προσ-), etc., and is taught by [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.328 H.)]; Epic dialect τίθησθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.404, 24.476)], and so in Aeolic dialect, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 4.27 (τίθεισθα 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus))]; 3rd.pers. singular τίθησι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.83, +others)], and Attic dialect; Doric dialect τίθητι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 331.13 (Megara, 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.48)]; 3rd.pers. plural τιθέασι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.96, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 128)]; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect τιθεῖσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.262, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 597, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91 (also 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 466 (Lyric poetry)))]; Aeolic dialect τίθεισι (προ-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 631 A 2 (2nd c.BC))]; Doric dialect τίθεντι [Refs (“IG” 12(3).103.10 (from Nisvrus))]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. singular τιθεῖ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.732, 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 1.6, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.113, also 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, “SIG” 559.16 (Megalopolis, 3rd c.BC) (τιθῶ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ocyp.” 43, 81, διατιθῶ cited by 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 290.6))]: imperfect ἐτίθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 500b; ἐτίθεις [prev. author] “R.” 528d, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 59)] (ἐν-), etc.; ἐτίθει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.541, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 532, “Nu.” 63)] (προσ-), etc., Epic dialect τίθει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.441, +others)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural τίθεσαν [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.456; τίθεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.65; πρό-τιθεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.112 (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus); late ἐτίθουν NT.Act.4.35)]; Ionic dialect imperfect τίθεσκον [Refs (Hes “fragment” 112)]; ἐτίθεα (ὑπερ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155: _imperative_ τίθει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.509, etc.)]; infinitive τιθέναι, not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)]; Epic dialect τιθήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.83; τιθέμεν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 744, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.40; τιθεῖν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 286, “IG” 12(9).189.5 (from Eretria))]; written τιθῖν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Byzantion” 8.50 (Phrygia, 4th c.AD))]; participle τιθείς, but Ionic dialect plural τιθεῦντες variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91:)]future θήσω, Epic dialect infinitive θησέμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.35, θησέμεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.58:)]aorist 1 ἔθηκα, only used in indicative, and mostly in singular, for though 3rd.pers. plural is common, the [Refs (1)] and 2nd pers. plural are rare, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.15, (ἀν-) 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 9)]; even ἔθηκαν is very rare in early Attic, ἀνέθηκαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 2.1620d, 22.2971 (both 4th c.BC))], but is found in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.4.4, etc.)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural θῆκαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.795, etc.:)]aorist 2 ἔθην, not used in indicative singular, whereas plural is very common, ἔθεμεν, ἔθετε, ἔθεσαν, Epic dialect θέσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (12.29, etc.; _imperative_ θές 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 185, etc.; _Laconian dialect_ _3rd.pers._ _sing._ σέτω [prev. work] 1081)]; subjunctive θῶ, Aeolic dialect and Ionic dialect θέω [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 12, (προσ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108)], Epic dialect θείω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.83, +others (for *θή-ω); _Epic dialect_ 2 and _3rd.pers._ _sing._ θήῃς, θήῃ, 6.432, 16.96, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.301, 341 (sometimes with the _optative_ forms θείης, θείη as variant); _Epic dialect_ _1st pers._ _plural_ θέωμεν (_disyllable_) 24.485, θείομεν (for *θήο-μεν, short-vowel subjunctive) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.244, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.364)]; optative θείην, 1st pers. plural θεῖμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (12.347, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 343e (θείημεν codices BT), προσ-θεῖμεν [prev. author] “R.” 370d, and κατα-θεῖτε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.27)]; 3rd.pers. plural θεῖεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 865)]; infinitive θεῖναι, Epic dialect θέμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.285, θέμεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.3, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 61, 67)]; Doric dialect θέμειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(1).677.13 (Rhodes, 4th c.BC))]; participle θείς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.254, etc.:)]perfect τέθηκα Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.2490.7 (4th c.BC), (ἀνα-) [prev. work]839.38, 1299.44, 1534.76, also at Delos, [prev. work]11(2).161 A 6 (3rd c.BC))], etc., and in Papyri, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“POxy.” 1087.42 (1st c.BC))]; τέθεικα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 324 (3rd c.BC), (ὑπο-) “PPetr.” 3p.53 (3rd c.BC), (ἐκ-) “UPZ” 62.4 (2nd c.BC), (ἀνα-) “IG” 22.1011.71,80 (2nd c.BC), (προσ-) 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.23)]; hence some editors restore τέθηκα for τέθεικα in Attic authors, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.55, 22.16, 27.36, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 15.13)]; Phocian 3rd.pers. plural ἀνα-τεθέκαντι [Refs (“BCH” 59.202 (from Daulis):)] —middle τίθεμαι, 2nd pers. singular τίθεσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 202c)]; τίθη or τίθῃ uncertain in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 768.9 (2nd c.BC))]; as passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.300 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); _imperative_ τίθεσο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1039, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 237b, τίθου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 226, _Doric dialect_ τίθευσο conjecture in “Anthologia Graeca” 9.564 (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus, τιθεύσω codex, τίθεσσο Plan., compare ἀφίκευσο))]; Epic dialect participle τιθήμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.34)]: future θήσομαι [Refs (24.402, etc.:)]aorist 1 ἒθηκάμην, only in indicative and participle, and never in Attic dialect; 2nd pers. singular ἐθήκαο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.18)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular θήκατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.31, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 128)]; participle θηκάμενος [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1150, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.29)]: aorist 2 ἐθέμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.750, etc.)]; Epic dialect and Lyric poetry 3rd.pers. singular θέτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (10.149, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.89; _imperative_ θέο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.333, θοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 466)]; subjunctive θῶμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 486, etc.)]; Epic dialect 2nd pers. singular θῆαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.403; _optative_ θείμην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 188, etc.)]; 3rd.pers. singular θεῖτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.225, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 527 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 195c, etc. (πρόσ-θοιτο, -θοισθε, ἔν-θοιτο)] are found in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.6, 21.188, 34.17, but προσ-θεῖτο [prev. author] 6.12 codices)]; ἐπιθοίμεθα, -θοιντο, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34, 11; compare τιθοῖτο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.10))]: perfect (see. below):—passive τίθεμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 57.25 (Milet., 5th c.BC), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 705e, 744a)]: future τεθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1268, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 730b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.17)]: aorist ἐτέθην [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1245, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.28, etc. (ἐθέθην “IG” 14.862 (Cumae, 6th c.BC)):)]perfect τέθειμαι, rare in early Gr., [LXX+NT+4th c.BC+ (LXX.1Ki.9.24, NT.Mark.15.47, (προσ-) 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 853a35)]; infinitive τεθεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 327 codices (but _falsa lectio_))]; participle τεθειμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demades Orator 12, (προ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 9.11, (δια-) 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 591)]; also used in middle sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.49, “SIG” 705.17 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1735.11 (1st c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 9, (ἐν-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.16, (προ-) “Supp.epigram” 7.62.6 (Seleucia Pieria, 2nd c.BC), (συν-) “OGI” 229.62 (Smyrna, 3rd c.BC))]; ὑπεκ-τεθημένος (sic) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“BCH” 54.269 (Rhamnus, 3rd c.BC))]; ἀνα-τέθηται (passive sense) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.81 K.)]; Phocian perfect participle (middle sense) ἀνα-τεθεμένος [Refs (“BCH” 59.202 (from Daulis))]:— the passive never occurs in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, and is generally rare, κεῖμαι being used instead.)]
A in local sense, set, put, place, λίθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.405, compare “IG” 12.373.10, +others; θεμείλια 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.29)]; τέρματα τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.193)]; κλισίην, θρόνον τ. τινί, set a stool or chair for him, [Refs (4.123, 8.65 (so in _middle_,)]set for oneself, δίφρον [Refs (20.387); ἐκελήσατο θέμεν τὰν κλίναν, ἐφ᾽ ἇς τὰν Σωστράταν ἔφερον)]lay down, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 42(1).122.31 (Epid., 4th c.BC))]; πόδα τ. plant the foot, i.e. walk, run, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 294, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 32: so in)]middle, τετράποδος βάσιν θηρὸς τιθέμενος, i.e. going on all fours, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 1059 (Lyric poetry): the mode is expressed by _adverbs_ or Preps.,)]
A.a with adverbs, τ. τι πυρὸς ἐγγύς, ἀπάνευθε πυρός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.518, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.412; προπάροιθε ποδῶν 20.324; χαμαὶ τ. τὸν πόδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 906)]; τὰ ἄνω κάτω and τὰ κάτω ἄνω τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.3, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 651, etc.: with _adverbs_ implying motion, ἄλλοσε θῆκε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.184, 204; ἔχεις.. ὅποι θήσεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 479c)]:—middle, ὅποι.. τιθοῖτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.10.)]
A.b with Preps. of local sense, θεῖσα στέφανον ἀμφὶ βοστρύχοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1160)] (middle, ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοισι τιθήμενον ἔντεα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.34))]; ἀνά τινι or τι, as ἂμ βωμοῖσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.441; ἀνὰ μυρίκην 10.466)]; ἐπί τινος, τινι, or τι, as εἵματα ἐπ᾽ ἀπήνης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.252, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.223, etc.; ἐπὶ κρατὶ κυνέην 15.480; πέπλον Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασι 6.92 (see. below 111.2))]; ἐπὶ [θρόνον τὰ ἱμάτια] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 483, etc.)]; τὴν ἀρχὴν (i.e. τοῦ ἐπιδέσμου) κατὰ μεσοφρύου, ἐπὶ ἰνίον, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 1, 2, +others)]; ὑπό τινι or τι, as δέμνι᾽ ὑπ᾽ αἰθούσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.644; ἀμβροσίην ὑπὸ ῥῖνά τινι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.445: most frequently with the Preps. ἐν or εἰς)], put in or put into.. , as θῆκεν ἐν ἀκμοθέτῳ ἄκμονα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.476; τόξα ἐν πυρί 5.215; ἐν κίστῃ ἐδωδήν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.76)]; ἐν λεχέεσσι θ. [τινά] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.352 (so in _middle_, ἐς δίφρον ἄρνας θέτο)] put into the car,[NT (3.310; ὁ θεὸς ἔθετο τὰ μέλη ἐν τῷ σώματι NT.1Cor.12.18))]; ἐς λάρνακα, ἐς κάπετον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.795, 797; ἐς ταφάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1110)] (middle, ἐν τάφοισι θέσθε [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 1410), compare “Ant.” 504, “Tr.” 1254.)]
A.c in Poets also with dative only, χρήματα μυχῷ ἄντρου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.364)] (so in middle, κολεῷ ἄορ θέο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (10.333), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 691, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1064.--The same constructions will be found under many of the following heads.)]
A.II Special phrases:
A.II.1 θεῖναί τινί τι ἐν χερσίν, ἐν χειρί, put it in his hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.441, 585, etc.)]; ἐν χερσί or χείρεσσί τινος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (6.482, 23.597; οἶνον Ὀδυσσῆϊ ἐν χείρεσσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.448)]; ἐς χεῖρά τινος into his hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 751.)]
A.II.2 of women, θέσθαι παῖδα, υἱὸν ὑπὸ ζώνῃ, to have a child put under her girdle, i.e. to conceive, [Refs (“hymnus ad Venerem” 255, 282.)]
A.II.3 ἐν ὄμμασι θέσθαι set before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.43.)]
A.II.4 set a plant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.7, 9.)]
A.II.4.b lay a mosaic, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 665.10, 15 (3rd c.BC).)]
A.II.5 θέσθαι τὴν ψῆφον lay one's voting-pebble on the altar, put it into the urn, ἐς τεῦχος οὐ διχορρόπως ψήφους ἔθεντο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 816)]: hence simply, give one's vote, ἐπὶ φόνῳ for death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 756 (troch.))]; ἑωυτῷ in one's own favour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.123; σὺν τῷ νόμῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.17)]; εὔφρονα, δικαίαν τὴν ψῆφον τ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 640 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 128, etc.)]; and in passive, ἔστω δὴ φανερὰ ἡ ψῆφος τιθεμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 855d: also γνώμην θέσθαι)], with infinitive, give one's opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.82; περὶ ἡμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.21: τίθεσθαι)] absolutely, vote, γνώμῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1448 codices (_anapaest meter_, γνώμην Lambinus), 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.29; μετά τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 644 (Lyric poetry); ἐναντία τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 58b)]; τινι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.37 codices, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Declamationes” 1.65.)]
A.II.6 in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, θεῖναί τινί τι ἐν στήθεσσι, ἐν φρεσί)], etc., put or plant it in his heart, ἐν στήθεσσι τιθεῖ νόον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.732)]; βουλὴν ἐν στήθεσσι τ[Refs (. 17.470; ἔπος ἐν φρεσί 19.121, +others; also μένος δέ οἱ ἐν φρεσὶ θῆκε 21.145:)] —middle, ἄγριον ἐν στήθεσσι θέτο θυμόν laid up wrath in his heart, treasured it there,[Refs (9.629; ἐν φρεσὶ θέσθε αἰδῶ καὶ νέμεσιν 13.121)]; τοῖσιν κότον αἰνὸν ἔθεσθε harboured enmity against them,[Refs 6th c.BC+ (8.449; καθαρὸν θέμενος νόον 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 89; θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 164 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θέσθαι, with infinitive, bear in mind, think of doing a thing, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.729; θ. [τι] ἐν καρδίᾳ NT.Luke.1.66.)]
A.II.7 deposit, as in a bank, τὰ πρυτανεῖα πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.22.33; θεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τὰς τετταράκοντα μνᾶς 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 5; ἐνέχυρον τιθέναι τι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 451, compare “Ec.” 755, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.11, “PEnteux.” 32.7 (3rd c.BC))], etc.:—middle, τὰ ἡμίσεα τῆς οὐσίης θέσθαι παρά τινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86.ά, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.207; τὴν τιμὴν θήσονται ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν, ἕως.. “PCair.Zen.” 723.11 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐγγύην θέσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 898; συνθήκας παρά τινι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 23)]:—passive, τὰ ληφθέντα καὶ τὰ τεθεντα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.5 (but)]active and middle are sometimes distinguished, ὁ θείς the mortgagor, ὁ θέμενος the mortgagee, τοὺς θέντας ἡμᾶς ἢ καὶ τοὺς θεμένους ὑμᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 820e, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 169, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.10)]; τίθεσθαι seems to have the same meaning as ὑποτίθεσθαι in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.43.41, 2758.4, 12(7).55.12 (Arcesine, 4th-3rd c.BC))], but the two are distinguished in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 3.760 (Euboea, 4th c.BC)): _metaphorically_, χάριν or χάριτα θέσθαι τινί)] deposit a claim for favour with one, lay an obligation on one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60, 107, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 783, etc.)]
A.II.8 pay down, pay, τόκον, εἰσφοράν, μετοίκιον, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.9, 22.43, 29.3; τὸ γιγνόμενον [prev. author] 18.104; τὸν πριάμενον ἑκατοστὴν τιθέναι τῆς τιμῆς 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 97.1; τὴν τιμήν “PRev.Laws” 18.13 (3rd c.BC))]; τὰ μέρη [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 218.33 (3rd c.BC); [τὰς δραχμὰς] εἰς ἀνήλωμα τοῦ πλοίου [prev. work] 753.64 (3rd c.BC))]:—middle, θέμενος ἀρραβῶνα [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 303.3 (6th c.AD).)]
A.II.9 put down in writing, θοῦ δ᾽ ἐν φρενῶν δέλτοισι τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 597 (conjecture Nauck))]:—passive, τὰ ἐν γράμμασι τεθέντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 793b.)]
A.II.9.b place to account, reckon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.34,36, 28.13; θήσω εἰς δύο παῖδας χιλίας δραχμὰς ἑκάστου ἐνιαυτοῦ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.28, compare [prev. work] 21)]:—metaphorically in middle, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀκριβῶς αὐτὸ θήσομαι λίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 532)]; τἀγαθὰ ἐς ἀμφίβολον ἀσφαλῶς ἔθεντο reckoned as doubtful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.18.)]
A.II.10 in military language, τίθεσθαι or θέσθαι τὰ ὅπλα has four senses,
A.II.10.a rest arms, i.e. halt, with arms in an easy position but ready for action, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.44, 93, 7.3)]; θέμενοι ἐς τὴν ἀγορὰν τὰ ὅπλα advancing to the market-place and resting arms there, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.2, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.52, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.14, 17, 1.6.4, etc.; εἰς τάξιν τὰ ὅπλα τ. [prev. work] 2.2.21, 5.4.11; so ἐν τάξει [prev. work] 2.2.8)]; ἀντία τισί over against them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.74 (in 1.62 ἀντία ἔθεντο τὰ ὅπλα over against it (the temple)))]; poetry, πάτρας ἕνεκα εἰς δῆριν ἔθεντο ὅπλα Inscription cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.289.)]
A.II.10.b bear arms, fight, τὸ θυμοειδὲς.. ἐν τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς στάσει τίθεσθαι τὰ ὅπλα πρὸς τὸ λογιστικόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 440e; τοῦ δήμου.. παρακαλοῦντος τοὺς στρατιώτας τίθεσθαι πρὸς τὴν πόλιν “IG” 22.666.10; ὃς ἂν μὴ θῆται τὰ ὅπλα μηδὲ μεθ᾽ ἑτέρων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 8.5, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.14, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.145)]; so ὁπόσοιπερ ἂν ὅπλα ἱππικὰ ἢ πεζικὰ τιθῶνται who serve on horseback or on foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 753b, compare 756a; ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τὰ ὅπλα θέσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 5.)]
A.II.10.c lay down one's arms, surrender, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.31, 45)]; so, without the idea of surrender, θέσθαι τὰς ἀσπίδας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.12)] (but active, τὰ ὅπλα θείς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.759a).)]
A.II.10.d τὰ ὅπλα εὖ τίθεσθε keep your arms in good order, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.3; εὖ ἀσπίδα θέσθω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.382.)]
A.II lay in the grave, bury, ἐμὰ σῶν ἀπάνευθε τιθήμεναι ὀστέα [Refs (23.83 (frequently with words added, ἐν τάφοισι, ἐς ταφάς, etc., see above 1 b))]; ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονό; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1006 (Lyric poetry))]:— passive, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ φασι.. τεθῆναι.. ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 242c, “Lg.” 947e; ἄλλῳ δὲ μηδενὶ ἐξεῖναι ἐν τῷ πυργίσκῳ τεθῆναι μετὰ τὸ ἐνταφῆναι αὐτήν· ἐπεὶ ὁ θείς τινα ἀσεβὴς ἔστω θεοῖς καταχθονίοις “TAM” 2(1).51 (from Telmessus), compare 55, +others, “AJP” 48.30 (from Apamea), “Supp.epigram” 6.221 (from Phrygia), etc.)]
A.II.12 τιθέναι τὰ γόνατα kneel down, [NT (NT.Mark.15.19, NT.Luke.22.41, +others)]
A.III set up, of the prizes in games, ἄεθλα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.263, etc.)]; ἀέθλιον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 748; νικητήρια 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 537 (so in _passive_, τὰ τιθέμενα)] the prizes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.25))]; also with the object offered as the prize, τ. δέπας, βοῦν, σόλον, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.656, 750, 826, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.144, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 573:—this is more fully expressed by ἐς μέσσον τ., 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.704: after 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] more generally, lay before people as common property, βούλομαι ὑμῖν εἰς τὸ μέσον αὐτὸ θεῖναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 719a; ἐς μέσον ἀρχὴν τιθεὶς ἰσονομίην ὑμῖν προαγορεύω 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142; so also τ. τι εἰς τὸ κοινὸν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.14.1)]; reading and sense are doubtful in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 145.)]
A.III.2 set up in a temple, dedicate, ἀγάλματα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.347; τάσδε.. θεοῖς ἀσπίδας ἔθηκε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 576; so perhaps 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.92 (see. above 1b).)]
A.IV assign, award, τιμήν τινι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.57; ὄνομά τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 244d: especially in)]middle, ὄνομα (or οὔνομα) θέσθαι τινί give a child a name at one's own discretion, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.5, 19.406 (in 19.403 with variant{θείης}), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.107, 113, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 13: elliptically, without ὄνομα, ᾧ δὴ ἀθροίς ματι ἄνθρωπόν τε τίθενται καὶ λίθον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 157b, compare “Cra.” 402b: pleonastic, Ἴωνα δ᾽ αὐτὸν ὄνομα κεκλῆσθαι θήσεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 75.)]
A.V τιθέναι νόμον down or give a law, of a legislator, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 580, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 57, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 532, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 339c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.99, etc.)]:—so in middle, of Solon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.29)]; of a people, state, or legislature, give oneself a law, make a law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 338e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.6, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1289a14)] (passive, τίθεται νόμος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1425, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 705e, 744a; τιμωρίαι.. ἐτέθησαν [prev. work] 943d))]; also θήσω θεσμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 484; κήρυγμα θεῖναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 8)]; σκῆψιν τιθέναι allege an excuse, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 584)]: with accusative et infinitive, order matters so that.. , [ὁ Λυκοῦργος] ἔθηκε θύειν βασιλέα πρὸ τῆς πόλεως τὰ δημόσια ἅπαντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 15.2, compare 1.5, 2.11)]; without infinitive, καλῶς ἔθεντο ταῦτα πατέρες οἱ πάλαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 512)]: with dative et infinitive, γυναιξὶ σωφρονεῖν.. θήσει [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1057.)]
A.V.2 middle, agree upon, ἡμέραν θέσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.1,13)]; so θ. συγγραφήν, ὁμολογίαν, σύμβολόν τινι, etc., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PEleph.” 2.16 (3rd c.BC), “PGoodsp.Cair.” 6ii 2 (2nd c.BC), “PRein.” 11.9 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
A.V.3 execute a document. τ. διαθήκην make a will, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“Stud.Pal.” 1.6.3 (5th c.AD))]: so in middle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PSI” 10.1119.16 (2nd c.AD))]; θέσθαι τινὸς ἀπαρχήν make out a person's birth-certificate, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 9.1067.15 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
A.VI establish, institute, ἀγῶνας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 845, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.10)]; ἐν τοῖς ἀγώνοις οἷς ἁ πόλις τίφητι (sic) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Delph.” 3(3).120.17 (2nd c.BC))]; πενταετηρίδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.21.)]
A.VII dispose, order, ordain, bring to pass, of gods, οὕτω νῦν Ζεὺς θείη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.465, 15.180; ὣς ἄο᾽ ἔμελλον θησέμεναι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.35; [Ζεὺς] τίθησ᾽ ὅπῃ θέλει 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.2)]; τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα πάντ᾽ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω στρέφων τίθησιν (i.e. Ζεύς) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 651)]; πάντα παγκάκως θεοὶ θέσαν conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pers.” 283 (Lyric poetry); τέλος δ᾽ ἔθηκε Ζεὺς.. καλῶς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 26)]; κόσμῳ θέντες, as etymology of θεοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.52)]; of human beings, administer, manage, [τι] κακῶς θέμεν, εὖ θέμεν, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 845, 846; τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα φροντὶς.. θήσει δικαίως 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 913; ἐγὼ καὶ σὺ θήσομεν κρατοῦντε τῶνδε δωμάτων καλῶς [prev. work] 1673 (troch.))]; ταῦτ᾽ ἐγὼ θήσω καλῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 521, compare “Andr.” 737; τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν εὖ τίθει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 243; τ. τὰ τῶν φίλων ἀσφαλῶς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 11.12; τὰ πράγματ᾽ ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ πράξει καλῶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 287)]:—middle, administer for oneself, οἶκον εὖ θέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 23; ἄνδρας σοφοὺς χρὴ τὸ παρὸν πρᾶγμα καλῶς εἰς δύναμιν τίθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 172 (Lyric poetry), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.134, Anon.ap Suid.see entry τίθεσθαι)], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see τὸ παρὸν εὖ τίθεσ; ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἴχοντο θέσθαι τὸ παρόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.25)]; τὸ παρὸν εὖ θέσθαι make the best of one's resources or situation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 21, M. Ant. 6.2, compare 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.35 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; εὐτυχίαν τὴν παροῦσαν ἔξεστι καλῶς θέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17; τὰ παρόντα θέσθαι καλῶς 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 5.11; τὰ σεωυτοῦ τιθέμενος εὖ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.236; τὰ οἰκεῖα εὖ θέμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 443d; τὰ ἴδια ἕκαστοι εὖ βουλόμενοι δὴ θέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.59; τὰ πάντα ὅπως ἂν αὐτῇ ἡδὺ ᾖ οὕτως τίθεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.17; εἰ μὴ θήσομαι τἄμ᾽ ὡς ἄριστα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 378; τὸ σαυτοῦ θέμενος εὖ [prev. author] “IT” 1003, compare “Ba.” 49, “HF” 605, 938, “Hipp.” 709, 5th c.BC: Dionysius Chalcus Elegiacus 1.5; τὰ πρὶν εὖ θέμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1434)]; συνετῶν ἀνδρῶν (i.e. εἶναι), πρὶν γενέσθαι τὰ δυσχερῆ, προνοῆσαι ὅπως μὴ γένηται· ἀνδρείων δέ, γενόμενα εὖ θέσθαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Pittacus Lyricus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.78)]; τὸ κοινῶς φοβερὸν ἅπαντας εὖ θέσθαι that all should face the common danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.61)]; of wars, quarrels, etc., bring them to a successful issue, but sometimes put a good face on them, patch them up, ἕως ἂν τὸν πόλεμον εὖ θῶνται [Refs ([prev. author] 8.84; θήσονται τὸν πόλεμον ᾗ βούλονται [prev. author] 1.31)]; πόλεμον ἀραμένους οὐ ῥᾴδιον εὐπρεπῶς θέσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 82; ὅτῳ τρόπῳ.. τὸ σφέτερον ἀπρεπὲς εὖ θήσονται [prev. author] 6.11; μεθ᾽ ἧς τὸ νῦν παρεστὸς νεῖκος εὖ θέσθαι χρεών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 633; τὸν τρὸς τοὺς Ἐλευσῖνι πόλεμον ὡς μετρίως ἔθεντο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 243e)]; ἄμεινον ἢ τότε ἐθέμεθα τὸν πόλεμον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 245e; τὰς γενομένας συμφορὰς πρὸς ἀλλήλους θέσθαι καλῶς 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.140: _absolutely_, θέσθαι καλῶς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 350:—_passive_, εἰ τεθήσεται κατὰ νοῦν τὰ πράγματα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.120.)]
A.VII.2 in the game of πεττεία, κυβεία, Latin tesserae (compare [Refs (Ter. “Adelph.” 739))], to place as skilfully as possible the pieces which have been assigned to one by the luck of the dice, πεττείᾳ τινὶ ἔοικεν ὁ βίος, καὶ δεῖ ὥσπερ ψῆφόν τινα τίθεσθαι τὸ συμβαῖνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.56.39; ὥσπερ ἐν πτώσει κύβων πρὸς τὰ πεπτωκότα τίθεσθαι τὰ αὑτοῦ πράγματα ὅπῃ ὁ λόγος αἱρεῖ βέλτιστ᾽ ἂν ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604c, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 26; στέργειν δὲ τἀκπεσόντα καὶ θέσθαι πρέπει σοφὸν κυβευτήν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 947)]; τὰ δεσποτῶν γὰρ εὖ πεσόντα θήσομαι I will take advantage of my master's good luck, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 32)]: many of the passages cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus v11. I may be _metaphorically_ applications of this sense.)]
B put in a certain state or condition, much the same as ποιεῖν, ποιεῖσθαι, and so often to be rendered by our make:
B.I followed by an attributive substantive, make one something, with the predicate in apposition, θεῖναί τινα αἰχμητήν, ἱέρειαν, μάντιν, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.290, 6.300, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.253, etc.; θ. τινὰ ἀρχέπολιν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.54)]; θεῖναί τινα ἄλοχόν τινος make her another's wife, of a third person who negotiates a marriage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.298 (for _middle_, see below 3))]; ἥτε με τοῖον ἔθηκεν ὅπως ἐθέλει who has made me such as she will, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.208)]; σῦς ἔθηκας ἑταίρους thou hast made my comrades swine,[LXX+8th c.BC+ (10.338; so [νῆα] λᾶαν ἔθηκε 13.163, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.319, etc.; ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον LXX.Psa.109(110).1)]; but γέλων ἔθηκε συνδείπνοις caused them laughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1172)]; λόγους εἰς μέτρα τ. put them into verse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 669d.)]
B.I.2 with an adjective for the attributive, θεῖναί τινα ἀθάνατον καὶ ἀγήρων make him undying and undecaying, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.136)]; πηρόν, τυφλόν, ἀφνειὸν τ. τινά, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.599, 6.139, 9.483; τὸν μὲν.. θῆκε μείζονά τ᾽ εἰσιδέειν καὶ πάσσονα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.229, compare 18.195, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 344d.)]
B.I.2.b of things, ἅλιον πόνον, πόνον οὐκ ἀτέλεστον, πάντα μεταμώνια, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.26, 57, 363; ὄλεθρον ἀπευθέα θῆκε Κρονίων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.88, compare 11.274; ἀποίητον θέμεν ἔργων τέλος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.17; ἀρὰν τ. ἀλαθῆ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 944 (Lyric poetry))]; ἀναστάτους οἴκους τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 674; τ. λεῖον τὸν τραχὺν ἐχῖνον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1086)]; τὸ πραχθὲν ἀγένητον τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 324b.)]
B.I.3 frequently in middle, γυναῖκα or ἄκοιτιν θέσθαι τινά make her one's wife, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.72, 316, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.169)]; παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν θ. take her own son as husband, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 929 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.I.3.b υἱὸν θέσθαι τινά, like{ποιεῖσθαι}, make one's son, adopt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929c, etc.: _absolutely_, θέσθαι τινά)] adopt, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 5.)]
B.I.3.c generally, προσφιλῆ θέσθαι τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 532)]; but φίλον ἐμαυτῷ θ. deem my friend, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 188)]; γέλωτα θέσθαι τινά make him one's butt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.29, 7.209.)]
B.I.4 with infinitive, make one do so and so, τιθέναι τινὰ νικᾶσαι make him conquer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.48 (uncertain); μετατραπεῖν [prev. author] “fragment” 177; τὸν πάθει μάθος θέντα κυρίως ἔχειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 178 (Lyric poetry), compare 1036, 1174 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 718, “Heracl.” 990, etc.)]
B.II in reference to mental action, when middle is more frequently than active, lay down. assume, hold, reckon or regard as.. , τί δ᾽ ἐλέγχεα ταῦτα τίθεσθ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.333; δαιμόνιον αὐτὸ τίθημ᾽ ἐγώ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1270 (Lyric poetry); τοιοῦτον θέντες τὸν δίκαιον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 361b, compare 430b (_middle_))]; θὲς δή μοι.. now suppose so and so, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 191c; εὐεργέτημά τι θεῖναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.10; with ὡς, θέντες ὡς ὑπάρχον εἶναι ὃ βούλονται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 458a, compare “Phd.” 100a; μὴ τοῦτο ὡς ἀδίκημα θῇς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.193.)]
B.II.2 followed by adverbs, ποῦ χρὴ τίθεσθαι ταῦτ; in what light must we regard these things? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 451)]; οὐδαμοῦ τιθέναι τι hold of no account, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 210)]; πρόσθεν or ἐπίπροσθέν τινος τιθέναι τι, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 129 (_anapaest meter_), “Supp.” 515)]; πόρρω τίθεσθαί τί τινων set far below.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.299.)]
B.II.3 followed by Preps., τ. τινὰ ἐν φιλοσόφοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 475d; ἐν τοῖς φίλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.4.4)]; also εἰς ὁποτέραν (of two classes) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 264c)]; εἰς τὸν δῆμον, εἰς τοὺς πλουσίους, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.39; also οὐκ ἐν λόγῳ τίθεσθαί τινα 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 12.1; ἐν τιμῇ τίθεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.3; ἐν αἰτίῃ τιθέναι τινά [prev. author] 8.99)]; ἐν οἰωνῷ τινι τοῦ μέλλοντος, ἐν ἐπαίνῳ, ἐν γέλωτι τίθεσθαι, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 31, “Cat.Ma.” 20, “TG” 17)]; θέσθαι παρ᾽ οὐδέν set at naught, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 230 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 732, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 252a (but ἐν οὐδενί “BGU” 1816.23 (1st c.BC), “Supp.epigram” 7.1.6 (Susa, 1st c.AD, Epist.Artabani)))]; ἐν παρέργῳ θοῦ με [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 473)]; πάντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐν εὐχερεῖ ἔθου[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 876; ταῦτ᾽ ἐν αἰσχρῷ θέμενος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 806; ἐν ἀδικήματι θέσθαι τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.35; ἐν ἀδικήματος μέρει τιθέναι τι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.148)]; θέσθαι τὰ δίκαια ἔκ τινος estimate them by.., [Refs ([prev. author] 8.8.)]
B.II.4 with partitive genitive, ἐμὲ θὲς τῶν πεπεισμένων put me down as one of the convinced, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 424c, compare 376e, 437b)]; τῆς ἡμετέρας ἀμελείας ἄν τις θείη might reckon it as due to our carelessness, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.10.)]
B.II.5 with infinitive, οὐ τίθημ᾽ ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον I hold not that he lives, count him not as living, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1166)]: so in middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 93c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.43,44: rarely with)]participle, θήσω ἀδικοῦντα [αὐτόν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 23.76, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 343e, “Ap.” 27c.)]
B.II.6 elliptically, lay down, assume, θῶμεν δύο εἴδη (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 79a, etc.)]; θήσω οὕτω (i.e. εἶναί τι) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.85, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1290a30.)]
B.II.7 affirm, opposed to αἴρω (deny), τὸ ἐπέκεινα ὄντος οὐ τόδε λέγει- οὐ γὰρ τίθησιν--the phrase 'beyond being' does not denote a 'this' (for it is not an affirmation), [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.5.6.)]
C without any attributive word following, make, work, execute, of an artist, ἐν δ᾽ ἐτίθει νειόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.541, compare 550, 561, 607)]; [δόρπον] θησέμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.394.)]
C.2 make, cause, bring to pass, ἔργα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.321; τ. κέλαδον καὶ ἀϋτήν 9.547; ὀρυμαγδόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.235; ἔριν μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισιν 3.136)]; φιλότητα, ὅρκια μετ᾽ ἀμφ., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.83, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.546: with _dative_ _person_, σῆμα τιθεὶς Τρώεσσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.171; Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκεν 1.2, etc.; πᾶσι δ᾽ ἔθηκε πόνον 21.524, compare 15.721, 16.262; φόως ἑτάροισιν 6 6, etc.; χάρματ᾽ ἄλλοις ἔθηκεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.99; πόλει κατασκαφὰς θέντες 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 47; εἰρήνην φίλοις [prev. author] “Pers.” 769; αἷμα θήσεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 837 (assuming variant).)]
C.3 frequently in middle, make or prepare for oneself, θέσθαι κέλευθον make oneself a road, open a way, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.418; θέτο δῶμα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.241)]; τίθεντο δὲ δαῖτα, δόρπα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.475, 9.88 (but δαῖτα τίθενται)] are holding a feast, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.269))]; μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θέσθαι to make oneself, get a large thigh, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.225)]; θέσθαι μάχην engage in.. , [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.402; δυσμενέεσσι πόνον καὶ δῆριν ἔθεντο 17.158)]; ἱδρῶτα τίθεσθαι have an access of perspiration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 2)]; μαρτύρια θέσθαι produce as testimony, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.55)]; ἀνδρὸς αἰδοίου πρόσοψιν θηκάμενος putting on the aspect of a reverend man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.29, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)] see at {θήκατ; πόνον πλέω τίθου} work thyself the more annoy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 226; εὐκλεᾶ θέσθαι βίον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1422, etc.)]
C.4 periphrastic for a single Verb. μνηστήρων σκέδασιν θεῖναι make a scattering, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.116)]; θέμεν κρυφόν, νέμεσιν, αἶνον, for κρύπτειν, νεμεσῦν, αἰνεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.97, 8.86, “N.” 1.5; μὴ σχολὴν τίθει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1059)]; ὑμῖν ἔθηκε σὺν θεοῖς σωτηρίαν (variant{προμηθίαν}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 915:)] — also in middle, θέσθαι μάχην, for μάχεσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.402)]; θέσθαι θυσίαν, γάμον, for θύειν, γαμεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.42, 13.53)]; σπουδήν, πρόνοιαν θέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 13, 536, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.276; θ. ἐπιστροφὴν πρό τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 134; περὶ τούτων οἰκονομίας “PEnteux.” 22.6 (3rd c.BC))]; and with genitive, θ. λησμοσύναν, συγγνωμοσύνην τινῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 151 (Lyric poetry), “Tr.” 1265 (_anapaest meter_))]. (Cf. Lithuanian dēti 'lay (eggs, etc.)', Sanskrit dáti 'lay down, place', Latin -do in con-do, etc., Engl. do, doom.)