A.“διετίθουν” Antipho Trag.1:—arrange each in their several places, distribute, τὰ κρέα, in sacrificing, Hdt.1.132; “τὸ μὲν ἐπὶ δεξιά, τὸ δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερά” Id.7.39; “ᾗπερ οἱ θεοὶ διέθεσαν τὰ ὄντα” X.Mem.2.1.27; “δ. οἶνον εἰς ὀστράκια” Arist.HA594a11.
II. manage well or ill, usu. with Adv., “κράτιστα δ. τὰ τοῦ πολέμου” Th.6.15; “καλὸν πρᾶγμα κακῶς δ.” D.19.88; of persons, δ. ἑωυτὸν ἀνηκέστως treat himself barbarously, Hdt.3.155:—Pass., οὐ ῥᾳδίως διετέθη he was not very gently handled, Th.6.57; ἀπόρως διατεθέντας reduced to helplessness, Lys.18.23; “ἀθλίως διατιθέμενος” Pl.Criti.121b; “σῶμα διατεθειμένῳ κακῶς” Men.591.
2. c. acc. pers., with Advbs., dispose one so or so, “ὅταν οὕτω διαθῇς τοὺς Ἕλληνας” Isoc.5.80; “οὕτω διαθεὶς . . τὰς πόλεις πρὸς ἀλλήλας” D.18.168; “δ. τινὰς ἀπίστως πρὸς ἡμᾶς αὐτούς” Id.20.22; “τὸν ἀκροατὴν δ. πως” Arist.Rh.1356a3:—Pass., to be disposed in a certain manner, “πρός τινα” Pl.Tht.151c, Isoc.8.14; “οἰκειότερον διατεθῆναί τινι” Id.12.160; “τὸν εἰρημένον τρόπον” Arist.Pol.1302a35; ἐρωτικῶς δ., of animals, Pl.Smp.207c, cf. Longus1.15 (διάκειμαι is more usu. as Pass. in this sense).
III. set forth, of speakers, minstrels, etc., recite, “κακῶς ποιήματα” Pl.Chrm.162d, cf. Lg.658d; cf. B. 6.
2. describe, Str.1.1.16, etc.
B. Med., arrange as one likes, dispose of, “τὴν θυγατέρα” X.Cyr. 5.2.7; “τὰ σώματα ἐπονειδίστως δ.” Isoc.12.140; “οὔθ᾽ ὅσ᾽ ἂν πορίσωσι . . ταῦτ᾽ ἔχοντες διαθέσθαι” D.2.16; “εἰς καλὸν δ. τὰ πεπραγμένα” Luc.Hist. Conscr.51, cf. Merc.Cond.25; spend, “δ. τὰς οὐσίας εἴς τι” Plb.20.6.5: metaph., “τὸ πλεῖον τῆς ὀργῆς εἴς τινα” Id.16.1.2.
2. dispose of one's property, devise it by will, Is.3.68; “τὴν οὐσίαν ἑτέρῳ” Id.7.1; δ. διαθήκας, διαθήκην, make a will, Lys.19.39, Pl.Lg.922c: abs., ibid., Lys. 6.41; “κἂν ἀποθάνῃ μὴ διαθέμενος” intestate, Arist.Pol.1270a28; “ὁ δ.” the testator, Ep.Hebr.9.16.
3. dispose of merchandise, “φόρτον” Hdt. 1.1,194, cf. X.An.7.3.10, Ath.2.11; “τισί” Pl.Lg.849d; “ἔλαιον καὶ κίκι” PRev.Laws48.4 (iii B. C.); “δ. τὴν ὥραν καὶ τὴν σοφίαν” X.Mem.1.6.13; “δ. τι τριπλασίας τιμῆς ἢ πρότερον” D.42.31.
4. arrange or settle mutually, δ. διαθήκην τινί make a covenant with one, Ar.Av.439; “δ. διαθήκην πρός τινα” Act.Ap.3.25; ἔριν δ. ἀλλήλοις settle a quarrel, X. Mem.2.6.23; “ὡμολόγνσαν καὶ διέθεντο ὀφείλειν” IG12(7).67.58 (Amorgos).
5. compose, make, “νόμους” Pl.Lg.834a.
6. set forth, recite, λόγους, δημηγορίαν, etc., Plb.3.108.2, D.H.11.7, cf. D.S.12.17; “πολλοὺς ἐπαίνους τινῶν” D.H.3.17; “δ. ῥῆσιν ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ” Luc.Herm. 1.
b. Gramm., διατιθέναι and -τίθεσθαι to act and be acted upon, A.D.Synt.12.15; τὸ διατιθέν and τὸ διατιθέμενον subject and object, ib.127.22.
