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ἔκ-θεσις , εως, ἡ,
A.exposure, of a child, Hdt.1.116, E.Ion956; also of the putting out of Ulysses on the shore of Ithaca, Arist.Po.1460a36.
2. exhibition, “ἀργυρωμάτων” D.S.34/5.2.35 (pl.).
II. setting forth, exposition, “τῶν ὅρων” Arist.APr.48a25, 49b6.
b. exhibition of a particular instance, ἀποδεῖξαι τῇ ἐκθέσει ib.28b14; “κατὰ τὴν ἔ. ἑκάστου” Id.Metaph.1090a17, cf. 992b10, Epicur.Nat.15.23, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.7 (pl.).
III. pl., stakes, at play, Alciphr.3.54.
IV. public notice, “ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι” SIG685.37 (Crete), cf. PHib.1.29.10 (iii B.C.).
V. Medic., prescription, Alex.Trall.1.11.
VI. Math., setting out of terms in a series, Theol.Ar.51 (pl.) ; series, Moderat. ap. Stob.1 Prooem.9, Nicom.Ar.1.7.
b. Geom., particular enunciation, Procl.in Euc. p.203 F.,al.
VII. salient angle, Ph.Bel.82.3(pl.) ; projection of bastions, GDI5597 (Ephesus).
2. writing of lyric verses to the left of the previous line, opp. εἴσθεσις (q.v.), Sch.Ar.Ra.1548,al.
VIII. list, schedule, POxy.291.3 (i A. D.), etc.
IX. table of musical notes, Aristid.Quint.1.11.
X. = ὀφειλὴ παλαιά, Hsch.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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