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ἐκτίθημι (inf.
A.-τιθεῖνIG7.235.41), fut. -θήσω: pf. “-τέθεικαUPZ 62.4 (ii B.C.):—set out, place outside, “πυκινὸν λέχοςOd.23.179; expose on a desert island, S.Ph.5; expose a new-born child, Hdt.1.112, Ar.Nu.531, etc.; “τὸν παῖδ᾽ . . ἐξέθηκε δωμάτωνE.Ion 344:—so in Pass., τέθνηκε . . θηρσὶν ἐκτεθείς ib.951; expose, “ἑαυτὸν βέλεσιPolem.Cyn.7:—Med., ἐκτίθεσθαι λείαν εἰς Βιθυνούς export it thither, Plu.Alc.29.
II. set up, offer for a prize, “λέβητας ἐκτιθεὶς φέρεινS.Fr.378; “ἆθλαPlb.15.9.4.
b. fix or grant allowances, rates of pay, etc., PSI5.498 (iii B.C.), PEdgar2.4 (Pass.), etc.
2. exhibit publicly, post up, νόμους πρὸς τοὺς ἐπωνύμους Decr. ap. And.1.83, cf. Lex ap.D.24.23; “ἔκθεμαPPetr.2p.44 (iii B.C.); “ὀνόματα εἰς στοάνSIG577.28 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.):—Pass., ὅπως ἐκτεθῶσι [οἱ νόμοι] IG22.487.6, etc.
3. expose for sale, D.C.46.14 (Pass.).
III. set forth, expound, “τὴν πρόθεσινArist.Rh.Al.1437b35; “κατὰ γένοςThphr.Char.Praef.3:—also Med., “λόγους καθόλουArist.Po.1455b1; “τὴν ἑαυτῆς ἐρημίανD.S.12.18, etc.
2. Philos., predicate separate existence of a thing, explain by means of abstraction, Arist.Metaph. 1086b10.
IV. Med., set forth, select particular instances of a rule, [“ποιεῖν τὴν ἀπόδειξιν] τῶ ἐκθέσθαιId.APr.28a23:—Pass., τὸ ἐκτεθέν ib.30a11.
2. set out terms in syllogistic form, ib.48a1, al.
3. isolate in thought, Id.SE179a3.
4. pick out for separate treatment, Id.Ph.235a28.
5. . καθόλου set out in general form, Id.Po.1455b1.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Andocides, On the Mysteries, 83
    • Aristotle, Poetics, 1455b.1
    • Demosthenes, Against Timocrates, 23
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 12.18
    • Euripides, Ion, 344
    • Euripides, Ion, 951
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.112
    • Homer, Odyssey, 23.179
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 5
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 378
    • Polybius, Histories, 15.9.4
    • Aristophanes, Clouds, 531
    • Plutarch, Alcibiades, 29
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 46.14
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