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προτίθημι (also thematic forms, 3sg.
A.“προτιθεῖ” Hdt.1.133, 3pl. “προτιθεῖσι” Id.7.197), fut. “-θήσω” Th.3.67: aor. “προὔθηκα” Il.24.409, etc. (for προθέουσι v. προθέω (B)):—Med. (v. infr.):—Pass., aor. 1 “προὐτέθην” E.Ph.803, Pl.Phd.90b, etc.; but pres. and impf. Pass. are usu. supplied by πρόκειμαι:—set before, set out, esp. of meals, τραπέζας νίζον καὶ πρότιθεν (Ep. for προὐτίθεσαν) Od.1.112; “βοῦν” Hes.Th.537; “τούτοισι προθεῖναι δαῖτα” Hdt.1.207, cf. S.Aj.1294, Ant.775, Ph.274, etc.; “ξείνια στρατῷ” Hdt.7.29:—Med., set before oneself, have set before one, “δαῖτα” Id.1.133, 4.26; “κλίνας καὶ τραπέζας” Plu.2.99e; also προτίθεσθαί τισι ἄριστον cause it to be set before them, Chionid.7.
b. π. τινὰ κυσίν throw him to the dogs, Il.24.409; τινὰ θηρσὶν ἁρπαγὴν π. E. El.896.
c. hand over for burial, “τινά τινι” S.El.1198, cf. 1487.
2. expose a child, Hdt.1.112; “π. τινὰ ἔρημον” S.Ph.268:—Pass., “ὁ θανάτῳ προτεθείς” E.Ph.803 (lyr.).
3. set up, institute, propose, esp. of contests, “ἅμιλλαν λόγων” E.Med.546; “λόγων τοὺς ἀγῶνας” Th.3.67; “εἰ πονηρίας ἀγὼν προτεθείη” Pl.Phd.90b; ἄπορον αἵρεσιν offer a choice, Id.Tht.196c (but also “προτίθεσθαί τινι αἵρεσιν” Id.Lg.858a); “π. νόμον” E. Hipp.1046.
b. set up as a mark or prize, “στέφανόν τισι τῶν ἀγώνων” Th.2.46; “σκοπὸν κάλλιστον ἐν τῷ ζῆν” Plb.7.8.9:—Pass., “προὐτέθην ἐγὼ ἆθλον . . δορός” E.Hel.42.
c. set as a penalty, θάνατον ζημίαν π. Th.3.44; τιμωρίας ἔτι μείζους οὐ μέχρι τοῦ δικαίου ib.82; “τῶν νόμων τὰ ἔσχατα ἐπιτίμια προτεθηκότων” D.34.37; “τοῖσι ἐκείνου ἀπογόνοισι ἀέθλους τοιούσδε” Hdt.7.197.
4. fix, set, ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης ἀνθρώπῳ π. Id.1.32:—Med.; οὖρον π. ἐνιαυτόν ib.74.
5. appoint as a task or duty, “τινί τι” S.Tr.1049; “νεωτέρῳ τοῦτο βαστάζειν πρόθες” Id.Ant.216; δμῳαῖς π. πένθος οἰκεῖον στένειν ib.1249, cf. Hdt. 9.94:—Med., propose to oneself as a task or object, “ὅπερ προὐθέμεθα σκέψασθαι” Pl.Phdr.259e, R.352d, cf. Sph.221a, Tht.169c; “π. ψέγειν αὐτὸ ἢ ἐπαινεῖν” Id.Lg.638c, cf. Arist.EN1142b19 (dub.), Hipparch. 1.1.6, Luc.Nec.19.
b. Med., c. fut. inf., propose to oneself, intend, “προτεθειμένου κατοικήσειν ἐνταῦθα” Syr.D. 13.256 (Seleucia in Pieria, ii B.C.).
6. Med., also, put forth on one's own part, display, show, “εὐλάβειαν” S.El.1334; “ἀνδραγαθίαν” Th.3.64; “ἔχθραν” Id.8.85.
7. Med., θνητοὺς ἐν οἴκτῳ προθέμενος setting before oneself in pity, feeling compassion for, A.Pr.241.
8. advance money, IPE12.32B30,63 (Olbia, iii B.C.); “τὸ διδόμενον ἆθλον ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου αὐτὸς προέθηκεν ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου” IG12(9).234.18 (Eretria, i B.C.); “τισὶν τῶν πολιτῶν εἰς λύτρα προτιθείς” SIG708.15 (Istropolis, ii B.C.).
II. π. νεκρόν lay out a dead body, let it lie in state, Hdt.5.8:—Med., E.Alc.664, Supp.53 (lyr.), Ar.Lys.611, Th.2.34, Lys.12.18, etc.; “ποτήρια χρύσεα προθεῖτο” Hdt.3.148.
2. set out wares for show or sale, Luc.Nigr.25, al.
3. display a public notice, “τὸ λεύκωμα πρὸ τοῦ ναοῦ” IG9(2).1109.35 (Coropa, ii B.C.); “ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς τῆς οἰκίας π. ἐν λευκώματι” UPZ 106.20 (ii B.C.); “τὸ ὑπογεγραμμένον ἔκθεμα” OGI664.4 (Egypt, i A.D.), cf. POxy.2108.8 (Pass., iii A.D.); notify publicly, “τοὺς [προέδρους] προτιθέναι περὶ ὧν δεῖ βουλεύεσθαι” IG42(1).68.80 (Epid., iv B.C.); περὶ ὧν . . οἱ ἄρχοντες προτίθεισι Ἀρχ.Δελτ.9 παρ.53 (Eresus), cf. IG 12(2).526a21 (ibid., iv B.C.), 645b35 (Nesus, iv B.C.); τὰς πράξεις (exactions) . . τῶν προτιθεμένων (Pass.) “κατὰ τὰς ἐγγραφάς” Arist.Pol. 1321b42; call a case for trial by means of a public notice, “τῶν κατ᾽ αὐτοὺς προτεθέντων” UPZ118.18 (ii B.C.); οἱ προτεθέντες ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ καὶ μὴ ὑπακούσαντες ἴστωσαν ὅτι . . PHamb.29.6 (i A.D.); advertise for sale or other purpose, BGU992 i 7 (Pass., ii B.C.), PLips.64.44 (iv A.D.), etc.; τοῖς συλλημψομένοις ὑμῖν γέρα προτιθέντα advertising rewards to those of you who apprehend (robbers), POxy.1408.16 (iii A.D.).
4. propose, bring forward a thing to be examined and debated, also give an opportunity for debate, voting, “ἐς μέσον σφι π. πρῆγμα” Hdt.1.206; “π. τὸν λόγον” Id.8.59; “γνώμας σφίσιν αὐτοῖς” Th. 1.139; π. λόγον (sc. εἰς ἐκκλησίαν) Aeschin.2.65; “λόγον περί τινος” X.Mem.4.2.3; γνώμας π. αὖθις Ἀθηναίοις, of the Prytanes, Th.6.14, cf. 3.36; π. τὴν διαγνώμην αὖθις περὶ Μυτιληναίων ib.42, cf. Isoc.8.15; π. βουλὴν εἴτε . . εἴτε . . D.H.6.15; “τὸν ἐπιμήνιον, ἢν μὴ προθῇ, ἑκατὸν στατῆρας ὀφείλειν” SIG58.10 (Milet., v B.C.), cf. 141.12 (Corc. Nigra, iv B.C.), 167.13 (Mylasa, iv B.C.), al.; προθεῖναι αὖθις περὶ Μυτιληναίων λέγειν propose a discussion about . ., Th.3.38; “τὸ συμφέρον ἡ πόλις προὐτίθει σκοπεῖν” D.18.273, etc.; π. αὐτοῖς κρίσιν appoint a trial for them, Lys.27.8; “π. αὐτοῖς ἀγορὰν δικῶν” Luc.Bis Acc.4; προέθηκε . . λέγειν τὰ ἑκατέροισι . . κατέργασται has proposed (or initiated) a recital of what each has done, Hdt.9.27: c. dat. pers. et inf., Id.3.38: c. acc. et inf., “π. γνώμην ἀποφαίνεσθαι τὸν βουλόμενον” Id.8.49:—Med., “ἤν τις προθῆται ψῆφον, ὥστε μὴ εἶναι τὸν νόμον τοῦτον” SIG45.33 (Halic., v B.C.):—Pass., οὐ προὐτέθη σφίσι λόγος speech was not allowed them, X.HG1.7.5; “ψῆφος περὶ ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἀνδραποδισμοῦ προτεθεῖσα” D.19.65.
5. convene a meeting, “προὔθεσαν οἱ πρυτάνεις ἐκκλησίαν” Luc.Nec.19:—Med., “σύγκλητον τήνδε γερόντων προὔθετο λέσχην” S.Ant.161 (anap.).
III. put forward, as one foot before the other, “βραδύπουν ἤλυσιν ἄρθρων” E.Hec.67 (anap.).
2. hold out as a pretext, “αἰτίαν” S.Aj.1051:—Med., “τὴν συγγένειαν” Plb. 2.19.1, etc.
IV. put before or first, προτιθέντι ἀνάγκη . . λέγειν, opp. ἐπιλέγοντι, Arist.Rh.1394a15, cf.b28; “π. τοῦ λόγου προοίμιον” Pl. Lg.723c; set down first in writing, προθεὶς ἄρχοντα Νικόμαχόν φησιν οὕτως: "ἐπὶ τούτου κτλ." Did. in D.1.19, cf. 8.17, al., Gal.19.183:— Med., put in front, “τοὺς γροσφομάχους” Plb.1.33.9; premise, “λόγον” Id.3.118.11; “τὰς προειρημένας αἰτίας” Id.4.25.6:—Pass., “τὸ μὴ καὶ τὸ οὒ προτιθέμενα τῶν ἐπιόντων ὀνομάτων” Pl.Sph.257c: metaph., Th.2.42.
2. put before or over, πρόσθεν ὀμμάτων πέπλον π. E.IA1550:— Med., E.IT1218, etc.
3. prefer one to another, “τί τινος” Hdt.3.53, E.Med.963; “ἡδονὴν ἀντὶ τοῦ καλοῦ” Id.Hipp.382:—Med., “πάρος τοὐμοῦ πόθου προὔθεντο τὴν τυραννίδα” S.OC419.
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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