A.“τιθεῖς” Pi.P.8.11, S.Ph.992 cod. B (τιθείς LA rec.), E.Cyc.545 codd. Lp (-θείς P, “τίθης” l), Alc. 890 codd. pler., corrupted to “τιθείς” Pl.R.376e Stob., Arr.Epict.3.22.76, Pl.Euthd.301e (ἐπι-), Lib. Or.46.28 (προσ-）; ἐν-τιθεῖς (v.l. -εὶς) Ar.Eq.717; “περι-τιθεῖς” BGU 1141.19 (i B.C.); but τίθης is found in Pl.R.l.c. codd. AD, Ar. l.c. cod. A, Lib.Or.27.11 (προσ-), etc., and is taught by Choerob. in Theod. 2.328 H.; Ep. “τίθησθα” Od.9.404, 24.476, and so in Aeol., Alc.Supp.4.27 (“τίθεισθα” Hsch.); 3sg. “τίθησι” Il.4.83, al., and Att.; Dor. “τίθητι” SIG 331.13 (Megara, iv B.C.), Theoc.3.48; 3pl. “τιθέασι” Th.5.96, Alex.128; Ep.and Ion. “τιθεῖσι” Il.16.262, Hes.Th.597, Hdt.2.91 (also A.Ag.466 (lyr.)); Aeol. τίθεισι （προ-) Schwyzer631 A 2 (ii B.C.); Dor. “τίθεντι” IG12(3).103.10 (Nisvrus); Ion. 3sg. “τιθεῖ” Il.13.732, Mimn.1.6, Hdt. 1.113, also Arc., SIG559.16 (Megalop., iii B.C.) (“τιθῶ” Luc.Ocyp.43,81, διατιθῶ cited by A.D.Synt.290.6): impf. “ἐτίθην” Pl.Grg.500b; “ἐτίθεις” Id.R.528d, Ar.Nu.59 (ἐν-), etc.; “ἐτίθει” Il.18.541, al., Ar.Ach.532, Nu. 63 (προσ-), etc., Ep. “τίθει” Il.1.441, al.; Ep. 3pl. “τίθεσαν” Od.22.456; “τίθεν” Pi.P.3.65; “πρό-τιθεν” Od.1.112 (Aristarch.); late “ἐτίθουν” Act.Ap.4.35; Ion. impf. τίθεσκον Hes Fr.112; ἐτίθεα （ὑπερ-) Hdt.3.155: imper. “τίθει” Il.1.509, etc.; inf. τιθέναι, not in Hom. or Hes.; Ep. “τιθήμεναι” Il.23.83; “τιθέμεν” Hes.Op.744, Pi.P.1.40; “τιθεῖν” Thgn.286, IG12(9).189.5 (Eretria); written “τιθῖν” Byzantion 8.50 (Phrygia, iv A.D.); part. τιθείς, but Ion. pl. τιθεῦντες v.l. in Hdt.2.91: fut. θήσω, Ep. inf. “θησέμεναι” Il.12.35, “θησέμεν” Pi.P.10.58: aor.1 ἔθηκα, only used in indic., and mostly in sg., for though 3pl. is common, the 1 and 2pl. are rare, X.Mem.4.2.15, (ἀν-) Hyp.Eux.9; even ἔθηκαν is very rare in early Attic, “ἀνέθηκαν” IG2.1620d, 22.2971 (both iv B.C.), but is found in Plb.8.4.4, etc.; Ep. 3pl. “θῆκαν” Il.24.795, etc.: aor. 2 ἔθην, not used in indic. sg., whereas pl. is very common, ἔθεμεν, ἔθετε, ἔθεσαν, Ep. “θέσαν” 12.29, etc.; imper. “θές” Ar.Lys.185, etc.; Lacon. 3sg. σέτω ib.1081; subj. θῶ, Aeol. and Ion. “θέω” Sapph.12, (προσ-) Hdt.1.108, Ep. “θείω” Il.16.83, al. (for Θή-ω); Ep. 2 and 3sg. θήῃς, θήῃ, 6.432, 16.96, Od.10.301,341 (sts. with the opt. forms θείης, θείη as v.l.); Ep. 1pl. θέωμεν (disyll.) 24.485, θείομεν (for Θήο-μεν, short-vowel subjunctive) Il.23.244, Od.13.364; opt. θείην, 1pl. “θεῖμεν” 12.347, Pl.Prt.343e (θείημεν codd. BT), “προσ-θεῖμεν” Id.R.370d, and “κατα-θεῖτε” D.14.27; 3pl. “θεῖεν” S.OC865; inf. θεῖναι, Ep.“θέμεναι” Il.2.285, “θέμεν” Od.21.3, Hes.Op.61,67; Dor. “θέμειν” IG 12(1).677.13 (Rhodes, iv B.C.); part. “θείς” Il.23.254, etc.: pf. τέθηκα Att. Inscrr., IG22.2490.7 (iv B.C.), (ἀνα-) ib.839.38, 1299.44, 1534.76, also at Delos, ib.11(2).161 A6 (iii B.C.), etc., and in Papyri, POxy. 1087.42 (i B.C.); “τέθεικα” PCair.Zen.324 (iii B.C.), (ὑπο-) PPetr.3p.53 (iii B.C.), (ἐκ-) UPZ62.4 (ii B.C.), (ἀνα-) IG22.1011.71,80 (ii B.C.), (προσ-) Str.1.2.23; hence some editors restore τέθηκα for τέθεικα in Attic authors, as X.Mem.4.4.19, D.20.55, 22.16, 27.36, Alex.15.13; Phocian 3pl. “ἀνα-τεθέκαντι” BCH59.202 (Daulis):—Med. τίθεμαι, 2sg. “τίθεσαι” Pl.Tht.202c; τίθη or τίθῃ dub. in PTeb.768.9 (ii B.C.); as Pass., AP11.300 (Pall.); imper. “τίθεσο” Ar.Pax 1039, Pl. Sph.237b, “τίθου” A.Eu.226, Dor. τίθευσο cj. in AP9.564 (Nic., τιθεύσω cod., τίθεσσο Plan., cf. ἀφίκευσο); Ep. part. “τιθήμενος” Il.10.34: fut. “θήσομαι” 24.402, etc.: aor. 1 ἒθηκάμην, only in indic. and part., and never in Att.; 2sg. “ἐθήκαο” Theoc.29.18; Ep. 3sg. “θήκατο” Il.10.31, Hes.Sc.128; part. “θηκάμενος” Thgn.1150, Pi.P.4.29: aor. 2 “ἐθέμην” Il.2.750, etc.; Ep. and Lyr. 3sg. “θέτο” 10.149, Pi.N.10.89; imper. “θέο” Od. 10.333, “θοῦ” S.OC466; subj. “θῶμαι” E.HF486, etc.; Ep. 2sg. “θῆαι” Od. 19.403; opt. “θείμην” S.Ant.188, etc.; 3sg. “θεῖτο” Od.17.225, A.Pr.527 (lyr.), Pl.Tht.195c, etc. (πρόσ-θοιτο, -θοισθε, ἔν-θοιτο are found in D. 11.6, 21.188, 34.17, but “προσ-θεῖτο” Id.6.12 codd.; ἐπιθοίμεθα, -θοιντο, Th.6.34,11; cf. “τιθοῖτο” X.Mem.3.8.10): pf. (v. infr.):—Pass. “τίθεμαι” SIG57.25 (Milet., v B.C.), Pl.Lg.705e, 744a: fut. “τεθήσομαι” E.El. 1268, Pl.Lg.730b, D.24.17: aor. “ἐτέθην” E.HF1245, Lys.31.28, etc. (“ἐθέθην” IG14.862 (Cumae, vi B.C.)): pf. τέθειμαι, rare in early Gr., LXX 1 Ki.9.24, Ev.Marc.15.47, (προσ-) Arist.Mech.853a35; inf. “τεθεῖσθαι” Ar.Fr.327 codd. (but f.l.); part. “τεθειμένος” Demad.12, (προ-) X.Hier.9.11, (δια-) Men.591; also used in med. sense, D.21.49, SIG705.17 (Delph., ii B.C.), BGU1735.11 (i B.C.), Luc.Somn.9, (ἐν-) D.34.16, (προ-) Supp.Epigr.7.62.6 (Seleucia Pieria, ii B.C.), (συν-) OGI229.62 (Smyrna, iii B.C.); ὑπεκ-τεθημένος (sic) BCH54.269 (Rhamnus, iii B.C.); ἀνα-τέθηται (pass. sense) Phld.Mus.p.81 K.; Phocian pf. part. (med. sense) “ἀνα-τεθεμένος” BCH59.202 (Daulis):— the Pass. never occurs in Hom., and is generally rare, κεῖμαι being used instead.
A. in local sense, set, put, place, “λίθον” Il.21.405, cf. IG12.373.10, al.; “θεμείλια” Il.12.29; τέρματα τ. Od.8.193; κλισίην, θρόνον τ. τινί, set a stool or chair for him, 4.123, 8.65 (so in Med., set for oneself, “δίφρον” 20.387); “ἐκελήσατο θέμεν τὰν κλίναν, ἐφ᾽ ἇς τὰν Σωστράταν ἔφερον” lay down, IG42(1).122.31 (Epid., iv B.C.); πόδα τ. plant the foot, i.e. walk, run, A.Eu.294, E.IT32: so in Med., τετράποδος βάσιν θηρὸς τιθέμενος, i.e. going on all fours, Id.Hec. 1059 (lyr.): the mode is expressed by Advbs. or Preps.,
a. with Advbs., τ. τι πυρὸς ἐγγύς, ἀπάνευθε πυρός, Od.14.518, Il.18.412; “προπάροιθε ποδῶν” 20.324; “χαμαὶ τ. τὸν πόδα” A.Ag.906; τὰ ἄνω κάτω and τὰ κάτω ἄνω τ. Hdt.3.3, cf. A.Eu.651, etc.: with Advbs. implying motion, “ἄλλοσε θῆκε” Od.23.184,204; “ἔχεις . . ὅποι θήσεις” Pl.R.479c:—Med., “ὅποι . . τιθοῖτο” X.Mem.3.8.10.
b. with Preps. of local sense, “θεῖσα στέφανον ἀμφὶ βοστρύχοις” E.Med.1160 (Med., “ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοισι τιθήμενον ἔντεα” Il.10.34); ἀνά τινι or τι, as “ἂμ βωμοῖσι” Il.8.441; “ἀνὰ μυρίκην” 10.466; ἐπί τινος, τινι, or τι, as “εἵματα ἐπ᾽ ἀπήνης” Od.6.252, cf. Il.16.223, etc.; “ἐπὶ κρατὶ κυνέην” 15.480; “πέπλον Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασι” 6.92 (v. infr.111.2); ἐπὶ [θρόνον τὰ ἱμάτια] Hdt.1.9, cf. A.Supp.483, etc.; τὴν ἀρχὴν (sc. τοῦ ἐπιδέσμου） κατὰ μεσοφρύου, ἐπὶ ἰνίον, etc., Sor.Fasc.1,2, al.; ὑπό τινι or τι, as “δέμνι᾽ ὑπ᾽ αἰθούσῃ” Il.24.644; “ἀμβροσίην ὑπὸ ῥῖνά τινι” Od.4.445: most freq. with the Preps. ἐν or εἰς, put in or put into . . , as “θῆκεν ἐν ἀκμοθέτῳ ἄκμονα” Il.18.476; “τόξα ἐν πυρί” 5.215; “ἐν κίστῃ ἐδωδήν” Od.6.76; ἐν λεχέεσσι θ. [τινά] Il.18.352 (so in Med., ἐς δίφρον ἄρνας θέτο put into the car, 3.310; “ὁ θεὸς ἔθετο τὰ μέλη ἐν τῷ σώματι” 1 Ep.Cor.12.18); ἐς λάρνακα, ἐς κάπετον, Il.24.795,797; “ἐς ταφάς” S.Aj.1110 (Med., “ἐν τάφοισι θέσθε” Id.OC1410), cf. Ant.504, Tr.1254.
c. in Poets also with dat. only, “χρήματα μυχῷ ἄντρου” Od.13.364 (so in Med., “κολεῷ ἄορ θέο” 10.333), cf. S.Tr.691, E.Hel.1064.--The same constructions will be found under many of the following heads.
II. Special phrases:
1. θεῖναί τινί τι ἐν χερσίν, ἐν χειρί, put it in his hands, Il.1.441,585, etc.; ἐν χερσί or “χείρεσσί τινος” 6.482, 23.597; “οἶνον Ὀδυσσῆϊ ἐν χείρεσσι” Od.14.448; ἐς χεῖρά τινος into his hand, S.Aj.751.
2. of women, θέσθαι παῖδα, υἱὸν ὑπὸ ζώνῃ, to have a child put under her girdle, i.e. to conceive, h.Ven.255,282.
4. set a plant, X.Oec.19.7,9.
b. lay a mosaic, PCair.Zen.665.10,15 (iii B.C.).
5. θέσθαι τὴν ψῆφον lay one's voting-pebble on the altar, put it into the urn, “ἐς τεῦχος οὐ διχορρόπως ψήφους ἔθεντο” A.Ag.816: hence simply, give one's vote, ἐπὶ φόνῳ for death, E.Or.756 (troch.); ἑωυτῷ in one's own favour, Hdt.8.123; “σὺν τῷ νόμῳ” X.Cyr.1.3.17; εὔφρονα, δικαίαν τὴν ψῆφον τ., A.Supp.640 (lyr.), Lycurg.128, etc.; and in Pass., “ἔστω δὴ φανερὰ ἡ ψῆφος τιθεμένη” Pl.Lg.855d: also γνώμην θέσθαι, c. inf., give one's opinion, Hdt.7.82; “περὶ ἡμῶν” And.3.21: τίθεσθαι abs., vote, “γνώμῃ” S.Ph.1448 codd. (anap., γνώμην Lambinus), Hld.2.29; “μετά τινος” A.Supp.644 (lyr.); “ἐναντία τινί” Pl.Phlb.58b; τινι S.E.P.2.37 codd., Lib.Decl.1.65.
6. in Hom., θεῖναί τινί τι ἐν στήθεσσι, ἐν φρεσί, etc., put or plant it in his heart, “ἐν στήθεσσι τιθεῖ νόον” Il.13.732; βουλὴν ἐν στήθεσσι τ. 17.470; “ἔπος ἐν φρεσί” 19.121, al.; also “μένος δέ οἱ ἐν φρεσὶ θῆκε” 21.145:—Med., ἄγριον ἐν στήθεσσι θέτο θυμόν laid up wrath in his heart, treasured it there, 9.629; “ἐν φρεσὶ θέσθε αἰδῶ καὶ νέμεσιν” 13.121; τοῖσιν κότον αἰνὸν ἔθεσθε harboured enmity against them, 8.449; “καθαρὸν θέμενος νόον” Thgn.89; “θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον” A.Pr.164 (lyr.); ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θέσθαι, c. inf., bear in mind, think of doing a thing, Od.4.729; “θ. [τι] ἐν καρδίᾳ” Ev.Luc. 1.66.
7. deposit, as in a bank, “τὰ πρυτανεῖα πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας” IG12.22.33; “θεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τὰς τετταράκοντα μνᾶς” Hyp.Ath.5; “ἐνέχυρον τιθέναι τι” Ar.Pl.451, cf. Ec.755, D.41.11, PEnteux.32.7 (iii B.C.), etc.:—Med., “τὰ ἡμίσεα τῆς οὐσίης θέσθαι παρά τινα” Hdt.6.86.ά, cf. Od.13.207; “τὴν τιμὴν θήσονται ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν, ἕως . . ” PCair.Zen.723.11 (iii B.C.); “ἐγγύην θέσθαι” A.Eu.898; “συνθήκας παρά τινι” Lycurg.23:—Pass., “τὰ ληφθέντα καὶ τὰ τεθεντα” D.49.5 (but Act. and Med. are sts. distd., ὁ θείς the mortgagor, ὁ θέμενος the mortgagee, “τοὺς θέντας ἡμᾶς ἢ καὶ τοὺς θεμένους ὑμᾶς” Pl.Lg.820e, cf. Hyp.Fr.169, D.53.10; τίθεσθαι seems to have the same meaning as ὑποτίθεσθαι in IG22.43.41, 2758.4, 12(7).55.12 (Arcesine, iv/iii B.C.), but the two are distd. in Supp.Epigr.3.760 (Euboea, iv B.C.)): metaph., χάριν or χάριτα θέσθαι τινί deposit a claim for favour with one, lay an obligation on one, Hdt.9.60, 107, cf. A.Pr.783, etc.
8. pay down, pay, τόκον, εἰσφοράν, μετοίκιον, D.41.9, 22.43, 29.3; “τὸ γιγνόμενον” Id.18.104; “τὸν πριάμενον ἑκατοστὴν τιθέναι τῆς τιμῆς” Thphr.Fr.97.1; “τὴν τιμήν” PRev.Laws 18.13 (iii B.C.); “τὰ μέρη” PCair.Zen.218.33 (iii B.C.); [τὰς δραχμὰς] εἰς ἀνήλωμα τοῦ πλοίου ib.753.64 (iii B.C.):—Med., “θέμενος ἀρραβῶνα” PFlor.303.3 (vi A.D.).
9. put down in writing, “θοῦ δ᾽ ἐν φρενῶν δέλτοισι τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους” S.Fr.597 (cj. Nauck):—Pass., “τὰ ἐν γράμμασι τεθέντα” Pl.Lg.793b.
b. place to account, reckon, D.27.34,36, 28.13; “θήσω εἰς δύο παῖδας χιλίας δραχμὰς ἑκάστου ἐνιαυτοῦ” Lys.32.28, cf. ib.21:—metaph. in Med., “ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀκριβῶς αὐτὸ θήσομαι λίαν” E.Med.532; τἀγαθὰ ἐς ἀμφίβολον ἀσφαλῶς ἔθεντο reckoned as doubtful, Th.4.18.
a. rest arms, i.e. halt, with arms in an easy position but ready for action, Th.4.44,93, 7.3; θέμενοι ἐς τὴν ἀγορὰν τὰ ὅπλα advancing to the market-place and resting arms there, Id.2.2, cf. Hdt.9.52, X.An.1.5.14, 17, 1.6.4, etc.; εἰς τάξιν τὰ ὅπλα τ. ib.2.2.21, 5.4.11; so ἐν τάξει ib.2.2.8; ἀντία τισί over against them, Hdt.5.74 (in 1.62 ἀντία ἔθεντο τὰ ὅπλα over against it (the temple)); poet., πάτρας ἕνεκα εἰς δῆριν ἔθεντο ὅπλα Inscr. ap. D.18.289.
b. bear arms, fight, “τὸ θυμοειδὲς . . ἐν τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς στάσει τίθεσθαι τὰ ὅπλα πρὸς τὸ λογιστικόν” Pl.R.440e; “τοῦ δήμου . . παρακαλοῦντος τοὺς στρατιώτας τίθεσθαι πρὸς τὴν πόλιν” IG22.666.10; “ὃς ἂν μὴ θῆται τὰ ὅπλα μηδὲ μεθ᾽ ἑτέρων” Arist.Ath.8.5, cf. Lys.31.14, D.21.145; so ὁπόσοιπερ ἂν ὅπλα ἱππικὰ ἢ πεζικὰ τιθῶνται who serve on horseback or on foot, Pl.Lg.753b, cf. 756a; “ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τὰ ὅπλα θέσθαι” Plu.Cim.5.
c. lay down one's arms, surrender, D.S.20.31,45; so, without the idea of surrender, θέσθαι τὰς ἀσπίδας X.HG2.4.12 (but Act., “τὰ ὅπλα θείς” Plu.2.759a).
II. lay in the grave, bury, “ἐμὰ σῶν ἀπάνευθε τιθήμεναι ὀστέα” 23.83 (freq. with words added, ἐν τάφοισι, ἐς ταφάς, etc., v. supr. 1 b); ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονός; A.Th.1006 (lyr.):— Pass., “τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ φασι . . τεθῆναι . . ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ” Th.1.138, cf. Pl.Mx. 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 (Telmessus), cf. 55, al., AJP48.30 (Apamea), Supp.Epigr. 6.221 (Phrygia), etc.
III. set up, of the prizes in games, “ἄεθλα” Il.23.263, etc.; ἀέθλιον ib.748; “νικητήρια” S.Fr.537 (so in Pass., τὰ τιθέμενα the prizes, D.61.25); also with the object offered as the prize, τ. δέπας, βοῦν, σόλον, etc., Il.23.656,750,826, al., cf. Hdt. 1.144, S.Aj.573:—this is more fully expressed by ἐς μέσσον τ., Il.23.704: after Hom. more generally, lay before people as common property, “βούλομαι ὑμῖν εἰς τὸ μέσον αὐτὸ θεῖναι” Pl.Lg.719a; “ἐς μέσον ἀρχὴν τιθεὶς ἰσονομίην ὑμῖν προαγορεύω” Hdt.3.142; so also “τ. τι εἰς τὸ κοινὸν” X.Mem.3.14.1; reading and sense are doubtful in A.Ch. 145.
2. set up in a temple, dedicate, “ἀγάλματα” Od.12.347; “τάσδε . . θεοῖς ἀσπίδας ἔθηκε” E.Ph.576; so perh. Il.6.92 (v. supr. 1b).
IV. assign, award, “τιμήν τινι” Il.24.57; “ὄνομά τινι” Pl.Sph.244d: esp. in Med., ὄνομα (or οὔνομα） θέσθαι τινί give a child a name at one's own discretion, Od.18.5, 19.406 (in 19.403 with v.l. θείης), Hdt.1.107, 113, cf. E.Ph.13: ellipt., without “ὄνομα, ᾧ δὴ ἀθροίς ματι ἄνθρωπόν τε τίθενται καὶ λίθον” Pl.Tht.157b, cf. Cra.402b: pleonast., “Ἴωνα δ᾽ αὐτὸν ὄνομα κεκλῆσθαι θήσεται” E.Ion75.
V. τιθέναι νόμον down or give a law, of a legislator, S.El.580, E.Alc.57, Ar.Ach.532, Pl.R.339c, D.24.99, etc.:—so in Med., of Solon, Hdt.1.29; of a people, state, or legislature, give oneself a law, make a law, Pl.R.338e, Isoc.3.6, Arist. Pol.1289a14 (Pass., “τίθεται νόμος” Ar.Nu.1425, Pl.Lg.705e,744a; τιμωρίαι . . ἐτέθησαν ib.943d); also “θήσω θεσμόν” A.Eu.484; “κήρυγμα θεῖναι” S.Ant.8; σκῆψιν τιθέναι allege an excuse, Id.El.584: c. acc. et inf., order matters so that . . , [“ὁ Λυκοῦργος] ἔθηκε θύειν βασιλέα πρὸ τῆς πόλεως τὰ δημόσια ἅπαντα” X.Lac.15.2, cf. 1.5, 2.11; without inf., “καλῶς ἔθεντο ταῦτα πατέρες οἱ πάλαι” E.Or.512: c. dat. et inf., “γυναιξὶ σωφρονεῖν . . θήσει” Id.Tr.1057.
2. Med., agree upon, “ἡμέραν θέσθαι” D.42.1,13; so θ. συγγραφήν, ὁμολογίαν, σύμβολόν τινι, etc., PEleph. 2.16 (iii B.C.), PGoodsp.Cair.6ii 2 (ii B.C.), PRein.11.9 (ii B.C.), etc.
3. execute a document. τ. διαθήκην make a will, Stud.Pal.1.6.3 (v A.D.): so in Med., PSI10.1119.16 (ii A.D.); θέσθαι τινὸς ἀπαρχήν make out a person's birth-certificate, ib.9.1067.15 (iii B.C.), etc.
VI. establish, institute, “ἀγῶνας” A.Ag.845, cf. X.An.1.2.10; ἐν τοῖς ἀγώνοις οἷς ἁ πόλις τίφητι (sic) Delph.3(3).120.17 (ii B.C.); “πενταετηρίδα” Pi.O.3.21.
VII. dispose, order, ordain, bring to pass, of gods, “οὕτω νῦν Ζεὺς θείη” Od.8.465, 15.180; “ὣς ἄο᾽ ἔμελλον θησέμεναι” Il.12.35; [“Ζεὺς] τίθησ᾽ ὅπῃ θέλει” Semon.1.2; τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα πάντ᾽ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω στρέφων τίθησιν (sc. Ζεύς) A.Eu.651; πάντα παγκάκως θεοὶ θέσαν cj. in Id.Pers.283 (lyr.); “τέλος δ᾽ ἔθηκε Ζεὺς . . καλῶς” S.Tr. 26; κόσμῳ θέντες, as etym. of θεοί, Hdt.2.52; of human beings, administer, manage, [τι] κακῶς θέμεν, εὖ θέμεν, Thgn.845,846; “τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα φροντὶς . . θήσει δικαίως” A.Ag.913; ἐγὼ καὶ σὺ θήσομεν κρατοῦντε τῶνδε δωμάτων καλῶς ib.1673 (troch.); “ταῦτ᾽ ἐγὼ θήσω καλῶς” E.Hipp. 521, cf. Andr.737; “τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν εὖ τίθει” Ar.Lys.243; “τ. τὰ τῶν φίλων ἀσφαλῶς” X.Ages.11.12; “τὰ πράγματ᾽ ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ πράξει καλῶς” E.Fr.287:—Med., administer for oneself, “οἶκον εὖ θέσθαι” Hes.Op.23; “ἄνδρας σοφοὺς χρὴ τὸ παρὸν πρᾶγμα καλῶς εἰς δύναμιν τίθεσθαι” Cratin. 172 (lyr.), cf. D.23.134, Anon.ap Suid.s.v.τίθεσθαι, Hsch.s.v.“τὸ παρὸν εὖ τίθεσο; ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἴχοντο θέσθαι τὸ παρόν” Th.1.25; τὸ παρὸν εὖ θέσθαι make the best of one's resources or situation, Luc.Nec.21, M. Ant.6.2, cf. Aristid.2.35 J.; “εὐτυχίαν τὴν παροῦσαν ἔξεστι καλῶς θέσθαι” Th.4.17; “τὰ παρόντα θέσθαι καλῶς” Ach.Tat.5.11; “τὰ σεωυτοῦ τιθέμενος εὖ” Hdt.7.236; “τὰ οἰκεῖα εὖ θέμενον” Pl.R.443d; “τὰ ἴδια ἕκαστοι εὖ βουλόμενοι δὴ θέσθαι” Th.4.59; “τὰ πάντα ὅπως ἂν αὐτῇ ἡδὺ ᾖ οὕτως τίθεσθαι” X.Mem.1.4.17; “εἰ μὴ θήσομαι τἄμ᾽ ὡς ἄριστα” E.Andr. 378; “τὸ σαυτοῦ θέμενος εὖ” Id.IT1003, cf. Ba.49, HF605,938, Hipp. 709, Dionys.Eleg.1.5; “τὰ πρὶν εὖ θέμενος” S.El.1434; συνετῶν ἀνδρῶν (sc. εἶναι）“, πρὶν γενέσθαι τὰ δυσχερῆ, προνοῆσαι ὅπως μὴ γένηται: ἀνδρείων δέ, γενόμενα εὖ θέσθαι” Pittac. ap. D.L.1.78; τὸ κοινῶς φοβερὸν ἅπαντας εὖ θέσθαι that all should face the common danger, Th.4.61; of wars, quarrels, etc., bring them to a successful issue, but sts. put a good face on them, patch them up, “ἕως ἂν τὸν πόλεμον εὖ θῶνται” Id.8.84; “θήσονται τὸν πόλεμον ᾗ βούλονται” Id.1.31; πόλεμον ἀραμένους οὐ ῥᾴδιον εὐπρεπῶς θέσθαι ib.82; “ὅτῳ τρόπῳ . . τὸ σφέτερον ἀπρεπὲς εὖ θήσονται” Id.6.11; “μεθ᾽ ἧς τὸ νῦν παρεστὸς νεῖκος εὖ θέσθαι χρεών” S. OT633; “τὸν τρὸς τοὺς Ἐλευσῖνι πόλεμον ὡς μετρίως ἔθεντο” Pl.Mx.243e; ἄμεινον ἢ τότε ἐθέμεθα τὸν πόλεμον ib.245e; “τὰς γενομένας συμφορὰς πρὸς ἀλλήλους θέσθαι καλῶς” And.1.140: abs., “θέσθαι καλῶς” S.Fr. 350:—pass., “εἰ τεθήσεται κατὰ νοῦν τὰ πράγματα” Th.4.120.
2. in the game of πεττεία, κυβεία, Lat. tesserae (cf. 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” Socr. ap. Stob.4.56.39; “ὥσπερ ἐν πτώσει κύβων πρὸς τὰ πεπτωκότα τίθεσθαι τὰ αὑτοῦ πράγματα ὅπῃ ὁ λόγος αἱρεῖ βέλτιστ᾽ ἂν ἔχειν” Pl.R.604c, cf. Plu.Pyrrh.26; “στέργειν δὲ τἀκπεσόντα καὶ θέσθαι πρέπει σοφὸν κυβευτήν” S.Fr.947; τὰ δεσποτῶν γὰρ εὖ πεσόντα θήσομαι I will take advantage of my master's good luck, A.Ag.32: many of the passages cited in A. v11. I may be metaph. 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:
I. folld. by an attributive Subst., make one something, with the predicate in apposition, θεῖναί τινα αἰχμητήν, ἱέρειαν, μάντιν, etc., Il.1.290, 6.300, Od.15.253, etc.; “θ. τινὰ ἀρχέπολιν” Pi.P.9.54; θεῖναί τινα ἄλοχόν τινος make her another's wife, of a third person who negotiates a marriage, Il.19.298 (for Med., v. infr. 3); ἥτε με τοῖον ἔθηκεν ὅπως ἐθέλει who has made me such as she will, Od.16.208; σῦς ἔθηκας ἑταίρους thou hast made my comrades swine, 10.338; so [“νῆα] λᾶαν ἔθηκε” 13.163, cf. Il.2.319, etc.; “ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον” LXX Ps.109(110).1; but γέλων ἔθηκε συνδείπνοις caused them laughter, E.Ion1172; λόγους εἰς μέτρα τ. put them into verse, Pl. Lg.669d.
2. with an Adj. for the attributive, θεῖναί τινα ἀθάνατον καὶ ἀγήρων make him undying and undecaying, Od.5.136; πηρόν, τυφλόν, ἀφνειὸν τ. τινά, Il.2.599, 6.139, 9.483; “τὸν μὲν . . θῆκε μείζονά τ᾽ εἰσιδέειν καὶ πάσσονα” Od.6.229, cf. 18.195, Pl.Prt.344d.
b. of things, ἅλιον πόνον, πόνον οὐκ ἀτέλεστον, πάντα μεταμώνια, Il.4.26,57, 363; “ὄλεθρον ἀπευθέα θῆκε Κρονίων” Od.3.88, cf. 11.274; “ἀποίητον θέμεν ἔργων τέλος” Pi.O.2.17; “ἀρὰν τ. ἀλαθῆ” A.Th.944 (lyr.); ἀναστάτους οἴκους τ. S.Ant.674; “τ. λεῖον τὸν τραχὺν ἐχῖνον” Ar.Pax1086; τὸ πραχθὲν ἀγένητον τ. Pl.Prt.324b.
3. freq. in Med., γυναῖκα or ἄκοιτιν θέσθαι τινά make her one's wife, Od.21.72,316, B.5.169; παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν θ. take her own son as husband, A.Th.929 (lyr.).
b. υἱὸν θέσθαι τινά, like ποιεῖσθαι, make one's son, adopt, Pl.Lg.929c, etc.: abs., θέσθαι τινά adopt, Plu.Aem.5.
c. generally, “προσφιλῆ θέσθαι τινά” S.Ph.532; but φίλον ἐμαυτῷ θ. deem my friend, Id.Ant.188; γέλωτα θέσθαι τινά make him one's butt, Hdt.3.29, 7.209.
4. c. inf., make one do so and so, τιθέναι τινὰ νικᾶσαι make him conquer, Pi.N.10.48 (dub.); “μετατραπεῖν” Id.Fr.177; “τὸν πάθει μάθος θέντα κυρίως ἔχειν” A.Ag.178 (lyr.), cf. 1036, 1174 (lyr.), E.Med.718, Heracl. 990, etc.
II. in reference to mental action, when Med. is more freq. than Act., lay down. assume, hold, reckon or regard as . . , τί δ᾽ ἐλέγχεα ταῦτα τίθεσθε; Od.21.333; “δαιμόνιον αὐτὸ τίθημ᾽ ἐγώ” S.El.1270 (lyr.); “τοιοῦτον θέντες τὸν δίκαιον” Pl.R.361b, cf. 430b (Med.); θὲς δή μοι . . now suppose so and so, Id.Tht.191c; “εὐεργέτημά τι θεῖναι” D.1.10; with “ὡς, θέντες ὡς ὑπάρχον εἶναι ὃ βούλονται” Pl.R. 458a, cf. Phd.100a; “μὴ τοῦτο ὡς ἀδίκημα θῇς” D.18.193.
2. folld. by Advbs., ποῦ χρὴ τίθεσθαι ταῦτα; in what light must we regard these things? S.Ph.451; οὐδαμοῦ τιθέναι τι hold of no account, E.Andr.210; πρόσθεν or ἐπίπροσθέν τινος τιθέναι τι, Id.Hec.129 (anap.), Supp.515; πόρρω τίθεσθαί τί τινων set far below . . , D.18.299.
3. folld. by Preps., “τ. τινὰ ἐν φιλοσόφοις” Pl.R.475d; “ἐν τοῖς φίλοις” X.Mem.2.4.4; also εἰς ὁποτέραν (of two classes) Pl.Sph.264c; εἰς τὸν δῆμον, εἰς τοὺς πλουσίους, X.Mem.4.2.39; also “οὐκ ἐν λόγῳ τίθεσθαί τινα” Tyrt.12.1; “ἐν τιμῇ τίθεσθαί τινα” Hdt.3.3; “ἐν αἰτίῃ τιθέναι τινά” Id.8.99; ἐν οἰωνῷ τινι τοῦ μέλλοντος, ἐν ἐπαίνῳ, ἐν γέλωτι τίθεσθαι, Plu.Alex.31, Cat.Ma.20, TG17; θέσθαι παρ᾽ οὐδέν set at naught, A.Ag.230 (lyr.), E.IT732, cf. Pl.Phdr.252a (but “ἐν οὐδενί” BGU1816.23 (i B.C.), Supp.Epigr.7.1.6 (Susa, i A.D., Epist.Artabani)); “ἐν παρέργῳ θοῦ με” S.Ph. 473; πάντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐν εὐχερεῖ ἔθου ib.876; “ταῦτ᾽ ἐν αἰσχρῷ θέμενος” E. Hec.806; “ἐν ἀδικήματι θέσθαι τι” Th.1.35; “ἐν ἀδικήματος μέρει τιθέναι τι” D.23.148; θέσθαι τὰ δίκαια ἔκ τινος estimate them by . . , Id.8.8.
4. c. partit. gen., ἐμὲ θὲς τῶν πεπεις μένων put me down as one of the convinced, Pl.R.424c, cf. 376e, 437b; τῆς ἡμετέρας ἀμελείας ἄν τις θείη might reckon it as due to our carelessness, D.1.10.
5. c. inf., οὐ τίθημ᾽ ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον I hold not that he lives, count him not as living, S.Ant.1166: so in Med., Pl.Phd.93c, D. 25.43,44: rarely c. part., θήσω ἀδικοῦντα [αὐτόν] Id.23.76, cf. Pl. Prt.343e, Ap.27c.
6. elliptically, lay down, assume, θῶμεν δύο εἴδη (sc. εἶναι) Id.Phd.79a, etc.; θήσω οὕτω (sc. εἶναί τι) D.23.85, cf. Arist.Pol.1290a30.
7. affirm, opp. 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), Plot.5.5.6.
C. without any attributive word following, make, work, execute, of an artist, “ἐν δ᾽ ἐτίθει νειόν” Il.18.541, cf. 550,561,607; [“δόρπον] θησέμεναι” Od.20.394.
2. make, cause, bring to pass, “ἔργα” Il.3.321; “τ. κέλαδον καὶ ἀϋτήν” 9.547; “ὀρυμαγδόν” Od.9.235; “ἔριν μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισιν” 3.136; φιλότητα, ὅρκια μετ᾽ ἀμφ., Il.4.83, Od.24.546: c. dat. pers., “σῆμα τιθεὶς Τρώεσσι” Il.8.171; “Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκεν” 1.2, etc.; “πᾶσι δ᾽ ἔθηκε πόνον” 21.524, cf. 15.721, 16.262; “φόως ἑτάροισιν” 6 6, etc.; “χάρματ᾽ ἄλλοις ἔθηκεν” Pi.O.2.99; “πόλει κατασκαφὰς θέντες” A. Th.47; “εἰρήνην φίλοις” Id.Pers.769; “αἷμα θήσεις” E.Ba.837 (s. v.l.).
3. freq. in Med., make or prepare for oneself, θέσθαι κέλευθον make oneself a road, open a way, Il.12.418; “θέτο δῶμα” Od.15.241; τίθεντο δὲ δαῖτα, δόρπα, Il.7.475, 9.88 (but δαῖτα τίθενται are holding a feast, Od.17.269); μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θέσθαι to make oneself, get a large thigh, Od.17.225; θέσθαι μάχην engage in . . , Il.24.402; “δυσμενέεσσι πόνον καὶ δῆριν ἔθεντο” 17.158; ἱδρῶτα τίθεσθαι have an access of perspiration, Hp.Decent.2; μαρτύρια θέσθαι produce as testimony, Hdt.8.55; ἀνδρὸς αἰδοίου πρόσοψιν θηκάμενος putting on the aspect of a reverend man, Pi.P.4.29, cf. Hsch. s.v. θήκατο; πόνον πλέω τίθου work thyself the more annoy, A.Eu.226; “εὐκλεᾶ θέσθαι βίον” S.Ph.1422, etc.
4. periphr. for a single Verb. μνηστήρων σκέδασιν θεῖναι make a scattering, Od.1.116; θέμεν κρυφόν, νέμεσιν, αἶνον, for κρύπτειν, νεμεσῦν, αἰνεῖν, Pi.O.2.97, 8.86, N.1.5; “μὴ σχολὴν τίθει” A. Ag.1059; ὑμῖν ἔθηκε σὺν θεοῖς σωτηρίαν (v.l. προμηθίαν) E.Med.915:— also in Med., θέσθαι μάχην, for μάχεσθαι, Il.24.402; θέσθαι θυσίαν, γάμον, for θύειν, γαμεῖσθαι, Pi.O.7.42, 13.53; σπουδήν, πρόνοιαν θέσθαι, S.Aj.13,536, cf. Pi.P.4.276; “θ. ἐπιστροφὴν πρό τινος” S.OT134; “περὶ τούτων οἰκονομίας” PEnteux.22.6 (iii B.C.); and c. gen., θ. λησμοσύναν, συγγνωμοσύνην τινῶν, S.Ant.151 (lyr.), Tr.1265 (anap.). (Cf. Lith. dēti 'lay (eggs, etc.)', Skt. dáti 'lay down, place', Lat. -do in con-do, etc., Engl. do, doom.）
