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κατατίθημι 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1st pl. subj. κατα-θείομεν for κατα-θῶμεν 8 κατ-θέσθην 9 10 11

I.to place, put, or lay down, Hom.
2.to propose as a prize, id=Hom.; κ. ἄεθλον to propose a contest, Od.; κ. τι ἐς μέσον to put it down in the midst, i. e. for common use, Eur.; but, ἐς μέσον Πέρσῃσι κ. τὰ πρήγματα to communicate power to them, give them a common share of it, Hdt.
3.to put down as payment, pay down, id=Hdt., Ar., etc.:— to redeem a promise, δ᾽ ὑπέσχεο ποῖ καταθήσεις; Soph.
4.to lay up, lay by, Theogn., Hdt.; so in Mid., v. infr. II. 4.
II.Mid. to lay down from oneself, put off, lay aside, Lat. deponere, of arms or clothes, Hom., etc.
2.metaph. to put an end to, arrange, settle, τὸν πόλεμον Thuc.
b.to put aside, treat negligently, Xen.
3.to lay down in a place, Hes., etc.: of the dead, to bury, Od.
4.to deposit for oneself, lay up in store (v. supr. I. 4), id=Od., etc.: —metaph., κατατίθεσθαι κλέος to lay up store of glory, Hdt.; χάριτα or χάριν κατατίθεσθαί τινι or πρός τινα to lay up a store of gratitude or favour, Lat. collocare gratiam apud aliquem, id=Hdt., etc.; so, εὐεργεσίαν κ. Thuc., etc.
5.to deposit in a place of safety, id=Thuc., Xen.
6.to lay up in memory or as a memorial, Theogn., Plat.

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