προτίθημι 1 2 3 4 5 the pres. and imperf. pass. are supplied by πρόκειμαι
I.to place or set before, set out, esp. of meals, τραπέζας πρότιθεν (epic for προὐτίθεσαν) Od.; δαῖτά τινι προθεῖναι Hdt., etc.:—Mid. to have set before one, δαῖτα id=Hdt.
4.to expose a child, Hdt., etc.
5.to set up as a mark or prize, propose, ἀέθλους id=Hdt.; ἅμιλλαν Eur.:—Pass., προὐτέθην ἆθλον δορός id=Eur.
6.to set forth, fix, set, ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης πρ. Hdt.; so in Mid., οὖρον πρ. ἐνιαυτόν id=Hdt.
8.Mid. also, to put forth on one's own part, display, shew, εὐλάβειαν Soph.
9.προτίθεσθαί τινα ἐν οἴκτῳ to set before oneself in pity, i. e. compassionate, Aesch.
2.to set out wares for show or sale, Luc.
3.to propose, bring forward a thing to be debated, Lat. in medium afferre, προθεῖναι πρῆγμα, λόγον Hdt.; γνώμας Thuc.: —c. inf., προθεῖναι λέγειν to propose a discussion, id=Thuc.:—Mid., πένθος προεθήκαντο proposed to themselves, observed mourning, Hdt.:—Pass., ψῆφος περὶ ἡμῶν προτεθεῖσα Dem.
III.to put forward, as one foot before the other, Eur.
2.to hold out as a pretext, Soph.
IV.to put before or first, τι Plat.:—Mid. to put in front, τοὺς γροσφομάχους Polyb.
