ἐκτίθημι (ektithemi)

Where it lives

Esther 9 · 16.27/10k
Ion 9 · 9.84/10k
Against Timocrates 7 · 4.8/10k
Against Dionysodorus 1 · 3.07/10k
Acts 4 · 2.22/10k
Phoenissae 2 · 2.07/10k
Ars Poetica 2 · 1.98/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 9 · 1.62/10k
Against Aristogeiton 1 1 · 1.49/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
To Philip 1 · 1.14/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκτίθημι · ektithēmi — LSJ

set out, place outside, expose, expose, expose, export

set out, place outside, πυκινὸν λέχος Od. 23.179; expose on a desert island, S. Ph. 5; expose a new-born child, Hdt. 1.112, Ar. Nu. 531, etc.; τὸν παῖδʼ . . ἐξέθηκε δωμάτων E. Ion 344:—so in Pass., τέθνηκε . . θηρσὶν ἐκτεθείς ib. 951; expose, ἑαυτὸν βέλεσι Polem. Cyn. 7:—Med., ἐκτίθεσθαι λείαν εἰς Βιθυνούς export it thither, Plu. Alc. 29.

II set up, offer for a prize

set up, offer for a prize, λέβητας ἐκτιθεὶς φέρειν S. Fr. 378; ἆθλα Plb. 15.9.4.

b fix, grant

fix or grant allowances, rates of pay, etc., PSI 5.498 (iii B.C.), PEdgar 2.4 (Pass.), etc.

2 exhibit publicly, post up

exhibit publicly, post up, νόμους πρὸς τοὺς ἐπωνύμους Decr. ap. And. 1.83, cf. Lex ap. D. 24.23; ἔκθεμα PPetr. 2p.44 (iii B.C.); ὀνόματα εἰς στοάν SIG 577.28 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.):—Pass., ὅπως ἐκτεθῶσι [οἱ νόμοι] IG 2(2).487.6, etc.

3 expose for sale

expose for sale, D.C. 46.14 (Pass.).

III set forth, expound

set forth, expound, τὴν πρόθεσιν Arist. Rh.Al. 1437b35; κατὰ γένος Thphr. Char.Praef. 3:—also Med., λόγους καθόλου Arist. Po. 1455b1; τὴν ἑαυτῆς ἐρημίαν D.S. 12.18, etc.

2 predicate separate existence, explain by means of abstraction

Philos., predicate separate existence of a thing, explain by means of abstraction, Arist. Metaph. 1086b10.

IV set forth, select

Med., set forth, select particular instances of a rule, [ποιεῖν τὴν ἀπόδειξιν] τῶ ἐκθέσθαι Id. APr. 28a23:—Pass., τὸ ἐκτεθέν ib. 30a11.

2 set out

set out terms in syllogistic form, ib. 48a1, al.

3 isolate

isolate in thought, Id. SE 179a3.

4 pick out for separate treatment

pick out for separate treatment, Id. Ph. 235a28.

5 set out

ἐ. καθόλου set out in general form, Id. Po. 1455b1.

In the wild

ἐξέθηκα · exethēka Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 420)
ἐκθεῖσι · ektheisi Aristophanes, Frogs 687–691
ἐξέθηκεν · exethēken Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 802)
ἐκτίθεσθαι · ektithesthai Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Α (DIORISIS sentence 694)
ἐκτίθεσθαι · ektithesthai Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Α (DIORISIS sentence 758)
ἐκθέμενον · ekthemenon Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Α (DIORISIS sentence 186)

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Where it came from

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