setting, placing, ἐπέων θ. setting of words in verse, Pi. O. 3.8; πλίνθων καὶ λίθων Pl. R. 333b, cf. IG 7.3073.33 (Lebad.); θ. νόμων lawgiving, X. Ath. 3.2, Pl. Lg. 690d: in pl., νόμων θέσεις D. 18.309, Arist. Pol. 1289a22; θ. ὀνόματος giving of a name, Pl. Cra. 390d; ἐπί τινος application of word to object, Demetr. Eloc. 145; θ. ἀγώνων institution of games, D.S. 4.53; ordinance, disposition, S. Ichn. 277 (only here in Trag.); setting forth in legal form, ἀσφαλειῶν POxy. 1027.12 (i A.D.).
laying down, ὅπλων, opp. ἀναίρεσις, Pl. Lg. 814a; of diggers, plunging of the spade, opp. ἄρσις, Gp. 2.45.5.
deposit of money, preparatory to a law-suit, Ar. Nu. 1191 (pl.): generally, sum deposited in a temple, Inscr.Délos 365.14 (iii B.C.), IG 12(3).322 (pl., Thera).
pledging, giving as security, D. 33.12, Lys. 8.10.
payment, τελῶν Pl. R. 425d (pl.).
adoption of a child, κατὰ θέσιν υἱωνός Plb. 18.35.9, cf. Ph. 2.36, Philostr. VA 6.11; Κρινοτέλην Πινδάρου, θέσει δὲ Φιλοξένου IG 12(3).274 (Anaphe), cf. 12(7).50 (Amorgos); adoption as a citizen of a foreign state, Ἁλεξανδρεὺς θέσει, Ἁθηναῖος θ. (opp. φύσει), Suid. s.v. Ἀρίσταρχος, Ἀριστοφάνης Πόδιος.
situation, of a city, Hp. Aër. 6; πόλις αὐτάρκη θ. κειμένη Th. 1.37, cf. 5.7; ἡ θ. τῆς χώρας πρὸς τὰ πνεύματα Thphr. CP 3.23.5; τόπων θ. Plb. 1.41.7: Astron., θ. τῶν ἄστρων Herm. in Phdr. p.149A.; position, arrangement, λεγομένων καὶ γραφομένων Pl. Tht. 206a; τῶν μερῶν θέσεις Id. Lg. 668e, cf. Epicur. Ep. 1p.11U., Fr. 30 (pl.).
Math., local position, Arist. GC 322b33; ἔχειν θ. Id. APo. 88a34; θ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα to have a local relation, Id. Cat. 4b21, cf. Pl. R. 586c; τῇ θ. μέσον Arist. APr. 25b36: Geom., θέσει δεδόσθαι or εἶναι, to be given in position, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 2.3, Euc. Dat. 4, Apollon.Perg. Con. 2.46, al.; παρὰ θέσει parallel to a straight line given in position, [Euc.]Dat.Def. 15; εἰς δύο θέσεις τὰς AB, AT to meet the two straight lines AB, AT given in position, Hero Metr. 3.10; κατὰ τὴν θ. τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς
Philos., thesis, position, assumed and requiring proof, Pl. R. 335a, Arist. Top. 104b19, APo. 72a15; θέσιν διαφυλάττειν to maintain a thesis, Id. EN 1096a2; κινεῖν to controvert it, Plu. QConv. 2.687b, cf. Alex. fort. 328a, etc.
general question, opp. ὑπόθεσις (special case), Aphth. Prog. 13, Theon Prog. 12, cf. Cic. Top. 21.79, Quint. 3.5.5 (but θ. includes ὑπόθεσις and ὁρισμός, Phlp. in APo. 35.1; opp. ἀξίωμα, ib. 34.9).
arbitrary determination, esp. in dat. θέσει, τὰ ὀνόματα μὴ θ. γενέσθαι Epicur. Ep. 1p.27U.; opp. φύσει, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.76, Str. 2.3.7, etc.; τὰ θ. δίκαια, νόμιμα, Ph. 1.50, 112; σημαίνειν θ. S.E. P. 2.256.
affirmation, opp. ἄρσις, ib. 1.192, cf. 2.244, Plot. 5.5.6, etc.
a setting down, opp. ἄρσις (lifting), πᾶσα πορεία ἐξ ἄρσεως καὶ θέσεως συντελεῖται Arist. Pr. 885b6: hence, in rhythm, downward beat, opp. the upward (ἄρσις), Aristid.Quint. 1.13, Bacch. Harm. 98, etc.
in prosody, θέσει μακρὰ συλλαβή long by position, opp. φύσει, D.T. 632.30, Heph. 1.3: orig. prob. in signf. V.3, cf. Sch.D.T. p.206H.
θέσεις, αἱ, in punctuation, stops, Donat. in Gramm.Lat. 4.372 K.
part of a horseʼs hoof, ἡ θ. τοῦ ποδός Hippiatr. 82.