ἀπόθεσις

ἀπόθεσις, εως, ἡ, (ἀποτίθημι) A. laying up in store, σκευῶν SIG 1106.107 (Cos); εἰς ἀ. γενέσθαι to be stored up, Pl. Lg. 844d; γάλα χρήσιμον εἰς ἀ. Arist. HA 522a26; ἡ ἀ. τῆς τροφῆς, of bees, 622b26; τὴν ἀ. τῆς θήρας ποιεῖσθαι 623a12; preserving, of fish, Philum. ap. Aët. 9.23. 2. the final movement in setting a dislocated or fractured limb, Gal. 18(2).332, al., Pall. in Hp.Fract. 12.273 C.; f.l. in Hp. Off. 19. 3. κατʼ ἀπόθεσιν, of internal abscesses, Gal. 17(1).103. II. putting aside, making away with, getting rid of, ῥύπου 1 Ep.Pet. 3.21, cf. 2.1.14. 2. exposure of children, Arist. Pol. 1335b19; cf. ἀποτίθημι II.7. 3. resignation of an office, App. BC 1.3, cf. SIG 900.16(iv A.D.). 4. ἀ. κώλου, περιόδου, close or cadence of a phrase, Demetr. Eloc. 19, cf. Sch.Ar. Nu. 176; so in metres, = κατάληξις, Heph. 4 tit. III. = ἀποδυτήριον, Luc. Hipp. 5.