πρόθεσις

πρόθεσις, εως, ἡ, (προτίθημι) A. placing in public; of a corpse, laying it out (cf. προτίθημι II), Pl. Lg. 947b, 959a, 959e, D. 43.64. 2. public notice, αἱ π. τῶν ἀναγεγραμμένων Arist. Pol. 1322a9. 3. statement of a case, Id. Rh. 1414b8; ὑπέρ τινος τὴν πρόθεσιν ποιήσασθαι Id.Cat. 11a21; theme, thesis, Phld. Rh. 1.36, al. S.: generally, proposition, statement, D.H. Amm. 2.2. 4. πρόθεσιν ποιεῖσθαι ἐπὶ ταῖς . . προσόδοις to make payment in advance, IPE 12.32A41 (Olbia, iii B.C.). 5. offering, PCair.Zen. 328.75 (iii B.C.), Gauthier et Sottas Decret trilingue (iii B.C.), Call. Fr. 1.13 P., OGI 90.48 (ii B.C.), UPZ 149.21,31 (ii B.C.): esp. in VT and NT, οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. the loaves laid before, shew-bread, LXX 1 Ki. 21.6(7), Ev.Matt. 12.4; ἡ π. τῶν ἄρτων Ep.Hebr. 9.2, cf. Ph. 2.294; ἡ τράπεζα τῆς π. LXX 2 Ch. 29.18. II. purpose, end proposed, ἐπαινῶ σὴν π. SIG 22.14 (Magn. Mae., Epist. Darei), cf. Philipp. ap.D. 18.167, Arist. APr. 47a5, Cleanth.Stoic. 1.131, Plb. 5.35.2, Arr. Epict. 1.21.2, etc.; π. βίων Adam. Phgn. 1.2; defined as σημείωσις ἐπιτελέσεως, Stoic. 3.41; κατὰ πρόθεσιν purposely, Plb. 12.10.6; τὰ κατὰ π. φύντα Ph. 2.144; τὰ κατὰ τὴν π. Plb. 1.54.1, cf. PTeb. 27.81 (ii B.C.). 2. goodwill, π. ἔχειν πρὸς ἔθνος, ὑπὲρ τῶν πολιτῶν, Plb. 4.73.2, OGI 765.44 (prob. l., Priene). III. supposition, calculation, Plb. 6.32.1, 12.21.6. IV. Gramm., preposition, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.45, D.T. 634.5, D.H. Comp. 2, A.D. Synt. 305.24, Pron. 64.5. 2. prefixing, placing first, Id. Synt. 311.1, Pron. 58.16. 3. π. καὶ πτῶσις perh.stem (or root) and ending, Phld. Po. 2.18. V. = προθεσμία, interpol. in Suid.