πρόθεσις

πρόθεσις, εως, ἡ, ([etym.] προτίθημι)

A placing in public; of a corpse, laying it out (cf.

προτίθημι 11

), 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, IPE12.32A41 (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., OGI90.48 (ii B.C.), UPZ149.21,31 (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. SIG22.14

(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, OGI765.44 (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.