Liddell-Scott-Jones

θέσις (thesis) designation ^G:N-F

θέσις, εως, ἡ,

(τίθημι) setting, placing, ἐπέων θ. setting of words in verse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. νόμων lawgiving, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. ὀνόματος giving of a name, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπί τινος application of word to object, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θ. ἀγώνων institution of games, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ordinance, disposition, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; setting forth in legal form, ἀσφαλειῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+]

__II laying down, ὅπλων, opposed to ἀναίρεσις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of diggers, plunging of the spade, opposed to ἄρσις, [Refs]
__II.2 deposit of money, preparatory to a law-suit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, sum deposited in a temple, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 pledging, giving as security, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 payment, τελῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III adoption of a child, κατὰ θέσιν υἱωνός [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; adoption as a citizen of a foreign state, Ἁλεξανδρεὺς θέσει, Ἁθηναῖος θ. (opposed to φύσει), [Refs]
__IV situation, of a city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τόπων θ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; position, arrangement, λεγομένων καὶ γραφομένων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.2 in Mathematics texts, local position, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔχειν θ. [Refs]; θ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα to have a local relation, [Refs 5th c.BC+], to be given in position, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; παρὰ θέσει parallel to a straight line given in position, [[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; εἰς δύο θέσεις τὰς AB, AT to meet the two straight lines AB, AT given in position, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so in Music, of notes in a scale, κατὰ θέσιν, opposed to κατὰ δύναμιν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V Philos., thesis, position, assumed and requiring proof, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θέσιν διαφυλάττειν to maintain a thesis, [Refs]; κινεῖν to controvert it, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__V.2 general question, opposed to ὑπόθεσις (special case), [Refs 1st c.BC+] (but θ. includes ὑπόθεσις and ὁρισμός, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__V.3 arbitrary determination, especially in dative θέσει, τὰ ὀνόματα μὴ θ. γενέσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to φύσει, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὰ θ. δίκαια, νόμιμα, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; σημαίνειν θ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V.4 affirmation, opposed to ἄρσις, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__VI a setting down, opposed to ἄρσις (lifting), πᾶσα πορεία ἐξ ἄρσεως καὶ θέσεως συντελεῖται [Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, in rhythm, downward beat, opposed to the upward (ἄρσις), [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__VII in prosody, θέσει μακρὰ συλλαβή long by position, opposed to φύσει, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__VII.2 θέσεις, αἱ, in punctuation, stops, Donat.in [Refs]
__VIII part of a horse's hoof, ἡ θ. τοῦ ποδός [Refs]