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.).
III. supposition, calculation, Plb.6.32.1, 12.21.6.
2. prefixing, placing first, Id.Synt.311.1, Pron.58.16.
V. = προθεσμία, interpol. in Suid.