προτίθημι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προ- (pro-) +‎ τίθημι (títhēmi).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

προτίθημῐ • (protíthēmĭ)

  1. to place or set before, set out
  2. to hand over, give over
  3. to expose (a child)
  4. to set up as a mark or prize, propose
  5. to propose as a penalty
  6. to set forth, fix, set
  7. to propose as a task
  8. (middle voice) to display, show
  9. to lay out (a dead body)
  10. to appoint
  11. to put forward
  12. to hold out as a pretext
  13. to put before or first, put in front
  14. to prefer

For quotations using this term, see Citations:προτίθημι.

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