διατίθημι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) +‎ τῐ́θημῐ (tĭ́thēmĭ, put, place).

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    Verb

    δῐᾰτῐ́θημῐ • (dĭătĭ́thēmĭ)

    1. (active voice) place separately, arrange each in their own places, distribute
      1. (with an adverb) to manage well or ill
        1. (of persons) to handle or treat well or ill
        2. to dispose one in such a manner
      2. to set forth, recite
        1. to describe
    2. (middle voice) to arrange as one likes, to dispose of
      1. to dispose of one's property, devise it by will
      2. to set out for sale, dispose of merchandise
      3. to arrange or settle mutually, make a covenant
      4. to compose, make
      5. to set forth, recite
        • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, Histories 3.108.2
        • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Hermotimus 1

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