διάθεσις

A. placing in order, arrangement (ἡ τοῦ ἔχοντος μέρη τάξις Arist. Metaph. 1022b1), Antipho Soph. 24a; πολιτείας Pl. Lg. 710b; τῶν ξενίων Id. Ti. 27a.

2. disposition or composition in a work of art (opp.εὕρεσις), Id. Phdr. 236a; opp.ἱστορία, μῦθος, Plb. 34.4.1, Plu. Arat. 32, etc.; δ. ᾠδῆς Eup. 303; τῶν ἐπῶν Phryn.Com. 55; plan of a building, Plu. Per. 13; subject of a picture, etc., Polem. ap. Ath. 5.210b; δ. μυθολογίας Plu. 2.16b; representation in a play, Hero Aut. 20.2: in pl., word-painting, Plu. 2.17b; of geographical description, Str. 1.1.16; rhetorical art, μετ’ αὐξήσεως καὶ διαθέσεως Plb. 2.61.1.

b. in oratory, delivery, Plu. Dem. 7; δ. σώματός τε καὶ τόνου φωνῆς Longin. Rh. p.194H.

3. disposition of property, will, testament, = διαθήκη, Lys. Fr. 44, Pl. Lg. 922b.

4. disposing of, sale, τῶν περιόντων Isoc. 11.14, cf. PTeb. 38.10 (ii B.C.), Str. 11.2.12, Plu. Sol. 24; οἷς δ. εὔπορος, perh. means of disposing of it, of making away with it, Arist. Rh. 1372a33 (possibly, inventive disposition).

5. δ. ἔγγραφος written report, POxy. 52.13 (iv A.D.).

6. = διάθεμα, Procl. inCra. p.10P.(pl.).

II. (from Pass.) bodily state, condition, Hp. VM 7, Arist. GA 778b34; δ. τοῦ σώματος Philem. 95.4; δ. ὑγιεινή, νοσώδης, Gal. 5.826, 17(2).238; ἕξις defined as δ. μόνιμος Id. 5.826; νευρικὴ δ. OGI 331.11 (Pergam.); of the mind, Antipho Soph. 24a; ἕξις ψυχῆς καὶ δ. Pl. Phlb. 11d; distd. from ἕξις, Arist. Cat. 8b28, de An. 417b15, Zeno and Chrysipp.Stoic. 1.50, 3.111; δ. ἁμαρτωλός Phld. Lib. p.560., al.; δ. σωματική, ψυχική, A.D. Synt. 278.10: pl., Diotog. ap. Stob. 4.7.62.

b. disposition towards persons, Pl. R. 489a; propensity, Cic. Att. 14.3.2; πρός τινα Sch.E. Hec. 8.

2. generally, state, condition, τὴν βασιγείαν εἰς τὴν ἀρχαίαν δ. κατέστησεν OGI 219.11 (Sigeum, iv/iii B.C.).

3. Gramm., force, function, τοῦ ὀνόματος δ. εἰσὶ δύο, ἐνέργεια καὶ πάθος (e.g. κριτής, κριτός) D.T. 637.29; esp. of the voices of the verb, δ. εἰσὶ τρεῖς, ἐνέργεια, πάθος, μεσότης Id. 638.8; δ. παθητική, μέση, A.D. Synt. 210.19, 226.10; also of tense, χρονικὴ δ. ib.251.1 (s.v.l.); διαβατικὴ δ. transitive force, ib.43.18.