θετικός

A. fit for placing, ὀνομάτων θ. prompt at giving names, D.H. Comp. 16, cf. Ph. 2.101. Adv. ‐κῶς appositely, D.H. Rh. 3.5.

II. concerning adoption, νόμοι Arist. Pol. 1274b4.

III. belonging to a θέσις, disputable, ὑπόθεσις Philostr. VS 2.6; τὰ θ. τῶν χωρίων ib.29; so τὰ θ. alone, Phld. Rh. 1.206S.; θ. κεφάλαιον Theon Prog. 2; τὴν ζήτησιν θ. ποιεῖσθαι to make the question a matter of argument, Str. 2.3.7; Lat. genus instituendi θετικώτερον, addressed to reason rather than feeling, Cic. QF 3.3.4. Adv. Comp. ‐κώτερον Aps. p.333H.

IV. positive, affirmative, opp. negative (ἀρνητικός), Numen. ap. Eus. PE 14.8. Adv. ‐κῶς positively, affirmatively, D.L. 9.75; οὐ λίαν θ. not very positively, Phld. Rh. 1.371S.

2. Gramm., positive, τὸ θετικόν the positive degree, Sch.D Il. 4.277.

b. expressing obligation, of verbals in ‐τέον, D.T. 642.16; θετικῶς· τὸ ὀφειλόμενον γενέσθαι, Hsch.

V. arbitrary, χρῆσις τῶν ὀνομάτων S.E. P. 2.256. Adv. ‐κῶς ib.1.38.