ἀπόθεσις, εως, ἡ, (ἀποτίθημι)
laying up in store, σκευῶν[
Refs]; εἰς ἀ. γενέσθαι to be
stored up, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. τῆς τροφῆς, of bees,[
Refs];
preserving, of fish, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
2)
the final movement in setting a dislocated or fractured limb, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
in Hp.Fract.[
Refs] C;
falsa lectio in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) κατ᾽ ἀπόθεσιν, of
internal abscesses, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
putting aside, making away with, getting rid of, ῥύπου[
NT]
II.2)
exposure of children, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3)
resignation of an office, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4) ἀ. κώλου, περιόδου,
close or
cadence of a phrase, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in metres, ={κατάληξις}, [
Refs 7th c.AD+]
III) ={ἀποδυτήριον}, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]