ἀποτίθημι,
I
1. put away, stow away, δέπας δ’ ἀπέθηκ’ ἐνὶ χηλῷ Il. 16.254, cf. X. An. 2.3.15; ἀ. εἰς δεσμωτήριον Lycurg. 112: metaph., ’pigeon-hole’, class, Phlp. in Ph. 361.22.
2. expose a child, Pl. Tht. 161a.
II Med. (aor. I part. ἀποθησαμένη Hsch.),
1. put away from oneself, lay aside, τεύχεα κάλ’ ἀποθέσθαι ἐπὶ χθονί Il. 3.89; τὴν Σκυθικὴν στολὴν ἀ. put it off, Hdt. 4.78; ἀ. κόμας cut it off, in mourning, E. Hel. 367 (lyr., tm.); ἀ. τὸν νόμον set aside, i.e. disregard, the law, Th. 1.77; ἀ. τὰν Ἀφροδίταν quell desire, E. IA 558 (lyr.); ἀ. ῥᾳθυμίαν D. 4.8, 8.46; ὀργήν Plu. Cor. 19; ἀρχήν Id. Pomp. 23.
2. put away from oneself, avoid, ἀποθέσθαι ἐνιπήν wipe away the reproach, Il. 5.492, cf. Hes. Op. 762; νόστον ἔχθιστον ἀπεθήκατο Pi. O. 8.68, cf. 10(11).40.
3. put by for oneself, stow away, Ar. Eq. 1219, X. Cyr. 6.1.15; ἀ. τροφὴν τοῖς νεοττοῖς Arist. HA 619a20; ἀ. τινὰ εἰς φυλακήν Plb. 23.10.8; freq. of drugs, Dsc. 4.136, al., cf. PEleph. 12 (iii B.C.); ἐν φυλακῇ [Mat 14:3]. bury, IG 14.1974.
4. ἀποτίθεσθαι εἰς αὖθις put off, defer, E. IT 376, Pl. Grg. 449b, X. Smp. 2.7, etc.; εἰς τοὺς παῖδας ἀ. τὰς τιμωρίας Lys. Fr. 53.3.
5. reserve, keep back, Pl. Lg. 887c, Din. 1.30.
6. ἀπεθήκατο κόλπων, of a woman, laid down the burden of her womb, i.e. bore a child, Call. Dian. 25; ἀ. ὠδῖνας Str. 10.5.2: but,
7. μηδὲν ἀποτίθεσθαι τῶν γιγνομένων expose none of one’s children, Arist. Pol. 1335b22.
8. ἀ. χρόνον εἴς τι employ, bestow time upon it, Plb. 18.9.10.
9. set a fracture, Pall. in Hp.Fract. 12.276 C.; cf. ἀπόθεσις.
G659 — ἀποτίθημι
: 2 aorist middle ἀπεθεμην; (from Homer down); to put off or aside; in the N. T. only middle to put off from oneself: τά ἱμάτια, [Act 7:58]; (to lay up or away, ἐν τῇ φυλακή (i. e., put), [Mat 14:3] L T Tr WH (so εἰς φυλακήν, [Lev 24:12]; [Num 15:34]; [2Ch 18:26]; Polybius 24, 8, 8; Diodorus 4, 49, ete.)); tropically those things are said to be put off or away which anyone gives up, renounces: as τά ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, [Rom 13:12]; — [Eph 4:22] (cf. Winers Grammar, 347 (325); Buttmann, 274 (236)), 25; [Col 3:8]; [Jam 1:21]; [1Pe 2:1]; [Heb 12:1]; (τήν ὀργήν, Plutarch, Coriol. 19; τόν πλοῦτον, τήν μαλακίαν, etc. Luc. dial. mort. 10, 8; τήν ἐλευθερίαν καί παρρησίαν, ibid. 9, etc.).
ἀπο - τίθημι ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5117 hi .;]
to put off or aside; in NT always mid .,
(a) to put of from oneself as a garment: τ . ἱμάτια , [Act 7:58]; metaph ., in ethical sense, to put of, lay aside: [Rom 13:12], [Eph 4:22]; [Eph 4:25], [Col 3:8], [Heb 12:1], [Jas 1:21], [1Pe 2:1];
(b) to stow away, put: ἐν τ . φυλακῇ ( MM , s.v. ), [Mat 14:3]. †