ὑποτίθημι
Infl. fut. -θήσω
Infl. aor1 ὑπ-έθηκα
I. "to place under", τί τινι Il.:—Mid. "to place under one's feet", Xen.
2. "to place under as a foundation or beginning", id=Xen., Dem.:—Pass. "to be laid down, assumed", Plat.:—Mid. "to lay down as a principle, take for granted, assume", id=Plat., Dem.; c. acc. et inf. "to assume or suppose that..", Plat.
II. "to hold out under, present", Luc.: metaph. "to suggest", Eur., etc.:—so in Mid. "to suggest, hint" a thing to one, ὑποθέσθαι τινὶ βουλήν Il.; ἔπος, ἔργον ὑποθέσθαι τινί "to suggest" a speech, an action, to any one, "advise or counsel" him thereto, Hom., Hdt., etc.
2. c. dat. pers. only, ὑποθέσθαι τινί "to advise, admonish" one, Od., Ar., etc.: c. inf. "to advise" one "to do" a thing, Hdt., Thuc.
3. "to propose", σκοπόν as a mark or aim, Arist.:—Mid. "to propose to oneself", Isocr.
III. "to put down as a deposit or stake, to pawn, pledge, mortgage", Hdt., Aeschin., etc.:—in Mid., of the mortgagee, "to lend" money "on pledge", Dem.
2. "to stake, hazard, venture", Plat.; ὑποθεὶς τὸν ἴδιον κίνδυνον at his own risk, Dem.