Εὖ θέσθαι
to place well
Translated by Ryan Stone29 Jan 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to arrange/organise finely.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εὖ θέσθαι· καλῶς διοικῆσαι.
Betacode
*eu)= qe/sqai: kalw=s dioikh=sai.
Notes
- Same entry in other lexica, and similar material in several scholia to Thucydides (on 1.25.1, 1.75.5, 4.17.4, 4.59.4). Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests that the headword phrase itself comes from Thuc. 4.61.6.
Alternatively, perhaps relating to arrangement/organisation in rhetoric.