1. a setting, placing, arranging , (Pindar); θ. νόμων lawgiving , (Demosthenes Orator)

2. a deposit of money, preparatory to a law-suit, (Aristophanes Comicus): money paid in advance, earnest-money , (Demosthenes Orator)

3. position, situation , Lat. situs, of a city, (Thucydides), etc. (ML)