- θεωρία
- θεωρ-ία, [dialect] Ion. -ίη, [dialect] Dor. [full] θεᾱρία (v. infr.), [dialect] Boeot. [full] θιαωρία Ἐφ.Ἀρχ.1892.34: ἡ:—A sending of θεωροί or state-ambassadors to the oracles or games, or, collectively, the θεωροί themselves, embassy, mission,
θεωρίαν ἀπάγειν εἰς Δῆλον Pl.Phd.58b
: pl., opp. στρατεῖαι, Id.R.556c; ἄγειν τῷ Διὶ τῷ Νεμείῳ τὴν κοινὴν ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως θ. D.21.115, cf. X.Mem.4.8.2, Decr.Byz. ap. D.18.91 ([etym.] θεᾱρία), Plb.28.19.4.2 office of θεωρός, discharge of that office, τῆς Ὀλυμπίαζε θ. Th.6.16, cf. Isoc.19.10, etc.II being a spectator at the theatre or games, S.OT1491;οὔτ' ἐπὶ θεωρίαν πώποτε ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξῆλθες Pl.Cri.52b
; personified in Ar.Pax523,al.III viewing, beholding, θεωρίης εἵνεκεν ἐκδημεῖν to go abroad to see the world, Hdt.1.30; κατὰ θεωρίης πρόφασιν ib.29;ἐκπέμπειν τινὰ κατ' ἐμπορίαν καὶ κατὰ θεωρίαν Isoc.17.4
, cf. Arist.Ath.11.1, Th.6.24; pilgrimage, E.Ba.1047.2 of the mind, contemplation, consideration, Pl.Phlb.38b: pl., θεῖαι θ. Id.R.517d: c. gen., παντὸς μὲν χρόνου πάσης δὲ οὐσίας ib.486a; ἡ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἡ τῶν ὅλων θ., Epicur.Ep.2p.55U., Phld.Rh.1.288S.;θ. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος Arist.Metaph.989b25
; ἡ περὶ φύσεως θ. Epicur.Ep.1p.3U., etc.: pl., τὰς σαθρὰς αὐτοῦ θ. Demetr. Lac.Herc.124.12.b theory, speculation, opp. practice, Plb. 1.5.3; ἡ περὶ τὰ στρατόπεδα θ. Id.6.42.6; αἱ νυκτεριναὶ καὶ ἡμεριναὶ θ. theoretic reckoning of night and day, Id.9.14.6; ἡ μαθηματικὴ θ. Plu. Rom.12.3 [voice] Pass., sight, spectacle, A.Pr.802, etc.; esp. public spectacle at the theatre or games, Ar.V.1005, X.Hier.1.12; ἡ τοῦ Διονύσου θ. the Dionysia, Pl.Lg.650a.4 Rhet., explanatory preface to a μελέτη, Chor. in Hermes 17.208, etc.: so in Philos., continuous exposition, Olymp.in Mete.18.30, al.
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.