- θεωρός
- θεωρός, ὁ (v. infr.),A envoy sent to consult an oracle, S.OT114, OC 413; to present an offering, Orac. ap. D.21.53; to be present at festivals,
θεωροὺς εἰς τὰ Πύθια πέμψαι D.19.128
, cf. D.H.Lys.29, etc.2 generally, envoy, sent to kings regarded as divine, Plu.Demetr.11, Ath.13.607c.II title of a magistrate at Mantinea, Th.5.47; at Naupactus, IG9(1).360 (pl.), cf. ib.12(5).527 (found in Ceos); at Thasos, ib.12(8).267, etc.III spectator, Thgn.805, A.Pr.118, Ch. 246, Fr.289;πολέμου Pl.R.467c
, etc.; opp. ἀγωνιστής, Achae.3; one who travels to see men and things, Pl.Lg.951a, 953c; alsoλαμπάδα θ. εἰκάδων E.Ion 1076
(lyr., s.v.l.). (Un[var] contr. [full] θεαορός Schwyzer664.30 (Orchom. Arc., iv B.C.): [var] contr. [full] θεᾱρός in [dialect] Dor. (SIG558.24, etc.), Arc. (IG5(2).4 ([place name] Tegea), etc.): [full] θεουρός Thess. (Inscr.Magn.26): [full] θευρός Thas. (IG12(8). l.c.); [full] θιᾱρός Corc. (Inscr.Magn.44).) (Perh. fr. θεᾱ-hορϝος, cf. θεη-κόλος and θυρωρός ([etym.] θυρουρός) fr. θυρᾰ-hορϝος.)
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