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θεωρητήριον?

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: theōrētērion

Principal Part: θεωρητήριον θεωρητήριου

Structure: θεωρητηρι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: θεωρέω

Sense

  1. a seat in a theatre

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔμελλεν ὁ δῆμος θεᾶσθαι μονομάχους ἐν ἀγορᾷ, καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων οἱ πλεῖστοι θεωρητήρια κύκλῳ κατασκευάσαντες ἐξεμίσθουν. (Plutarch, Caius Gracchus, chapter 12 3:2)
  • μηδενὸς δὲ προσέχοντος ἀναμείνας τὴν πρὸ τῆς θέας νύκτα, καὶ τῶν τεχνιτῶν ὅσους εἶχεν ἐργολάβους ὑφ ἑαυτῷ παραλαβών, τὰ θεωρητήρια καθεῖλε καὶ τῷ δήμῳ σχολάζοντα μεθ ἡμέραν ἀπέδειξε τὸν τόπον ἐφ ᾧ τοῖς μὲν πολλοῖς ἀνὴρ ἔδοξεν εἶναι, τοὺς δὲ συνάρχοντας ὡς ἰταμὸς καὶ βίαιος ἐλύπησεν. (Plutarch, Caius Gracchus, chapter 12 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. a seat in a theatre

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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