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θεωρός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεωρός θεωροῦ

Structure: θεωρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Derived in first sense from qea/omai in second perh. from qeo/s, w)/ra, cura.

Sense

  1. envoy sent to consult an oracle
  2. spectator

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

  • ] ἀφικνούμενοι γὰρ οἱ Ἕλλη[νεσ ἅπα]ντεσ δὶσ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ εἰσ [τὴν Πυλ]αίαν, θεωροὶ γενήσοντ[αι] τῶν ἔργων τῶν π[επρα]γμένων αὐτοῖσ· (Hyperides, Speeches, <[E)pita/fios]> 18:2)
  • ἐν οὖν τῷ δράματι οἱ θεωροὶ καθορῶντεσ τὰ ἐν Πυθοῖ ἀναθήματα καὶ περὶ ἑκάστου λέγοντέσ φασι καὶ τάδε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 63 3:3)
  • τὸ δὲ ὑπερφυέστατον ἐνθύμημα τοῦ Στρατοκλέουσ οὑ̔͂τοσ γὰρ ἦν ὁ τῶν σοφῶν τούτων καὶ περιττῶν καινουργὸσ ἀρεσκευμάτων̓, ἔγραψεν ὅπωσ οἱ πεμπόμενοι κατὰ ψήφισμα δημοσίᾳ πρὸσ Ἀντίγονον ἢ Δημήτριον ἀντὶ πρεσβευτῶν θεωροὶ λέγοιντο, καθάπερ οἱ Πυθοῖ καὶ Ὀλυμπίαζε τὰσ πατρίουσ θυσίασ ὑπὲρ τῶν πόλεων ἀνάγοντεσ ἐν ταῖσ Ἑλληνικαῖσ ἑορταῖσ. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 11 1:1)
  • καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺσ Ἀζέμιλκοσ καὶ Καρχηδονίων τινὲσ θεωροὶ ἐσ τιμὴν τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ κατὰ δὴ τι[να] νόμιμον παλαιὸν εἰσ τὴν μητρόπολιν ἀφικόμενοἰ τούτοισ ξύμπασιν ἄδειαν δίδωσιν Ἀλέξανδροσ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 24 5:2)
  • καὶ πρεσβεῖαι δὲ ἐν τούτῳ ἐκ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ ἧκον, καὶ τούτων οἱ πρέσβεισ αὐτοί τε ἐστεφανωμένοι Ἀλεξάνδρῳ προσῆλθον καὶ ἐστεφάνουν αὐτὸν στεφάνοισ χρυσοῖσ, ὡσ θεωροὶ δῆθεν ἐσ τιμὴν θεοῦ ἀφιγμένοι. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 23 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. spectator

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