Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ταῦτα πυθόμενοσ Ἀρχίασ, αὐτὸσ γὰρ θεωρὸσ ἦν, εἰσ μὲν τὴν Κόρινθον ἑκὼν οὐκ ἐπανῆλθε, πλεύσασ δ’ εἰσ τὴν Σικελίαν Συρακούσασ ἔκτισε. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 2 14:1)
  • ἵκετο τερμόνιον ἐπὶ πάγον πόνων ἐμῶν θεωρόσ, ἢ τί δὴ θέλων; (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, lyric3)
  • θεωρόσ, ὡσ ἔφασκεν, ἐκδημῶν, πάλιν πρὸσ οἶκον οὐκέθ’ ἵκεθ’, ὡσ ἀπεστάλη. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 5:11)
  • Ζεῦ Ζεῦ, θεωρὸσ τῶνδε πραγμάτων γενοῦ· (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 11:14)
  • ἔστιν δ’ ὁ μὲν περὶ τῶν μελλόντων κρίνων ὁ ἐκκλησιαστήσ, ὁ δὲ περὶ τῶν γεγενημένων οἱο͂ν ὁ δικαστήσ, ὁ δὲ περὶ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ ὁ θεωρόσ, ὥστ’ ἐξ ἀνάγκησ ἂν εἰή τρία γένη τῶν λόγων τῶν ῥητορικῶν, συμβουλευτικόν, δικανικόν, ἐπιδεικτικόν. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 3 2:2)
  • προσίτω Θέωροσ ὁ παρὰ Σιτάλκουσ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 5:1)
  • οἱ Θρᾷκεσ ἴτε δεῦρ’, οὓσ Θέωροσ ἤγαγεν. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 5:13)
  • ὥστ’ ἔφη Θέωροσ εἰπεῖν καρκίνον Κορίνθιον, δεινά γ’ ὦ Πόσειδον εἰ μήτ’ ἐν βυθῷ δυνήσομαι μήτε γῇ μήτ’ ἐν θαλάττῃ διαφυγεῖν τοὺσ ἱππέασ. (Aristotle, Parabasis, antepirrheme12)
  • ἐδόκει δέ μοι Θέωροσ αὐτῆσ πλησίον χαμαὶ καθῆσθαι τὴν κεφαλὴν κόρακοσ ἔχων. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 1:35)

Synonyms

  1. spectator

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION