θέᾱτρον,
Ionic dialect θέητρον, τό, (θεάομαι)
place for seeing, especially
for dramatic representation, theatre, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; as
a place of assembly, [
NT+5th c.BC+]; θ. κυνηγετικόν, of the Roman
amphitheatre, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εἰς τὸ θ. εἰσφέρειν to bring upon
the stage, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ καλὸν τοῦ θ. a good place in the
theatre, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2) collective for οἱ θεαταί,
the spectators, 'the house', [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) ={θέαμα},
spectacle, θ. ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ [
NT]
4)
metaphorically, of
life, τουτὶ τὸ θ. ὑπεκρίθημεν [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]