θεωρ-ία,
Ionic dialect θεωρίη,
Doric dialect θεᾱρία (see. below),
Boeotian dialect θιαωρία Ἐφ.Ἀρχ. 1892.34: ἡ:—
sending of θεωροί or
state-ambassadors to the oracles or games, or, collectively,
the θεωροί
themselves, embassy, mission, θεωρίαν ἀπάγειν εἰς Δῆλον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄγειν τῷ Διὶ τῷ Νεμείῳ τὴν κοινὴν ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
office of θεωρός,
discharge of that office, τῆς Ὀλυμπίαζε θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
being a spectator at the theatre or
games, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
viewing, beholding, θεωρίης εἵνεκεν ἐκδημεῖν to go abroad
to see the world, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ θεωρίης πρόφασιν[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
pilgrimage, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2) of the mind,
contemplation, consideration, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἡ τῶν ὅλων θ, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ φύσεως θ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2.b)
theory, speculation, opposed to practice, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ τὰ στρατόπεδα θ. [
Refs]; αἱ νυκτεριναὶ καὶ ἡμεριναὶ θ.
theoretic reckoning of night and day, [
Refs]; ἡ μαθηματικὴ θ. [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III.3)
passive,
sight, spectacle, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially
public spectacle at the theatre or
games, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ Διονύσου θ. the Dionysia, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.4) Rhet,
explanatory preface to a μελέτη, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]: so in Philos,
continuous exposition, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]