gaze at, behold, mostly with a sense of wonder, θηεῦντο μέγα ἔργον Il. 7.444, cf. Od. 2.13; λαοὶ δʼ αὖ θηεῦντό τε θάμβησάν τε Il. 23.728, cf. Hdt. 1.8, 11, etc.; θ. τὰ καλά Democr. 194; πάντες ὥσπερ ἄγαλμα ἐθεῶντο αὐτόν Pl. Chrm. 154c; θ. ὄμμασι E. Ion 232 (lyr.); ζητεῖ τὸ κακὸν τεθεᾶσθαι Ar. Th. 797 codd.; ἐθεᾶτο . . τὴν θέσιν τῆς πόλεως . . , ὡς ἔχοι reconnoitred it, Th. 5.7; θ. κύκλῳ τὴν πόλιν X. Cyr. 4.5.7: abs., θεᾷ; do you see? Men. Epit. 564.
of the mind, contemplate, τὸ ἀληθές Pl. Phd. 84b, al.
see clearly, ἵνʼ ἴδητε καὶ θεάσησθε ὅτι . . D. 4.3, cf. Pl. Prt. 352a; with relat. clause, ὅση δεινότης ἦν ἐν τῷ Φιλίππῳ θεάσεσθε D. 18.144.
view as spectators, esp. in the theatre, Isoc. 4.44; οἱ θεώμενοι the spectators, Ar. Ra. 2, cf. Nu. 518, al. (but also, onlookers, bystanders, Antipho 3.3.7): metaph., θ. τὸν πόλεμον to be spectators of the war, Hdt. 8.116.
θ. τὸ στράτευμα to review it, X. Cyr. 5.5.1.
Act. θεάω, late, Baillet Tombeaux des rois à Thèbes 1080: elsewh. in imper. θέα Them. Or. 3.44b, Jul. Ep. 89b, Hsch.: aor. ἐθεάθην in pass. sense, Ps.-Callisth. 2.42, Ev.Marc. 16.11, Ap.Ty. Ep. 49, Just. Nov. 133.3.1: pres. θεῶνται Philostr. Her. 2.9. (Orig. prob. θᾱϝέομαι and θᾱϝάομαι, cf. θαῦ-μα.)