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θεᾱτρ-ικός

theatrikos

of, for the theatre, theatrical, properties

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Where it lives

Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

θεᾱτρ-ικός · theatr-ikos — LSJ

of, for the theatre, theatrical, properties, actors

of or for the theatre, theatrical, μουσική Arist. Pol. 1342a18; ὄψις Plu. Alex. 19: -κά, τά, properties, etc., OGI 510.7 (Ephesus, ii A.D.): -κοί, οἱ, actors, BCH 44.88 (Lagina). Adv. -κῶς, εἰπεῖν Plu. Comm.not. 2.1076c.

2 pretentious

pretentious, Hp. Medic. 4; θ. μέν . . ἀνίατρον δέ Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.23.24; τὸ θ. Plu. Lib.educ. 2.7a, Aud.poet. 15e. Adv. -κῶς, πολεμεῖν, στρατηγεῖν, Id. Luc. 11, Lys. 21.

πόδες θ. dub. sens. in IG ΙΙ(2).203 B 13 (Delos, iii B.C.), cf. Inscr.Délos 291b30.

In the wild

θεατρικὴν · theatrikēn Aristotle, Politics 1342a (DIORISIS sentence 3135)
θεατρικὸς · theatrikos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3517)

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