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θεωρ-ία

theoria · ἡ

sending of θεωροί

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Where it lives

  • De Memoria et Reminiscentia 1 · 4.16/10k
  • Ars Poetica 4 · 3.96/10k
  • Enneads 81 · 3.82/10k
  • Eudemian Ethics 9 · 3.45/10k
  • Crito 1 · 2.4/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 23 · 2.15/10k
  • Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
  • Metaphysics 14 · 1.78/10k
  • Nicomachean Ethics 10 · 1.78/10k
  • Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
  • Hiero 1 · 1.68/10k

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

sending of θεωροί, state-ambassadors, the θεωροί themselves, embassy, mission

sending of θεωροί or state-ambassadors to the oracles or games, or, collectively, the θεωροί themselves, embassy, mission, θεωρίαν ἀπάγειν εἰς Δῆλον Pl. Phd. 58b: pl., opp. στρατεῖαι, Id. R. 556c; ἄγειν τῷ Διὶ τῷ Νεμείῳ τὴν κοινὴν ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως θ. D. 21.115, cf. X. Mem. 4.8.2, Decr.Byz. ap. D. 18.91 (θεᾱρία), Plb. 28.19.4.

2 office of θεωρός, discharge of that office

office of θεωρός, discharge of that office, τῆς Ὀλυμπίαζε θ. Th. 6.16, cf. Isoc. 19.10, etc.

II being a spectator at the theatre, games

being a spectator at the theatre or games, S. OT 1491; οὔτʼ ἐπὶ θεωρίαν πώποτε ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξῆλθες Pl. Cri. 52b; personified in Ar. Pax 523, al.

III viewing, beholding, to see the world, pilgrimage

viewing, beholding, θεωρίης εἵνεκεν ἐκδημεῖν to go abroad to see the world, Hdt. 1.30; κατὰ θεωρίης πρόφασιν ib. 29; ἐκπέμπειν τινὰ κατʼ ἐμπορίαν καὶ κατὰ θεωρίαν Isoc. 17.4, cf. Arist. Ath. 11.1, Th. 6.24; pilgrimage, E. Ba. 1047.

2 contemplation, consideration

of the mind, contemplation, consideration, Pl. Phlb. 38b: pl., θεῖαι θ. Id. R. 517d: c. gen., παντὸς μὲν χρόνου πάσης δὲ οὐσίας ib. 486a; ἡ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἡ τῶν ὅλων θ., Epicur. Ep. 2p.55U., Phld. Rh. 1.288S.; θ. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος Arist. Metaph. 989b25; ἡ περὶ φύσεως θ. Epicur. Ep. 1p.3U., etc.: pl., τὰς σαθρὰς αὐτοῦ θ. Demetr.Lac. Herc. 124.12.

b theory, speculation, theoretic reckoning

theory, speculation, opp. practice, Plb. 1.5.3; ἡ περὶ τὰ στρατόπεδα θ. Id. 6.42.6; αἱ νυκτεριναὶ καὶ ἡμεριναὶ θ. theoretic reckoning of night and day, Id. 9.14.6; ἡ μαθηματικὴ θ. Plu. Rom. 12.

3 sight, spectacle, public spectacle at the theatre, games

Pass., sight, spectacle, A. Pr. 802, etc.; esp. public spectacle at the theatre or games, Ar. V. 1005, X. Hier. 1.12; ἡ τοῦ Διονύσου θ. the Dionysia, Pl. Lg. 650a.

4 explanatory preface, continuous exposition

Rhet., explanatory preface to a μελέτη, Chor. in Hermes 17.208, etc.: so in Philos., continuous exposition, Olymp. in Mete. 18.30, al.

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