1. θεωρός · theōros — Beekes
spectator, envoy to a festival or to an oracle
The corpus record
θεωρός
theoros
spectator, envoy to a festival or to an oracle
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Distribution
- Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
- Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
- Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
- Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
- Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
- Rhetoric 3 · 0.7/10k
- Against Midias 1 · 0.67/10k
- On the False Embassy 1 · 0.43/10k
- Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
- Laws 4 · 0.39/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. θεωρός · theōros — Chantraine
ion
3. θεωρός · theōros — LSJ
envoy sent to consult an oracle
Attestations
- θεωροὺς · theōrous Plato, Republic 5.467 (DIORISIS sentence 3219)
- θεωρούς · theōrous Plato, Republic 7.537 (DIORISIS sentence 4639)
- θεωροὺς · theōrous Plato, Timaeus 57 (DIORISIS sentence 495)
- θεωρός · theōros Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 117–118
- θεωρὸς · theōros Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 246
- θεωρός · theōros Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 114–115
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan p. 592; entry #2562
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- scan p. 447; entry #3139 Review: Under source audit
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