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θεωρός

theoros · ὁ

envoy sent to consult an oracle

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Where it lives

  • 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
  • Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
  • Laws 4 · 0.39/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
  • Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
  • History 3 · 0.2/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

envoy sent to consult an oracle, to present an offering, to be present at festivals

envoy sent to consult an oracle, S. OT 114, OC 413; to present an offering, Orac. ap. D. 21.53; to be present at festivals, θεωροὺς εἰς τὰ Πύθια πέμψαι D. 19.128, cf. D.H. Lys. 29, etc.

2 envoy

generally, envoy, sent to kings regarded as divine, Plu. Demetr. 11, Ath. 13.607c.

II magistrate

title of a magistrate at Mantinea, Th. 5.47; at Naupactus, IG 9(1).360 (pl.), cf. ib. 12(5).527 (found in Ceos); at Thasos, ib. 12(8).267, etc.

III spectator, one who travels to see

spectator, Thgn. 805, A. Pr. 118, Ch. 246, Fr. 289; πολέμου Pl. R. 467c, etc.; opp. ἀγωνιστής, Achae. 3; one who travels to see men and things, Pl. Lg. 951a, 953c; also λαμπάδα θ. εἰκάδων E. Ion 1076 (lyr., s.v.l.). (Uncontr. θεαορός Schwyzer 664.30 (Orchom. Arc., iv B.C.): contr. θεᾱρός in Dor. (SIG 558.24, etc.), Arc. (IG 5(2).4 (Tegea), etc.): θεουρός Thess. (Inscr.Magn. 26): θευρός Thas. (IG 12(8). l.c.); θιᾱρός Corc. (Inscr.Magn. 44).) (Perh. fr. θεᾱ-hορϝος, cf. θεη-κόλος and θυρωρός (θυρου

In the wild

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Where it came from

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