θεωρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θεᾱρῐ́ᾱ (theāríā) — Doric
• θεωρῐ́η (theōríē) — Ionic
• θῐᾰωρῐ́ᾱ (thiaōríā) — Boeotian

Etymology

From θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.ɔː.rí.aː/ → /θe.oˈri.a/ → /θe.oˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ɔː.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈri.a/

Noun

θεωρῐ́ᾱ • (theōríā) f (genitive θεωρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. sending of state-ambassadors (θεωροί)
2. embassy, mission
3. sight, spectacle, viewing
4. consideration, theory, speculation

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θεωρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θεωρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θεωρῐ́ᾱ hē theōríā	τὼ θεωρῐ́ᾱ tṑ theōríā	αἱ θεωρῐ́αι hai theōríai
Genitive	τῆς θεωρῐ́ᾱς tês theōríās	τοῖν θεωρῐ́αιν toîn theōríain	τῶν θεωρῐῶν tôn theōriôn
Dative	τῇ θεωρῐ́ᾳ têi theōríāi	τοῖν θεωρῐ́αιν toîn theōríain	ταῖς θεωρῐ́αις taîs theōríais
Accusative	τὴν θεωρῐ́ᾱν tḕn theōríān	τὼ θεωρῐ́ᾱ tṑ theōríā	τᾱ̀ς θεωρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theōríās
Vocative	θεωρῐ́ᾱ theōríā	θεωρῐ́ᾱ theōríā	θεωρῐ́αι theōríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• θεώρημα (theṓrēma)
• θεωρῐκός (theōrikós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: θεωρία (theoría)
• → Latin: theōria (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: теория (teorija)

References

• “θεωρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θεωρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θεωρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2335 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amusement idem, page 28.
  • contemplation idem, page 166.
  • deputation idem, page 213.
  • embassy idem, page 267.
  • envoy idem, page 279.
  • fancy idem, page 306.
  • festival idem, page 316.
  • imagination idem, page 416.
  • meditation idem, page 522.
  • mission idem, page 535.
  • observation idem, page 567.
  • pageant idem, page 588.
  • show idem, page 770.
  • sight idem, page 774.
  • sight-seeing idem, page 774.
  • spectacle idem, page 800.
  • speculation idem, page 800.
  • view idem, page 951.
  • vision idem, page 954.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeoˈria/

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• Hyphenation: θε‧ω‧ρί‧α
• Homophone: θεωρεία (theoreía)

Noun

θεωρία • (theoría) f (plural θεωρίες)

1. theory
2. contemplation

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	θεωρία (theoría)	θεωρίες (theoríes)
genitive	θεωρίας (theorías)	θεωριών (theorión)
accusative	θεωρία (theoría)	θεωρίες (theoríes)
vocative	θεωρία (theoría)	θεωρίες (theoríes)

Related terms

• θεωρείο f (theoreío, “gallery”)
• θεώρημα n (theórima, “theorem”)
• θεωρητικός m (theoritikós, “theoretical”)
• θεωρώ (theoró, “to consider, to validate”)
• θεωρία των συνόλων f (theoría ton synólon, “set theory”)
• θωριά f (thoriá, “appearance”)