θεωρητικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεωρέω (theōréō) +‎ -τικός (-tikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.ɔː.rɛː.ti.kós/ → /θe.o.ri.tiˈkos/ → /θe.o.ri.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ɔː.rɛː.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.re̝.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ri.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ri.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ri.tiˈkos/

Adjective

θεωρητῐκός • (theōrētĭkós) m (feminine θεωρητῐκή, neuter θεωρητῐκόν); first/second declension

1. contemplative, speculative, fond of contemplating [with genitive]
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Definitions 414b
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1095b
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Pericles 16.7
2. ingenious
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Demetrius 20.2
3. allegorical
   • 329 CE – 390 CE, Gregory of Nazianzus, Orationes 42.12

Declension

First and second declension of θεωρητῐκός; θεωρητῐκή; θεωρητῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θεωρητῐκός theōrētĭkós	θεωρητῐκή theōrētĭkḗ	θεωρητῐκόν theōrētĭkón		θεωρητῐκώ theōrētĭkṓ	θεωρητῐκᾱ́ theōrētĭkā́	θεωρητῐκώ theōrētĭkṓ		θεωρητῐκοί theōrētĭkoí	θεωρητῐκαί theōrētĭkaí	θεωρητῐκᾰ́ theōrētĭkắ
Genitive		θεωρητῐκοῦ theōrētĭkoû	θεωρητῐκῆς theōrētĭkês	θεωρητῐκοῦ theōrētĭkoû		θεωρητῐκοῖν theōrētĭkoîn	θεωρητῐκαῖν theōrētĭkaîn	θεωρητῐκοῖν theōrētĭkoîn		θεωρητῐκῶν theōrētĭkôn	θεωρητῐκῶν theōrētĭkôn	θεωρητῐκῶν theōrētĭkôn
Dative		θεωρητῐκῷ theōrētĭkôi	θεωρητῐκῇ theōrētĭkêi	θεωρητῐκῷ theōrētĭkôi		θεωρητῐκοῖν theōrētĭkoîn	θεωρητῐκαῖν theōrētĭkaîn	θεωρητῐκοῖν theōrētĭkoîn		θεωρητῐκοῖς theōrētĭkoîs	θεωρητῐκαῖς theōrētĭkaîs	θεωρητῐκοῖς theōrētĭkoîs
Accusative		θεωρητῐκόν theōrētĭkón	θεωρητῐκήν theōrētĭkḗn	θεωρητῐκόν theōrētĭkón		θεωρητῐκώ theōrētĭkṓ	θεωρητῐκᾱ́ theōrētĭkā́	θεωρητῐκώ theōrētĭkṓ		θεωρητῐκούς theōrētĭkoús	θεωρητῐκᾱ́ς theōrētĭkā́s	θεωρητῐκᾰ́ theōrētĭkắ
Vocative		θεωρητῐκέ theōrētĭké	θεωρητῐκή theōrētĭkḗ	θεωρητῐκόν theōrētĭkón		θεωρητῐκώ theōrētĭkṓ	θεωρητῐκᾱ́ theōrētĭkā́	θεωρητῐκώ theōrētĭkṓ		θεωρητῐκοί theōrētĭkoí	θεωρητῐκαί theōrētĭkaí	θεωρητῐκᾰ́ theōrētĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θεωρητῐκῶς theōrētĭkôs				θεωρητῐκώτερος theōrētĭkṓteros				θεωρητῐκώτᾰτος theōrētĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: θεωρητικός (theoritikós)
• → Latin: theorēticus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• θεωρητικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “θεωρητικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “θεωρητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • contemplative idem, page 166.
  • speculative idem, page 800.
  • theoretical idem, page 865.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θe.o.ɾi.tiˈkos/
• Rhymes: -os
• Hyphenation: θε‧ω‧ρη‧τι‧κός

Adjective

θεωρητικός • (theoritikós) m (feminine θεωρητική, neuter θεωρητικό)

1. theoretical, abstract
2. hypothetical, imaginary
3. (nominalized) theorist, theoretician

Declension

Declension of θεωρητικός

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	θεωρητικός (theoritikós)	θεωρητική (theoritikí)	θεωρητικό (theoritikó)		θεωρητικοί (theoritikoí)	θεωρητικές (theoritikés)	θεωρητικά (theoritiká)
genitive	θεωρητικού (theoritikoú)	θεωρητικής (theoritikís)	θεωρητικού (theoritikoú)		θεωρητικών (theoritikón)	θεωρητικών (theoritikón)	θεωρητικών (theoritikón)
accusative	θεωρητικό (theoritikó)	θεωρητική (theoritikí)	θεωρητικό (theoritikó)		θεωρητικούς (theoritikoús)	θεωρητικές (theoritikés)	θεωρητικά (theoritiká)
vocative	θεωρητικέ (theoritiké)	θεωρητική (theoritikí)	θεωρητικό (theoritikó)		θεωρητικοί (theoritikoí)	θεωρητικές (theoritikés)	θεωρητικά (theoritiká)

Related terms

• see: θεωρώ (theoró, “to think”)