θεωρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θεαορός (theaorós) (uncontracted)
• θεᾱρός (theārós) (Doric)
• θεουρός (theourós) (Thessalian)
• θευρός (theurós)
• θιᾱρός (thiārós) (Corcyrean)

Etymology

From an earlier *θεᾱ-(ϝ)ορός (*theā-(w)orós), *θεη-(ϝ)ορός (*theē-(w)orós), from the roots of θέᾱ (théā, “sight, view, perspective”) + ὁράω (horáō, “I see”), although perhaps with partial signification from θεός (theós, “god”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.ɔː.rós/ → /θe.oˈros/ → /θe.oˈros/

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

Noun

θεωρός • (theōrós) m (genitive θεωροῦ); second declension

1. spectator
2. envoy sent to consult an oracle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θεωρός; τοῦ θεωροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θεωρός ho theōrós	τὼ θεωρώ tṑ theōrṓ	οἱ θεωροί hoi theōroí
Genitive	τοῦ θεωροῦ toû theōroû	τοῖν θεωροῖν toîn theōroîn	τῶν θεωρῶν tôn theōrôn
Dative	τῷ θεωρῷ tôi theōrôi	τοῖν θεωροῖν toîn theōroîn	τοῖς θεωροῖς toîs theōroîs
Accusative	τὸν θεωρόν tòn theōrón	τὼ θεωρώ tṑ theōrṓ	τοὺς θεωρούς toùs theōroús
Vocative	θεωρέ theōré	θεωρώ theōrṓ	θεωροί theōroí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θεωρέω (theōréō)
• θεωρίᾱ (theōríā)

Further reading

• “θεωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θεωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θεωρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θεωρός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • beholder idem, page 72.
  • deputy idem, page 213.
  • envoy idem, page 279.
  • messenger idem, page 527.
  • observer idem, page 567.
  • onlooker idem, page 574.
  • spectator idem, page 800.
  • watcher idem, page 967.