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θεωρία

θεωρία, a looking at, viewing, beholding

θεωρ-ία, Ion. θεωρίη, Dor. θεᾱρία (v. infr.), Boeot. θιαωρία Ἐφ.Ἀρχ. 1892.34: ἡ:—
  • sending of θεωροί or state-ambassadors to the oracles or games, or, collectively, the θεωροί themselves, embassy, mission, θεωρίαν ἀπάγειν εἰς Δῆλον Pl. Phd. 58b: pl., opp. στρατεῖαι, Id. R. 556c; ἄγειν τῷ Διὶ τῷ Νεμείῳ τὴν κοινὴν ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως θ. D. 21.115, cf. X. Mem. 4.8.2, Decr.Byz. ap. D. 18.91 (θεᾱρία), Plb. 28.19.4.
      • 2 office of θεωρός, discharge of that office, τῆς Ὀλυμπίαζε θ. Th. 6.16, cf. Isoc. 19.10, etc.
    • II being a spectator at the theatre or games, S. OT 1491; οὔτʼ ἐπὶ θεωρίαν πώποτε ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξῆλθες Pl. Cri. 52b; personified in Ar. Pax 523, al.
    • III viewing, beholding, θεωρίης εἵνεκεν ἐκδημεῖν to go abroad to see the world, Hdt. 1.30; κατὰ θεωρίης πρόφασιν ib. 29; ἐκπέμπειν τινὰ κατʼ ἐμπορίαν καὶ κατὰ θεωρίαν Isoc. 17.4, cf. Arist. Ath. 11.1, Th. 6.24; pilgrimage, E. Ba. 1047.
      • 2 of the mind, contemplation, consideration, Pl. Phlb. 38b: pl., θεῖαι θ. Id. R. 517d: c. gen., παντὸς μὲν χρόνου πάσης δὲ οὐσίας ib. 486a; ἡ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἡ τῶν ὅλων θ., Epicur. Ep. 2 p.55 U., Phld. Rh. 1.288 S.; θ. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος Arist. Metaph. 989b25; ἡ περὶ φύσεως θ. Epicur. Ep. 1 p.3 U., etc.: pl., τὰς σαθρὰς αὐτοῦ θ. Demetr.Lac. Herc. 124.12.
        • b theory, speculation, opp. practice, Plb. 1.5.3; ἡ περὶ τὰ στρατόπεδα θ. Id. 6.42.6; αἱ νυκτεριναὶ καὶ ἡμεριναὶ θ. theoretic reckoning of night and day, Id. 9.14.6; ἡ μαθηματικὴ θ. Plu. Rom. 12.
      • 3 Pass., sight, spectacle, A. Pr. 802, etc.; esp. public spectacle at the theatre or games, Ar. V. 1005, X. Hier. 1.12; ἡ τοῦ Διονύσου θ. the Dionysia, Pl. Lg. 650a.
      • 4 Rhet., explanatory preface to a μελέτη, Chor. in Hermes 17.208, etc.: so in Philos., continuous exposition, Olymp. in Mete. 18.30, al.

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