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θεωρός

θεωρός, a spectator

θεωρός, ὁ (v. infr.),
  • 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 generally, envoy, sent to kings regarded as divine, Plu. Demetr. 11, Ath. 13.607c.
    • II 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, 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 (θυρουρός) fr. θυρᾰ-hορϝος.)

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