θέατρον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- θέητρον (théētron) — Ionic
Etymology
From θεάομαι (theáomai, “to view”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰé.aː.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰe.a.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.a.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.a.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθe.a.tron/
Noun
θέᾱτρον • (théātron) n (genitive θεᾱ́τρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ θέᾱτρον tò théātron |
τὼ θεᾱ́τρω tṑ theā́trō |
τᾰ̀ θέᾱτρᾰ tằ théātră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θεᾱ́τρου toû theā́trou |
τοῖν θεᾱ́τροιν toîn theā́troin |
τῶν θεᾱ́τρων tôn theā́trōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θεᾱ́τρῳ tōî theā́trōi |
τοῖν θεᾱ́τροιν toîn theā́troin |
τοῖς θεᾱ́τροις toîs theā́trois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ θέᾱτρον tò théātron |
τὼ θεᾱ́τρω tṑ theā́trō |
τᾰ̀ θέᾱτρᾰ tằ théātră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θέᾱτρον théātron |
θεᾱ́τρω theā́trō |
θέᾱτρᾰ théātră | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀμφιθέατρον (amphithéatron)
- ἀμφιθέατρος (amphithéatros)
Descendants
- Greek: θέατρο (théatro)
- → Hebrew: תאטרון (teatrón)
- → Aramaic:
- Jewish Literary Aramaic: תיאטר (/tyˀṭr/)
- Classical Syriac: ܬܐܛܪܘܢ (teˀaṭrōn)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܐܛܪܘܢ (teˀaṭrōn)
- → Coptic: ⲑⲉⲁⲧⲣⲟⲛ (theatron)
- → Latin: theātrum (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: թատր (tʻatr), թէատրոն (tʻēatron), թեատրոն (tʻeatron)
Further reading
- “θέατρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θέατρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- θέατρον 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
- G2302 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.