θεωρία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰe.ɔː.rí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰe.oˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θe.oˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θe.oˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θe.oˈri.a/
Noun
θεωρῐ́ᾱ • (theōrĭ́ā) f (genitive θεωρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- sending of state-ambassadors (θεωροί)
- embassy, mission
- sight, spectacle, viewing
- consideration, theory, speculation
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ θεωρῐ́ᾱ hē theōrĭ́ā |
τὼ θεωρῐ́ᾱ tṑ theōrĭ́ā |
αἱ θεωρῐ́αι hai theōrĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς θεωρῐ́ᾱς tês theōrĭ́ās |
τοῖν θεωρῐ́αιν toîn theōrĭ́ain |
τῶν θεωρῐῶν tôn theōrĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ θεωρῐ́ᾳ tēî theōrĭ́āi |
τοῖν θεωρῐ́αιν toîn theōrĭ́ain |
ταῖς θεωρῐ́αις taîs theōrĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν θεωρῐ́ᾱν tḕn theōrĭ́ān |
τὼ θεωρῐ́ᾱ tṑ theōrĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς θεωρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theōrĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θεωρῐ́ᾱ theōrĭ́ā |
θεωρῐ́ᾱ theōrĭ́ā |
θεωρῐ́αι theōrĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
Descendants
- Greek: θεωρία (theoría)
- → Latin: theōria (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: теория (teorija)
References
- “θεωρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θεωρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- θεωρία 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
- G2335 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.
- amusement idem, page 28.
- contemplation idem, page 166.
- deputation idem, page 213.
- embassy idem, page 267.
- envoy idem, page 279.
- fancy idem, page 306.
- festival idem, page 316.
- imagination idem, page 416.
- meditation idem, page 522.
- mission idem, page 535.
- observation idem, page 567.
- pageant idem, page 588.
- show idem, page 770.
- sight idem, page 774.
- sight-seeing idem, page 774.
- spectacle idem, page 800.
- speculation idem, page 800.
- view idem, page 951.
- vision idem, page 954.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θeoˈria/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: θε‧ω‧ρί‧α
- Homophone: θεωρεία (theoreía)
Noun
θεωρία • (theoría) f (plural θεωρίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | θεωρία (theoría) | θεωρίες (theoríes) |
| genitive | θεωρίας (theorías) | θεωριών (theorión) |
| accusative | θεωρία (theoría) | θεωρίες (theoríes) |
| vocative | θεωρία (theoría) | θεωρίες (theoríes) |
Related terms
- θεωρείο f (theoreío, “gallery”)
- θεώρημα n (theórima, “theorem”)
- θεωρητικός m (theoritikós, “theoretical”)
- θεωρώ (theoró, “to consider, to validate”)
- θεωρία των συνόλων f (theoría ton synólon, “set theory”)
- θωριά f (thoriá, “appearance”)