θεωρητικός

From θεωρέω (theōréō) +‎ -τικός (-tikós).

θεωρητῐκός • (theōrētĭkós) m (feminine θεωρητῐκή, neuter θεωρητῐκόν); first/second declension

1. contemplative, speculative, fond of contemplating [with genitive]
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Definitions 414b
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1095b
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Pericles 16.7
2. ingenious
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Demetrius 20.2
3. allegorical
   • 329 CE – 390 CE, Gregory of Nazianzus, Orationes 42.12

• Greek: θεωρητικός (theoritikós)
• → Latin: theorēticus (see there for further descendants)

• θεωρητικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θεωρητικός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “θεωρητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • contemplative idem, page 166.
  • speculative idem, page 800.
  • theoretical idem, page 865.

From Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós)

• IPA^(key): /θe.o.ɾi.tiˈkos/
• Rhymes: -os
• Hyphenation: θε‧ω‧ρη‧τι‧κός

θεωρητικός • (theoritikós) m (feminine θεωρητική, neuter θεωρητικό)

1. theoretical, abstract
2. hypothetical, imaginary
3. (nominalized) theorist, theoretician

• see: θεωρώ (theoró, “to think”)