θεωρητικῶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Hellenistic adverb from the ancient adjective θεωρητῐκός (theōrētĭkós, “speculative”) +‎ -ως (-ōs, “suffix for adverbs”).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.re̝.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ri.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ri.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ri.tiˈkos/

Adverb

θεωρητῐκῶς • (theōrētĭkôs) (Koine)

speculatively, from a theoretical perspective
- Epicurius, 31.16.3

Further reading

θεωρητικός, -κῶς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
θεωρητῐκῶς in The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek p.940 by Franco Montanari