θέᾱτρον, Ion.
θέητρον,τό, (θεάομαι)
A. place for seeing, esp.for dramatic representation, theatre, Hdt. 6.67 , IG 22.1176 , al.; asa place of assembly, Th. 8.93 , Lys. 13.32 , SIG 976.4 (Samos,ii B.C.), Posidon. 36
J.,Act.Ap. 19.20 , etc.;θ. κυνηγετικόν, of the Romanamphitheatre, D.C. 43.22 ;εἰς τὸ θ. εἰσφέρεινto bring uponthe stage, Isoc. 12.122 ;τὸ καλὸν τοῦ θ. a good place in thetheatre, Ael. VH 2.13 , cf. Alciphr. 3.20 .
2. collective forοἱ θεαταί,the spectators, 'the house', Hdt. 6.21 , Ar. Eq. 233 , al., Pl. Smp. 194b , Com.Adesp. 3D. : metaph., ἐκάθηντο θέατρον αὐτῷ
Lib. Ep. 722.4
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= θέαμα ,spectacle, θ. ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ
1 Ep.Cor. 4.9
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4. metaph., oflife, τουτὶ τὸ θ. ὑπεκρίθημεν
Porph. Marc. 2
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