θεωρ-ία, Ion.
-ίη, Dor.
θεᾱρία(v. infr.), Boeot.
θιαωρία Ἐφ.ἀρχ. 1892.34 :ἡ:—
A. sending of θεωροίorstate-ambassadorsto the oracles or games, or, collectively,the θεωροί themselves, embassy, mission, θεωρίαν ἀπάγειν εἰς Δῆλον
Pl. Phd. 58b
: pl., opp.στρατεῖαι, Id. R. 556c ;ἄγειν τῷ Διὶ τῷ Νεμείῳ τὴν κοινὴν ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως θ. D. 21.115 , cf. X. Mem. 4.8.2 , Decr.Byz. ap. D. 18.91 (θεᾱρία), Plb. 28.19.4 .
2. office of θεωρός,discharge of that office,τῆς Ὀλυμπίαζε θ. Th. 6.16 , cf. Isoc. 19.10 , etc.
II. being a spectator at the theatreorgames, S. OT 1491 ; οὔτ' ἐπὶ θεωρίαν πώποτε ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξῆλθες
Pl. Cri. 52b
; personified in Ar. Pax 523 ,al.
III. viewing, beholding,θεωρίης εἵνεκεν ἐκδημεῖνto go abroadto see the world, Hdt. 1.30 ;κατὰ θεωρίης πρόφασινib. 29 ; ἐκπέμπειν τινὰ κατ' ἐμπορίαν καὶ κατὰ θεωρίαν
Isoc. 17.4