θεωρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θεᾱρία (Doric)
• θεωρίη (Ionic)
• θιαωρία (Boeotian)

Etymology

From θεωρός "spectator," literally "one looking at a show", from *θεᾱ+ϝορός > θε(ε)ωρός (Frisk); derivation from θεός was suggested by Koller Glotta 36, 273ff.

Pronunciation

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• (5th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ɔ͜ɔrí.a͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰɛoːríaː/

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /θeoría/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeoría/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeoɾía/

Noun

1. sending of state-ambassadors (θεωροί)
2. embassy, mission
3. sight, spectacle, viewing
4. consideration, theory, speculation

Derived terms

• θεωρητός
• θεωρητικός

Descendants

• English: theory
• Greek: θεωρία
• Latin: theoria
• Russian: теория f (teórija)
• Spanish: teoría
• French: théorie

References

• Bauer lexicon
• Liddell & Scott, LSJ
• G2335 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Noun

θεωρία • (theoría) f (plural theoría)

1. theory

Declension

Declension of θεωρία

	singular	plural
nominative	θεωρία •	θεωρίες •
genitive	θεωρίας •	θεωριών •
accusative	θεωρία •	θεωρίες •
vocative	θεωρία •	θεωρίες •

Related terms

• θεωρητικός (theoritikós)
• θεωρώ (theoró, “to consider, to validate”)
• θεωρείο (theoreío)
• θωριά (thoriá)
• θεωρία των συνόλων f (theoría ton synólon, “set theory”)