contemplation
From LSJ
ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθ' ἀπόλωλεν, ἐπεὶ πίεν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ → so there he perished, when he had drunk the salt water
view, sight: P. and V. θέα, ἡ.
mental contemplation: P. θέα, ἡ, θεωρία, ἡ, P. and V. σκέψις, ἡ.
speculation (in philosophic sense): P. θεωρία, ἡ.