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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">seeing, looking at, contemplation, aspect</b> (IA).<br />Other forms: Ion. [[θέη]] (Syrac. [[θάα]]?; s. Kaibel CGF 1,200)<br />Compounds: As 1. member in [[θεωρός]] [[spectator]], [[envoy at a feast]], s. v.<br />Derivatives: [[Θαΐς]] f. PN (D. S.). - [[θεάομαι]], Ion. [[θηέομαι]], Dor. [[θαέομαι]] (with [[θάμεθα]] [Sophr.] and other contracted forms; Bechtel Dial. 2, 191), also with prefix, e. g. <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>, [[look at]], [[behold]] (Il.) with several verbal nouns: 1. [[θέαμα]], [[θέημα]] [[sight]], [[spectacle]] (Semon., A.); 2. [[θέασις]] [[contemplation]], [[insight]] (Gal., Porph.); 3. [[θατύς]] (Dor. < <b class="b3">*θαατύς</b>) [[ἴκριον]] (= [[bank in theater]]), [[θεωρεῖον]], <b class="b3">ἐς θατύν εἰς θεωρίαν</b> H.; 4. [[θέατρον]], [[θέητρον]] [[place for spectators]], [[theater]] (IA) with several compp. and derivv., e. g. <b class="b3">ἀμφι-θέατρος</b> prop. bahuvrihi [[with place for spectators around]] ([[ἱππόδρομος]], [[στοά]]), subst. <b class="b3">-ον</b> [[amphitheater]] (D. H., Str.), [[θεατρικός]], [[θεατρίζω]], [[θεατρισμός]]; 5. [[θεατής]], [[θεητής]] [[spectator]] (IA) with [[θεατικός]] (Arr.); 6. [[θηητήρ]] (φ 397), [[θατήρ]] (B. 9, 23) <b class="b2">id.</b>; 7. [[θεήμων]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (APl.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: As basis of [[θέα]] etc. we can assume <b class="b3">*θαϜα</b>; (the <b class="b3">-α</b> of Att. [[θέα]] from [[θεάομαι]]? s. Schwyzer 188 w. n. 2). From <b class="b3">*θάϜα</b>, <b class="b3">*θήϜη</b>, [[θέα]] (with shortening [[η]] > [[ε]]; Schwyzer 349) we can explain <b class="b3">θα(Ϝ)έομαι</b>, <b class="b3">θη(Ϝ)έομαι</b> (with [[αο]] > [[εο]]; Schwyzer 242f.), [[θεάομαι]] without difficulty as denominatives. Or it is an iterative-intensive deverbative (Schwyzer 720) with [[θέη]], [[θέα]] as back-formations; this seems indicated by the chronology. Another primary noun is prob. [[θῆβος]] (= [[θῆϜος]]) [[θαῦμα]] with [[θήγεια]] (= [[θήϜεια]]) [[θαυμαστά]], [[ψευδῆ]] and [[θηταλά]] (= [[θηϜαλά]]) [[θαυμαστά]], <b class="b3">ψεύδεσιν ὅμοια</b> H. - No cognates; wrong combinations in Bq, 832. Wrong Szemerényi Glotta 33, 256 (<b class="b3">*θάϜα</b> from IE <b class="b2">*dhm̥su̯ā</b> etc.). See on <b class="b3">θαῦ-μα</b> s.v.