θεωρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ (v. infr.),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[envoy sent to consult an oracle]], S.''OT''114, ''OC'' 413; [[envoy]] sent to [[present]] an [[offering]], Orac. ap. D.21.53; to [[be present at festivals]], θεωροὺς εἰς τὰ Πύθια πέμψαι D.19.128, cf. D.H.''Lys.''29, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[envoy]], sent to kings regarded as divine, Plu.''Demetr.''11, Ath.13.607c.<br><span class="bld">II</span> title of a [[magistrate]] at Mantinea, Th.5.47; at Naupactus, ''IG''9(1).360 (pl.), cf. ib.12(5).527 (found in Ceos); at Thasos, ib.12(8).267, etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[spectator]], Thgn.805, A.''Pr.''118, ''Ch.'' 246, ''Fr.''289; πολέμου Pl.''R.''467c, etc.; opp. [[ἀγωνιστής]], Achae.3; [[one who travels to see]] men and things, Pl.''Lg.''951a, 953c; also λαμπάδα θ. εἰκάδων E.''Ion'' 1076 (lyr., s.v.l.). (Uncontr. θεαορός ''Schwyzer''664.30 (Orchom. Arc., iv B.C.): contr. θεᾱρός in Dor. (''SIG''558.24, etc.), Arc. (''IG''5(2).4 (Tegea), etc.): θεουρός Thess. (''Inscr.Magn.''26): θευρός Thas. (''IG''12(8). [[l.c.]]); θιᾱρός Corc. (''Inscr.Magn.''44).) (Perh. fr. <b class="b3">θεᾱhορϝος</b>, cf. [[θεηκόλος]] and [[θυρωρός]] ([[θυρουρός]]) fr. <b class="b3">θυρᾰhορϝος</b>.)