θεωρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ (v. infr.),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[envoy sent to consult an oracle]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''114, ''OC'' 413; [[envoy]] sent to [[present]] an [[offering]], Orac. ap. D.21.53; to be [[present]] at [[festival]]s, θεωροὺς εἰς τὰ [[Πύθια]] πέμψαι D.19.128, cf. D.H.''Lys.''29, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[envoy]], sent to [[king]]s 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, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|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.]]); [[θιαρός|θιᾱρός]] Corc. (''Inscr.Magn.''44).) (Perh. fr. θεᾱhορϝος, cf. [[θεηκόλος]] and [[θυρωρός]] ([[θυρουρός]]) fr. θυρᾰhορϝος.)