θεατής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- θεητής (theētḗs) – Ionic
Etymology
θεάομαι (theáomai, “to gaze at”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent noun suffix)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰe.aː.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰe.aˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θe.aˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θe.aˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θe.aˈtis/
Noun
θεᾱτής • (theātḗs) m (genitive θεᾱτοῦ); first declension (Attic, Koine)
- one who sees or goes to see
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.139
- spectator, member of the audience in the theater
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 575
- one who contemplates
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1098a.31
Declension
First declension of ὁ θεᾱτής; τοῦ θεᾱτοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ θεᾱτής ho theātḗs | τὼ θεᾱτᾱ́ tṑ theātā́ | οἱ θεᾱταί hoi theātaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θεᾱτοῦ toû theātoû | τοῖν θεᾱταῖν toîn theātaîn | τῶν θεᾱτῶν tôn theātôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θεᾱτῇ tôi theātêi | τοῖν θεᾱταῖν toîn theātaîn | τοῖς θεᾱταῖς toîs theātaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν θεᾱτήν tòn theātḗn | τὼ θεᾱτᾱ́ tṑ theātā́ | τοὺς θεᾱτᾱ́ς toùs theātā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | θεᾱτᾰ́ theātá | θεᾱτᾱ́ theātā́ | θεᾱταί theātaí | ||||||||||
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References
- “θεατής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Noun
θεατής • (theatís) m (plural θεατές)
- spectator, observer, viewer, onlooker
Declension
declension of θεατής
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | θεατής • | θεατές • |
genitive | θεατή • | θεατών • |
accusative | θεατή • | θεατές • |
vocative | θεατή • | θεατές • |