θεωρία, θεωριας, ἡ (θεωρός, on which see θεωρέω at the beginning); from (Aeschylus), Herodotus down; 1. a viewing, beholding. 2. that which is viewed; a spectacle, sight: Luk_23:48 (3Ma_5:24).

θεωρία theōria 1x a beholding; a sight, spectacle, Luk_23:48

θεωρία , -ας , ἡ ( see θεωρέω ), [in LXX : Da LXX Dan_5:7 , 2Ma_5:26 ; 2Ma_15:12 , 3Ma_5:24 * ;] 1. a viewing. 2. = θεώρημα , a spectacle, sight: Luk_23:48 (both senses in cl .).†

θεωρία [page 290] With the use of this subst. in Luk_23:48 we may compare P Tebt I. 33 .6 (B.C. 112) (= Selections, p. 30), where arrangements are made for the reception of a Roman senator who is making the voyage to Egypt to see the sights ἀνάπλουν . . . ἐπὶ θεωρίαν ποιούμενος : cf. P Oxy VII. 1025 .16 (late iii/A.D.) τῶν θεωριῶν , the spectacles at a village festival. It refers to a judicial investigation in P Tor I. 1 viii. 5 (B.C. 117 6) καὶ μὴ προσεκτέον αὐτῶι ἐφ᾽ ἑτέραν θεωρίαν μεταφέροντι τὴν γεγονυῖαν αὐτῶι πρὸς ἄλλους περὶ οὐδη (π )οτοῦν πράγματος ἀμφιζβήτησιν , and to an agricultural survey in P Amh II. 68 .57 (late i/A.D.) ἐκ τῆς νυνεὶ κατ᾽ ἀγρῦν θεωρίας : in Michel 509 .8 (B.C. 241) ἐκδεξάμενος τάς τε παρούσας θεωρίας πρ [επ ]όντως , it = embassy, mission. MGr θωρία , look, glance, θεωρία , theory. For θεώρημα see P Lond 121 .473 (magic iii/A.D.) (= 1. p. 99), for θεώρησις CP Herm I. 7 ii. 23 (ii/A.D. ?), and for θεωρός OGIS 232 .5 (ii/B.C.). P Oxy III. 473 .4 (A.D. 138 60) τά τ̣ε̣ [θε ]ωρικὰ χρήματα are the funds provided for theatrical displays : see also Wilcken Ostr. i. p. 373 f.

θεωρία θεωρία, ἡ, [Etym: θεωρέω] "a looking at, viewing, beholding", θεωρίης εἵνεκεν ἐκδημεῖν to go abroad "to see the world", Hdt. ; so Thuc. , etc.: of the mind, "contemplation, speculation", Plat. , etc. pass. = θεώρημα, "a sight, show, spectacle", Aesch. , Eur. , etc.; esp. at a theatre, Ar. , Xen. "the being a spectator at the theatre or the public games", Soph. , Plat. "the" θεωροί or "state-ambassadors" sentto "the office of" θεωρός, "a mission", id=Plat. , Xen. "the office of" θεωρός, "discharge of that office", Thuc. , etc.

θεωρία, -ας, ἡ (see: θεωρέω), [in LXX: Dan LXX 5:7, 2Ma.5:26 2Mac 15:12, 3Ma.5:24 * ;] __1. a viewing. __2. = θεώρημα, a spectacle, sight: Luk.23:48 (both senses in cl.).† (AS)