θεατής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θεητής (theētḗs) — Ionic

Etymology

θεάομαι (theáomai, “to gaze at”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.aː.tɛ̌ːs/ → /θe.aˈtis/ → /θe.aˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.aː.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.aˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.aˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.aˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.aˈtis/

Noun

θεᾱτής • (theātḗs) m (genitive θεᾱτοῦ); first declension (Attic, Koine)

1. one who sees or goes to see
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.139
2. spectator, member of the audience in the theater
   • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 575
3. 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
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “θεατής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Greek

Noun

θεατής • (theatís) m (plural θεατές)

1. spectator, observer, viewer, onlooker

Declension

Declension of θεατής

	singular	plural
nominative	θεατής •	θεατές •
genitive	θεατή •	θεατών •
accusative	θεατή •	θεατές •
vocative	θεατή •	θεατές •