θέατρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θέητρον (théētron) — Ionic

Etymology

From θεάομαι (theáomai, “to view”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰé.aː.tron/ → /ˈθe.a.tron/ → /ˈθe.a.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰé.aː.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe.a.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.a.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.a.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.a.tron/

Noun

θέᾱτρον • (théātron) n (genitive θεᾱ́τρου); second declension

1. theatre, gathering place
2. play, spectacle

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ θέᾱτρον; τοῦ θεᾱ́τρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θέᾱτρον tò théātron	τὼ θεᾱ́τρω tṑ theā́trō	τᾰ̀ θέᾱτρᾰ tà théātra
Genitive	τοῦ θεᾱ́τρου toû theā́trou	τοῖν θεᾱ́τροιν toîn theā́troin	τῶν θεᾱ́τρων tôn theā́trōn
Dative	τῷ θεᾱ́τρῳ tôi theā́trōi	τοῖν θεᾱ́τροιν toîn theā́troin	τοῖς θεᾱ́τροις toîs theā́trois
Accusative	τὸ θέᾱτρον tò théātron	τὼ θεᾱ́τρω tṑ theā́trō	τᾰ̀ θέᾱτρᾰ tà théātra
Vocative	θέᾱτρον théātron	θεᾱ́τρω theā́trō	θέᾱτρᾰ théātra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμφιθέατρον (amphithéatron)
• ἀμφιθέατρος (amphithéatros)

Descendants

• Greek: θέατρο (théatro)
• → Hebrew: תאטרון (teatrón)
• → Aramaic:

  Jewish Literary Aramaic: תיאטר (/⁠tyˀṭr⁠/)

  Classical Syriac: ܬܐܛܪܘܢ (tˀṭrwn /⁠teˀaṭrōn⁠/)

• → Coptic: ⲑⲉⲁⲧⲣⲟⲛ (theatron)
• → Latin: theatrum (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: theatre, theater
• → Old Armenian: թատր (tʿatr), թէատրոն (tʿēatron), թեատրոն (tʿeatron)

Further reading

• “θέατρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θέατρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θέατρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2302 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • stage idem, page 808.
  • theatre idem, page 863.