Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θεητής ‎(theētḗs) Ionic

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 1098.a.31

Declension

References

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

Greek

Noun

θεατής • ‎(theatís) m ‎(plural θεατές)

1. spectator, observer, viewer, onlooker

Declension