θεωρίαν (theorian)

θεωρίαν is an Ancient Greek form of θεωρία, meaning “viewing, contemplation, theory”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 140 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 2.3.7: … ιαθεὶς γὰρ ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ὡς ἀμελῶν, τί οὖν, ἔφη, οὐχ ὑμεῖς ἐπιμελεῖσθε; καὶ τέλος ἀπέστη καὶ περὶ τὴν τῶν φυσικῶν θεωρίαν ἦν οὐ φροντίζων τῶν πολιτικῶν. ὅτε καὶ πρὸς τὸν εἰπόντα, οὐδέν σοι μέλει τῆς πατρίδος; εὐφήμει, ἔφη, ἐμοὶ γὰρ …

Aristophanes, Peace 713: ἀλλʼ ὡς τάχιστα τήνδε τὴν Θεωρίαν

Claudius Ptolemaeus, Tetrabiblos 1.2·4: … ατος φύσιν καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸ μέγεθος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἀσθένειαν. καθʼ ὅλου γὰρ πρὸς τῷ τὴν περὶ τὸ ποιὸν τῆς ὕλης θεωριαν πᾶσαν εἰκαστικὴν εἶναι καὶ οὐ διαβεβαιωτικήν, καὶ μάλιστα τὴν ἐκ πολλῶν ἀνομοίων συγκιρναμένην, ἔτι καὶ τοῖς …

All forms of θεωρία (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.