Lexical Definition

‎θεωρία‎ theōría (theh-o-ree'-ah) sight ^G:N-F
from the same as ‎θεωρέω‎

sight.

• spectatorship, i.e. (concretely) a spectacle

Abbott-Smith

θεωρία, -ας, ἡ (v.s. θεωρέω), [in LXX: Da LXX 5:7, II Mac 5:26 15:12, III Mac 5:24*;]
1. a viewing.
2. = θεώρημα, a spectacle, sight: Lk 23:48 (both senses in cl.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

θεωρία-ία,

Ionic dialect θεωρίαίη, Doric dialect θεᾱρία (see. below), Boeotian dialect θιαωρία Ἐφ.Ἀρχ. 1892.34: ἡ:— sending of θεωρίαοί or state-ambassadors to the oracles or games, or, collectively, the θεωρίαοί themselves, embassy, mission, θεωρίαίαν ἀπάγειν εἰς Δῆλον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄγειν τῷ Διὶ τῷ Νεμείῳ τὴν κοινὴν ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 office of θεωρίαός, discharge of that office, τῆς Ὀλυμπίαζε θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II being a spectator at the theatre or games, [θεωρίαίαν πώποτε ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξῆλθες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 52b; personified in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 523, +others ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III viewing, beholding, θεωρίαίης εἵνεκεν ἐκδημεῖν to go abroad to see the world, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ θεωρίαίης πρόφασιν[θεωρίαίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.4, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 11.1, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.24 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; pilgrimage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 of the mind, contemplation, consideration, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἡ τῶν ὅλων θ., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ φύσεως θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.2.b theory, speculation, opposed to practice, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ τὰ στρατόπεδα θ. [Refs]; αἱ νυκτεριναὶ καὶ ἡμεριναὶ θ. theoretic reckoning of night and day, [Refs]; ἡ μαθηματικὴ θ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III.3 passive, sight, spectacle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially public spectacle at the theatre or games, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ Διονύσου θ. the Dionysia, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4 Rhet., explanatory preface to a μελέτη, [Refs 6th c.AD+]: so in Philos., continuous exposition, [Refs 6th c.AD+]