θέατρον

A. place for seeing, esp.for dramatic representation, theatre, Hdt. 6.67, IG 22.1176, al.; as a place of assembly, Th. 8.93, Lys. 13.32, SIG 976.4 (Samos, ii B.C.), Posidon. 36 J. Act.Ap. 19.20, etc.; θ. κυνηγετικόν, of the Roman amphitheatre, D.C. 43.22; εἰς τὸ θ. εἰσφέρειν to bring upon the stage, Isoc. 12.122; τὸ καλὸν τοῦ θ. a good place in the theatre, Ael. VH 2.13, cf. Alciphr. 3.20.

2. collective for οἱ θεαταί, the spectators, 'the house', Hdt. 6.21, Ar. Eq. 233, al., Pl. Smp. 194b, Com.Adesp. 3D.: metaph., ἐκάθηντο θέατρον αὐτῷ Lib. Ep. 722.4.

3. = θέαμα, spectacle, θ. ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ 1 Ep.Cor. 4.9.

4. metaph., of life, τουτὶ τὸ θ. ὑπεκρίθημεν Porph. Marc. 2.