θεωρέω
theōreō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2025-03-31
Primary meaning to observe
Literal translation to observe
Variants
θεωρέω theōreō
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to observe verb of visual perception

Κατὰ γὰρ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον οἷς μὲν ὁ ἥλιος ὅλος ἐκλείπει, οἷς δὲ τὸ ἥμισυ, οἷς δὲ τὸ ἔλαττον τοῦ ἡμίσεος, οἷς δὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν οὐδὲν μέρος τοῦ ἡλίου ἐκλελοιπὸς θεωρεῖται.

‘For at the same time, for some the Sun is eclipsed whole, but for some half of it, and for some less than half, and for some no part of the Sun at all is observed to have been eclipsed.’

— Geminus 10.4

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 61

Ἀρκτικὸς μὲν οὖν ἐστι κύκλος ὁ μέγιστος τῶν ἀεὶ θεωρουμένων κύκλων, ὁ ἐφαπτόμενος τοῦ ὁρίζοντος καθ’ ἓν σημεῖον καὶ ὅλος ὑπὲρ γῆν ἀπολαμβανόμενος, ἐν ᾧ τὰ κείμενα τῶν ἄστρων οὔτε δύσιν οὔτε ἀνατολὴν ποιεῖται, ἀλλὰ δι’ ὅλης τῆς νυκτὸς περὶ τὸν πόλον στρεφόμενα θεωρεῖται.

‘The arctic circle is the biggest of the always visible circles, the one touching the horizon in one point and as a whole taken aside above the earth, in which the stars lying in it never perform a setting nor a rising, but are observed during the whole night turning around the pole.’

— Geminus 5.2

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 21


to be in aspect astrological concept

ἀλλ’ οὐ προσέσχον πρῶτον τὸν πολεύοντα καὶ διέποντα Ἑρμῆν εἰς πάθος ἐμπεπτωκότα· καὶ γὰρ μεγίστην ἀπόστασιν ἀπεῖχε τοῦ Ἡλίου καὶ ὑπὸ Κρόνου μόνου ἐθεωρεῖτο· ὃ καὶ βιαιοθάνατον ἀπετέλει.

‘But (those who previously interpreted this horoscope) did not pay attention first of all to Mercury, the one inhabiting and managing (the day and hour), which had fallen into suffering, for it had its greatest elongation from the Sun and was in aspect with Saturn only, and that caused violent death.’

— CCAG VI

Genre: horoscope
Date: 478

(GH L 478) 66-67


See also

𓍇𓏌𓅱𓁹 nwto be in aspect with

βλέπω blepōto be in aspect with

excipio to be approached by, have another planet come into aspect

coniungo to be in aspect with

respicio to be in aspect

radiatione pulsor to be in aspect

testimonium perhibeo to be in aspect

copulatio aspect

intueor to be in aspect with

aspicio to be in aspect

radiatione percutio to be in aspect

radiatione convenio to be in aspect

testimonium commodo to be in favorable aspect

radiis orno to be in favorable aspect

radio to be in aspect

attestor to be in aspect

ἀθεώρητος atheōrētosinvisible

θεωρούμενος theōroumenosvisible

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). θεωρέω (Lemma #653). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/653/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). θεωρέω (Lemma #653). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/653/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). θεωρέω (Lemma #653). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/653/

Harvard
Peeters, T. and Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) θεωρέω (Lemma #653), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/653/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac653,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas and Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {θεωρέω ({Lemma} #653)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/653/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/653/},
}