A.sight, spectacle, Semon.7.67, A.Pr.306, E.Supp.783, Ar.Av.1716, etc.; “εἴ τις ὀρχοῖτ᾽ εὖ, θέαμ᾽ ἦν” Pl.Com.130; opp. μάθημα, Th.2.39; freq. of a sight which gives pleasure, “θεάματα καὶ ἀκροάματα ἥδιστα παρέχεις” X.Smp.2.2, cf. 7.5; “ὀρχήσεις καὶ θεάματα” Phld.Mus.p.26 K.; ἐμπλήσθητε τοῦ καλοῦ θ. Pl. R.440a; but also “θ. δυσθέατον” A.Pr.69, cf. S.Aj.992; ἑπτὰ θ. the seven wonders of the world, Str.14.2.5, Plu.2.983e: sg., of a marvellously engraved ring, Gal.UP17.1.
θέ-α_μα , Ion. θέημα , ατος, τό, (θεάομαι)