‖ theoricon Gr. Antiq.
(θiːˈɔərɪkən)
Also -kon.
[a. Gr. θεωρικόν, neut. of θεωρικός theoric a.2]
The theoric fund in ancient Athens: see theoric a.2
| 1828 tr. Boeckh's Public Econ. Athens I. 294 The payment of the Theoricon out of the public money was first introduced by Pericles... This distribution of the Theoricon filled the theatre. 1842 Brande Dict. Sc., etc., Theoricon, in ancient Attic History, the name given to that portion of the revenue of the state which was..reserved for the purpose of theatrical representations. 1850 Grote Greece ii. lxvi. VIII. 424 The manager of the Theôrikon or religious festival-fund. |