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ἄτεχνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτεχνος ἀτέχνου

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + τεχν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/xnh

Sense

  1. without art, ignorant of the rules of art, unskilled, empirical

Examples

  • ἀρχὴν καὶ δημαγωγίαν διζήμενοσ, καὶ παρ’ ὡρ́αν στρατηγίου κόπτεισ θύραν, ὥσπερ τισ ἀτεχνότεροσ ὢν νύκτωρ ἐπίκωμοσ ἀφιγμένοσ, ἢ ξένοσ οὐ τόπον οὐδὲ χώραν ἀλλὰ βίον, οὗ μὴ πεπείρασαι, μεταλλάττων. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 1 20:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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