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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

  • διωρισμένων δὲ τούτων, ληπτέον ὅτι ἐν ἅπαντι συνεχεῖ καὶ διαιρετῷ ἐστιν ὑπεροχὴ καὶ ἔλλειψισ καὶ μέσον, καὶ ταῦτα ἢ πρὸσ ἄλληλα ἢ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, οἱο͂ν ἐν γυμναστικῇ, ἐν ἰατρικῇ, ἐν οἰκοδομικῇ, ἐν κυβερνητικῇ, καὶ ἐν ὁποιᾳοῦν πράξει, καὶ ἐπιστημονικῇ καὶ ἀνεπιστημονικῇ, καὶ τεχνικῇ καὶ ἀτέχνῳ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 49:1)
  • τούτοισ ἐπιεικῶσ οὖσι πιθανοῖσ, ἐπανέκυψε λόγοσ ὥσπερ ἀτέχνῳ πίστει ναυτικῇ βεβαιούμενοσ ἐμπειρίᾳ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 5:1)
  • οὗτοσ δ’ ἐκείνῳ οὐκ ἤθελεν, οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄλλοσ τισ τεχνίτησ τῷ ἀτέχνῳ. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 15:3)

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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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