Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • μόνην δὲ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν ἔφυσεν ἐκ τῆσ ἑαυτοῦ κεφαλῆσ ὑπ’ αὐτὸν ἀτεχνῶσ τὸν ἐγκέφαλον συλλαβών τὸν μὲν γὰρ Διόνυσον ἡμιτελῆ, φασίν, ἐκ τῆσ μητρὸσ ἔτι καιομένησ ἁρπάσασ ἐν τῷ μηρῷ φέρων κατώρυξε κᾆτα ἐξέτεμεν τῆσ ὠδῖνοσ ἐνστάσησ. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 5:6)
  • καὶ ὅτι μὲν χαλκοῦσ ἐστιν τὰ ἔξω, καὶ πρὸ ἡμῶν τοῦ, Ὁμήρου λέγοντοσ ἠκούσαμεν ὑπερβάντι δὲ καὶ ἀνακύψαντι μικρὸν εἰσ τὸ ἄνω καὶ ἀτεχνῶσ ἐπὶ τοῦ νώτου γενομένῳ φῶσ τε λαμπρότερον φαίνεται καὶ ἥλιοσ καθαρώτεροσ καὶ ἄστρα διαυγέστερα καὶ τὸ πᾶν ἡμέρα καὶ χρυσοῦν τὸ δάπεδον. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 8:2)
  • ἔνθα ὁ μὲν χρηστὸσ ἀτεχνῶσ; (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 10:5)
  • ταῦτα ὁ ἐπὶ Κρόνου βίοσ δοκεῖ αὐτοῖσ καὶ ἀτεχνῶσ τὸ μέλι αὐτὸ ἐσ τὰ στόματα ἐσρεῖν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 17:3)
  • ἀτεχνῶσ γὰρ ἐλλεβόρου δεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖ ἡ πόλισ αὐτῶν καταγέλαστα ὑφ’ αὑτῆσ πάσχουσα. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 39:9)

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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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