Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιτεχνητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιτεχνητός ἐπιτεχνητόν

Structure: ἐπιτεχνητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pitexna/omai

Sense

  1. artificially made

Examples

  • ὅπου γε καὶ εἰ τὸ πᾶν τοῦτο πῦρ ὑφελόμενοσ κατεκόμισα ἐσ τὴν γῆν μηδ’ ὅλωσ τι αὐτοῦ καταλιπών, οὐ μεγάλα ὑμᾶσ ἠδίκουν οὐδὲν γὰρ ὑμεῖσ δεῖσθε αὐτοῦ μήτε ῥιγοῦντεσ μήτε ἕψοντεσ τὴν ἀμβροσίαν μήτε φωτὸσ ἐπιτεχνητοῦ δεόμενοι. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 18:9)

Synonyms

  1. artificially made

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

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