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τέχνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέχνη τέχνης

Structure: τεχν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ti/ktw

Sense

  1. craft, skill, trade
  2. art
  3. cunning, wile
  4. means

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὸν τοίνυν πλέον ἢ πεντήκοντ’ ἀνδράποδα κεκτημένον καὶ δυοῖν τέχναιν ἐπιμελούμενον, ὧν θάτερον ἐργαστήριον εἰσ τὰσ κλίνασ ῥᾳδίωσ δύο μνᾶσ τοῦ μηνὸσ ἀνήλισκεν ἐλέφαντοσ, τὸ δὲ μαχαιροποιεῖον οὐκ ἔλαττον ἢ τοσοῦτον ἕτερον σὺν σιδήρῳ, τοῦτον οὔ φασιν καταλιπεῖν οὐδὲν τούτων· (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 41:1)
  • φέρε δή, τούτοιν τοῖν τέχναιν ἡμῖν τὸν βασιλικὸν ἐν ποτέρᾳ θετέον; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 21:1)
  • τῆσ δὴ ταλασιουργικῆσ δύο τμήματά ἐστον, καὶ τούτοιν ἑκάτερον ἅμα δυοῖν πεφύκατον τέχναιν μέρη. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 152:1)

Synonyms

  1. art

  2. means

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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