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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

  • ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὐ μόνον ἀνδρῶν δικαίων χρόνοσ σωτὴρ ἄριστοσ κατὰ Πίνδαρον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τεχνῶν νὴ Δία καὶ ἐπιτηδευμάτων γε καὶ παντὸσ ἄλλου σπουδαίου χρήματοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 21)
  • οὐδὲ γάρ τέκτονοσ ἀϊδρίη τεκτοσύνησ αὐτῆσ ἀδικίη οὐδὲ αὐλητέω ἀμουσίη μουσικῆσ ἀσοφίη, ἀλλ’ οἱ μὲν ἀμαθέεσ τῶν τεχνῶν, ἑκάστη δ’ ἐν ἑωυτῇ σοφή. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 2:3)
  • ἀλλ’ αὐτὸν Ἀριστοτέλη παρασχέσθαι διὰ τῶν ἰδίων τεχνῶν ὁμολογοῦντα τἀληθὲσ οὕτωσ ἔχειν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 2 1:2)
  • οὐκ ἔστ’ ἔτυμοσ λόγοσ οὗτοσ, ὦ φίλε Ἀμμαῖε, οὐδ’ ἐκ τῶν Ἀριστοτέλουσ τεχνῶν τῶν ὕστερον ἐξενεχθεισῶν οἱ Δημοσθένουσ λόγοι συνετάχθησαν ἀλλὰ καθ’ ἑτέρασ τινὰσ εἰσαγωγάσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 31)
  • μέχρι τοῦδ’ εὑρισκομένων δώδεκα λόγων, ὧν εἴρηκα, δημοσίων, ἐν οἷσ εἰσι δημηγορικοὶ μὲν ἑπτά, δικανικοὶ δὲ πέντε, ἅπαντεσ ἐγένοντο πρότεροι τῶν Ἀριστοτέλουσ τεχνῶν, ὡσ ἔκ τε τῶν ἱστορουμένων περὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ ἀποδείξω καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ γραφέντων, ἐντεῦθεν ἀρξάμενοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 4 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. art

  2. means

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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