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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

  • ἔργον λιθουργικῆσ τέχνησ, γλύμμα σφραγῖδοσ, διαγλύψεισ τοὺσ δύο λίθουσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ὀνόμασι τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 28:11)
  • υἱὸν γυναικὸσ χήρασ, καὶ οὗτοσ ἀπὸ τῆσ φυλῆσ τῆσ Νεφθαλίμ, καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ Τύριοσ, τέκτων χαλκοῦ καὶ πεπληρωμένοσ τῆσ τέχνησ καὶ συνέσεωσ καὶ ἐπιγνώσεωσ τοῦ ποιεῖν πᾶν ἔργον ἐν χαλκῷ. καὶ εἰσηνέχθη πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα Σαλωμὼν καὶ ἐποίησε πάντα τὰ ἔργα. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 7:2)
  • Ταλαίπωροι δὲ καὶ ἐν νεκροῖσ αἱ ἐλπίδεσ αὐτῶν, οἵτινεσ ἐκάλεσαν θεοὺσ ἔργα χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων, χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον τέχνησ ἐμμελέτημα καὶ ἀπεικάσματα ζῴων ἢ λίθον ἄχρηστον χειρὸσ ἔργον ἀρχαίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:10)
  • δεικνὺσ ὅτι δύνασαι ἐκ παντὸσ σώζειν, ἵνα κἂν ἄνευ τέχνησ τισ ἐπιβῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 14:4)
  • μαγικῆσ δὲ ἐμπαίγματα κατέκειτο τέχνησ, καὶ τῆσ ἐπί φρονήσει ἀλαζονείασ ἔλεγχοσ ἐφύβριστοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 17:7)

Synonyms

  1. art

  2. means

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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