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τεχνίον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: τεχνίον τεχνίου

Structure: τεχνι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: te/xnh의 지소사, Plat.

Sense

Declension

Second 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

  • οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν τεχνίον ἐξωλέστερον τοῦ πορνοβοσκοῦ κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν πωλεῖν περιπατῶν βούλομαι ῥόδα, ῥαφανῖδασ, θερμοκυάμουσ, στέμφυλα, ἁπλῶσ ἅπαντα μᾶλλον ἢ ταύτασ τρέφειν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 45 1:4)
  • περὶ τοῦ παρασιτεῖν εἴ τισ ἐμπέσοι λόγοσ, τὸ τεχνίον αἰεὶ τοῦτό μοι κατεπίνετο, καὶ παιδομαθὴσ πρὸσ αὐτὸ τὴν διάνοιαν ἦν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 37 3:1)
  • ἔστι γὰρ τῷ ὄντι κομψὸν τὸ τεχνίον ἐκλέξαι ὀνομάτια καὶ ταῦτα συνθεῖναι καὶ παρελθόντα εὐφυῶσ ἀναγνῶναι ἢ εἰπεῖν καὶ μεταξὺ ἀναγιγνώσκοντα ἐπιφθέγξασθαι ὅτι "τούτοισ οὐ πολλοὶ δύνανται παρακολουθεῖν, μὰ τὴν ὑμετέραν σωτηρίαν". (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 26:1)
  • καθορῶντεσ γὰρ ἄλλοι ἀνθρωπίσκοι κενὴν τὴν χώραν ταύτην γιγνομένην, καλῶν δὲ ὀνομάτων καὶ προσχημάτων μεστήν, ὥσπερ οἱ ἐκ τῶν εἱργμῶν εἰσ τὰ ἱερὰ ἀποδιδράσκοντεσ, ἅσμενοι καὶ οὗτοι ἐκ τῶν τεχνῶν ἐκπηδῶσιν εἰσ τὴν φιλοσοφίαν, οἳ ἂν κομψότατοι ὄντεσ τυγχάνωσι περὶ τὸ αὑτῶν τεχνίον. (Plato, Republic, book 6 246:2)
  • ἔφασκε δὲ ὁ Πολέμων δεῖν ἐν τοῖσ πράγμασι γυμνάζεσθαι καὶ μὴ ἐν τοῖσ διαλεκτικοῖσ θεωρήμασι, καθάπερ ἁρμονικόν τι τέχνιον καταπιόντα καὶ μὴ μελετήσαντα, ὡσ κατὰ μὲν τὴν ἐρώτησιν θαυμάζεσθαι, κατὰ δὲ τὴν διάθεσιν ἑαυτοῖσ μάχεσθαι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. g'. POLEMWN 3:4)

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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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