τέχνη
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂, from *tetḱ- (“to create, produce”). Cognate with τίκτω (tíktō), τέκτων (téktōn), Sanskrit तक्षति (takṣati), Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (tašaiti), Latin texō, tēla, tignum, Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.kʰnɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.kʰne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.xni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.xni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.xni/
Noun
τέχνη • (tékhnē) f (genitive τέχνης); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τέχνη hē tékhnē |
τὼ τέχνᾱ tṑ tékhnā |
αἱ τέχναι hai tékhnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τέχνης tês tékhnēs |
τοῖν τέχναιν toîn tékhnain |
τῶν τεχνῶν tôn tekhnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τέχνῃ têi tékhnēi |
τοῖν τέχναιν toîn tékhnain |
ταῖς τέχναις taîs tékhnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τέχνην tḕn tékhnēn |
τὼ τέχνᾱ tṑ tékhnā |
τᾱ̀ς τέχνᾱς tā̀s tékhnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τέχνη tékhnē |
τέχνᾱ tékhnā |
τέχναι tékhnai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τεχνάζω (tekhnázō)
- τεχνάομαι (tekhnáomai)
- τεχνικός (tekhnikós)
- τεχνίτης (tekhnítēs)
- τεχνογρᾰ́φος (tekhnográphos)
- τεχνολογίᾱ (tekhnologíā)
- τεχνολόγος (tekhnológos)
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέχνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1476
Further reading
- “τέχνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τέχνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τέχνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τέχνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- τέχνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G5078 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accomplishment idem, page 6.
- acquirement idem, page 9.
- address idem, page 11.
- adroitness idem, page 13.
- art idem, page 42.
- artifice idem, page 42.
- attainment idem, page 50.
- business idem, page 106.
- cleverness idem, page 137.
- craft idem, page 181.
- cunning idem, page 189.
- design idem, page 215.
- dexterity idem, page 221.
- diplomacy idem, page 225.
- employment idem, page 269.
- finesse idem, page 321.
- guile idem, page 378.
- handicraft idem, page 383.
- industry idem, page 435.
- knack idem, page 470.
- labour idem, page 472.
- machination idem, page 506.
- management idem, page 511.
- manœuvre idem, page 513.
- occupation idem, page 568.
- product idem, page 645.
- profession idem, page 653.
- skill idem, page 780.
- sleight idem, page 783.
- trade idem, page 885.
- trick idem, page 894.
- vocation idem, page 955.
- wile idem, page 979.
- work idem, page 988.
- workmanship idem, page 989.
- “τέχνη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē).
Pronunciation
Noun
τέχνη • (téchni) f (plural τέχνες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τέχνη (téchni) | τέχνες (téchnes) |
| genitive | τέχνης (téchnis) | τεχνών (technón) |
| accusative | τέχνη (téchni) | τέχνες (téchnes) |
| vocative | τέχνη (téchni) | τέχνες (téchnes) |
Related terms
- απερίτεχνος (aperítechnos, “botched, crude”, adjective)
- εικαστικές τέχνες f pl (eikastikés téchnes, “visual arts”)
- τεχνήτιο n (technítio, “technetium”)
- τεχνική f (technikí, “technique”)
- τεχνικός (technikós, “technical”)
- τεχνίτης m (technítis, “technician, craftsman”)
- τεχνίτρια f (technítria, “technician, craftswoman”)
- τεχνολογία f (technología, “technology”)
- τεχνολόγος m or f (technológos, “technologist”)
Further reading
- τέχνη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language