τεχνίτης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τέχνη (tékhnē, “craft”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.kʰnǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈteˈkʰni.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈteˈxni.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈteˈxni.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈteˈxni.tis/
Noun
τέχνῑ́της • (tékhnī́tēs) m (genitive τέχνῑ́του); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τεχνῑ́της ho tekhnī́tēs |
τὼ τεχνῑ́τᾱ tṑ tekhnī́tā |
οἱ τέχνῑται hoi tékhnītai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τεχνῑ́του toû tekhnī́tou |
τοῖν τεχνῑ́ταιν toîn tekhnī́tain |
τῶν τεχνῑτῶν tôn tekhnītôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τεχνῑ́τῃ tôi tekhnī́tēi |
τοῖν τεχνῑ́ταιν toîn tekhnī́tain |
τοῖς τεχνῑ́ταις toîs tekhnī́tais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τεχνῑ́την tòn tekhnī́tēn |
τὼ τεχνῑ́τᾱ tṑ tekhnī́tā |
τοὺς τεχνῑ́τᾱς toùs tekhnī́tās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τέχνῑτᾰ tékhnīta |
τεχνῑ́τᾱ tekhnī́tā |
τέχνῑται tékhnītai | ||||||||||
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References
- “τεχνίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Noun
τεχνίτης • (technítis) m (plural τεχνίτες, feminine τεχνίτρια or τεχνίτρα)
- technician
- artisan, craftsman
- Synonym: χειροτέχνης (cheirotéchnis)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τεχνίτης (technítis) | τεχνίτες (technítes) |
| genitive | τεχνίτη (techníti) | τεχνιτών (technitón) |
| accusative | τεχνίτη (techníti) | τεχνίτες (technítes) |
| vocative | τεχνίτη (techníti) | τεχνίτες (technítes) |
Related terms
- αρχιτεχνίτης m (architechnítis, “chief worker”)
- σύντεχνος m or f (sýntechnos, “fellow-craftsman”)
- συντεχνίτισσα f (syntechnítissa, “fellow-craftswoman”)
- τεχνικός (technikós, “technical”)
- τεχνολόγος m or f (technológos, “technologist”)
- and see: τέχνη f (téchni, “craftsmanship, art”)
Further reading
τεχνίτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- τεχνίτης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
