"τέχνη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See τέχνη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /té.kʰnɛː/, /ˈte.xni/, /ˈte.xni/, /té.kʰnɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈte.kʰne̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈte.xni/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈte.xni/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈte.xni/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *téḱsneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to create, produce”). Cognate with τίκτω (tíktō), τέκτων (téktōn), Sanskrit तक्षति (takṣati), Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (tašaⁱti), Latin texō, tēla, tignum, Proto-Germanic *þahsuz. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*téḱsneh₂||}} Proto-Indo-European *téḱsneh₂, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*tetḱ-||to create, produce}} Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to create, produce”), {{cog|sa|तक्षति}} Sanskrit तक्षति (takṣati), {{cog|ae|𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌}} Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (tašaⁱti), {{cog|la|texō}} Latin texō, {{cog|gem-pro|*þahsuz}} Proto-Germanic *þahsuz Head templates: {{grc-noun|τέχνης|f|first}} τέχνη • (tékhnē) f (genitive τέχνης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τέχνη|ης}} Forms: tékhnē [romanization], τέχνης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ τέχνη [nominative, singular], τὼ τέχνᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ τέχναι [nominative, plural], τῆς τέχνης [genitive, singular], τοῖν τέχναιν [dual, genitive], τῶν τεχνῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ τέχνῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν τέχναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς τέχναις [dative, plural], τὴν τέχνην [accusative, singular], τὼ τέχνᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς τέχνᾱς [accusative, plural], τέχνη [singular, vocative], τέχνᾱ [dual, vocative], τέχναι [plural, vocative]
  1. craft, skill, trade
    Sense id: en-τέχνη-grc-noun-VYaebj1c Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 33 7 20 40 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 43 9 26 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 41 4 25 29
  2. art
    Sense id: en-τέχνη-grc-noun-087JkRIl
  3. cunning, wile
    Sense id: en-τέχνη-grc-noun-Z7ON-3F0 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 33 7 20 40
  4. means
    Sense id: en-τέχνη-grc-noun-cDMtVZJp Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 33 7 20 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: τέχνᾱ (tékhnā) [Doric] Derived forms: τεχνάζω (tekhnázō), τεχνάομαι (tekhnáomai), τεχνικός (tekhnikós), τεχνίτης (tekhnítēs), τεχνογρᾰ́φος (tekhnográphos), τεχνολογίᾱ (tekhnologíā), τεχνολόγος (tekhnológos)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for τέχνη meaning in Ancient Greek (6.4kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tekhnázō",
      "word": "τεχνάζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tekhnáomai",
      "word": "τεχνάομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tekhnikós",
      "word": "τεχνικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tekhnítēs",
      "word": "τεχνίτης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tekhnográphos",
      "word": "τεχνογρᾰ́φος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tekhnologíā",
      "word": "τεχνολογίᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tekhnológos",
      "word": "τεχνολόγος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "τέχνη"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: τέχνη (téchni)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: τέχνη (téchni)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "techna",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: techna",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: techna"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "techno-"
          },
          "expansion": "English: techno-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: techno-"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*téḱsneh₂",
        "4": "",
        "5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *téḱsneh₂",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*tetḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to create, produce"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to create, produce”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तक्षति"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तक्षति (takṣati)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (tašaⁱti)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "texō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin texō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*þahsuz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þahsuz",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *téḱsneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to create, produce”). Cognate with τίκτω (tíktō), τέκτων (téktōn), Sanskrit तक्षति (takṣati), Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (tašaⁱti), Latin texō, tēla, tignum, Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tékhnē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέχνης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ τέχνη",
      "roman": "hē tékhnē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ τέχνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ tékhnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ τέχναι",
      "roman": "hai tékhnai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς τέχνης",
      "roman": "tês tékhnēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τέχναιν",
      "roman": "toîn tékhnain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν τεχνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn tekhnôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ τέχνῃ",
      "roman": "têi tékhnēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τέχναιν",
      "roman": "toîn tékhnain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς τέχναις",
      "roman": "taîs tékhnais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν τέχνην",
      "roman": "tḕn tékhnēn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ τέχνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ tékhnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς τέχνᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s tékhnās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέχνη",
      "roman": "tékhnē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέχνᾱ",
      "roman": "tékhnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέχναι",
      "roman": "tékhnai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέχνης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "τέχνη • (tékhnē) f (genitive τέχνης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέχνη",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 7 20 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 9 26 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 4 25 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "craft, skill, trade"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέχνη-grc-noun-VYaebj1c",
      "links": [
        [
          "craft",
          "craft"
        ],
        [
          "skill",
          "skill"
        ],
        [
          "trade",
          "trade"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "art"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέχνη-grc-noun-087JkRIl",
      "links": [
        [
          "art",
          "art"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 7 20 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cunning, wile"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέχνη-grc-noun-Z7ON-3F0",
      "links": [
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ],
        [
          "wile",
          "wile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 7 20 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "means"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέχνη-grc-noun-cDMtVZJp",
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/té.kʰnɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.xni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.xni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/té.kʰnɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.kʰne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.xni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.xni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.xni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tékhnā",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "τέχνᾱ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Techne"
  ],
  "word": "τέχνη"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "tekhnázō",
      "word": "τεχνάζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tekhnáomai",
      "word": "τεχνάομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tekhnikós",
      "word": "τεχνικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tekhnítēs",
      "word": "τεχνίτης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tekhnográphos",
      "word": "τεχνογρᾰ́φος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tekhnologíā",
      "word": "τεχνολογίᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tekhnológos",
      "word": "τεχνολόγος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "τέχνη"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: τέχνη (téchni)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: τέχνη (téchni)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "techna",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: techna",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: techna"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "techno-"
          },
          "expansion": "English: techno-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: techno-"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*téḱsneh₂",
        "4": "",
        "5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *téḱsneh₂",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*tetḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to create, produce"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to create, produce”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तक्षति"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तक्षति (takṣati)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (tašaⁱti)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "texō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin texō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*þahsuz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þahsuz",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *téḱsneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to create, produce”). Cognate with τίκτω (tíktō), τέκτων (téktōn), Sanskrit तक्षति (takṣati), Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (tašaⁱti), Latin texō, tēla, tignum, Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tékhnē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέχνης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ τέχνη",
      "roman": "hē tékhnē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ τέχνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ tékhnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ τέχναι",
      "roman": "hai tékhnai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς τέχνης",
      "roman": "tês tékhnēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τέχναιν",
      "roman": "toîn tékhnain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν τεχνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn tekhnôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ τέχνῃ",
      "roman": "têi tékhnēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τέχναιν",
      "roman": "toîn tékhnain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς τέχναις",
      "roman": "taîs tékhnais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν τέχνην",
      "roman": "tḕn tékhnēn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ τέχνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ tékhnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς τέχνᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s tékhnās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέχνη",
      "roman": "tékhnē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέχνᾱ",
      "roman": "tékhnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέχναι",
      "roman": "tékhnai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέχνης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "τέχνη • (tékhnē) f (genitive τέχνης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέχνη",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "craft, skill, trade"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "craft",
          "craft"
        ],
        [
          "skill",
          "skill"
        ],
        [
          "trade",
          "trade"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "art"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "art",
          "art"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cunning, wile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ],
        [
          "wile",
          "wile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "means"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/té.kʰnɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.xni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.xni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/té.kʰnɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.kʰne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.xni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.xni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.xni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tékhnā",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "τέχνᾱ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Techne"
  ],
  "word": "τέχνη"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-06 using wiktextract (6c02f21 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.