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τεχνάομαι

technaomai

make by art, execute skilfully

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Where it lives

  • Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
  • Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
  • Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
  • Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
  • Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
  • Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
  • Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
  • Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
  • Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
  • Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
  • Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
  • History 3 · 0.2/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

τεχν-άομαι · techn-aomai — LSJ

make by art, execute skilfully, practise, arts

make by art, execute skilfully, Od. 5.259, 11.613 (for μὴ . . μηδʼ, cf. οὐ C); πολλὰ τ. practise many arts, X. Cyr. 8.2.5.

2 to be made by art, devised by art

also as Pass., to be made by art, ὅ τι καλὸν αὐτοῖς τεχνῷτο ib. 8.6.23; διαιτήματα τετεχνημένα devised by art, Hp. VM 3.--On the supposed Act. τεχνῆσαι, v. τεχνήεις.

II contrive, execute cunningly, contrives, contrive how, contrive, devise means

contrive or execute cunningly, ταῦτα δʼ ἐγὼν . . τεχνήσομαι Il. 23.415, etc.; χερσὶν ἁτεχνησάμην S. Tr. 534, cf. 928; τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς . . τεχνωμένων Id. Ant. 494; τ. κακά Id. Ph. 80; πόλεμος ἀφʼ αὑτοῦ τὰ πολλὰ τεχνᾶται πρὸς τὸ παρατυγχάνον Th. 1.122: abs., γένοιτο μέντἂν πᾶν θεοῦ τεχνωμένου if God contrives, S. Aj. 86, cf. E. Med. 369, 382, 402, Ar. V. 176: c. inf., contrive how to do, Th. 4.26; so also, followed by a clause, contrive or devise means for doing, τεχνήσομαι ὥς κε γένηται παῖς ἐμός

2

in pass. sense, ὁ ἐπὶ κακῷ τεχνηθεὶς δόλος Sch. Il. 15.14.

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