1. τέχνη · technē — Beekes
craftsmanship, handicraft, business, art; artifice, trick
The corpus record
τέχνη
techne
craftsmanship, handicraft, business, art; artifice, trick
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Ion 40 · 99.7/10k
- Cleitophon 14 · 90.44/10k
- Lovers 17 · 71.1/10k
- Statesman 79 · 46.62/10k
- Against the Sophists 5 · 37.74/10k
- Phaedrus 60 · 36.09/10k
- On The Refusal Of A Pension 5 · 35.16/10k
- Sophist 52 · 32.46/10k
- Gorgias 78 · 29.64/10k
- Alcibiades 1 22 · 21.46/10k
- Against The Corn-Dealers 2 · 17.81/10k
- Euthydemus 22 · 17.67/10k
Densest 12 of 141 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. τέχνη · technē — Chantraine
f
3. τέχνη · technē — Frisk
f
4. τέχνη · technē — Frisk
Zum Weiterleben von τέχνη u
5. τέχν-η · techn-ē — LSJ
art, skill, cunning of hand
Attestations
- τέχνῃ · technēi Iliad 3.61
- τέχνης · technēs Odyssey 3.433
- τέχνης · technēs Odyssey 4.455
- τέχνην · technēn Odyssey 4.529
- τέχνην · technēn Odyssey 6.234
- τέχνας · technas Odyssey 8.327
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1527; entry #6041 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1131; entry #7971 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1861-1862; entry #5635 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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