# τέχνη
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* τέχνᾱ (tékhnā) — Doric

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂, from *tetḱ- (“to create, produce”). Cognate with τίκτω (tíktō), τέκτων (téktōn), Sanskrit तक्षति (takṣati), Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (taša$^i$ti), Latin texō, tēla, tignum, Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /té.kʰnɛː/ → /ˈte.xni/ → /ˈte.xni/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /té.kʰnɛː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈte.kʰne̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈte.xni/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈte.xni/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈte.xni/

### Noun

τέχνη • (tékhnē) f (genitive τέχνης); first declension
* craft, skill, trade
* art
* cunning, wile
* means

#### Derived terms

* ἀτεχνέω (atekhnéō)
* τεχνάζω (tekhnázō)
* τεχνάομαι (tekhnáomai)
* τεχνικός (tekhnikós)
* τεχνίτης (tekhnítēs)
* τεχνογρᾰ́φος (tekhnogrắphos)
* τεχνολογίᾱ (tekhnologíā)
* τεχνολόγος (tekhnológos)

#### Descendants

* Greek: τέχνη (téchni)
* → Latin: techna
* English: techno-

### 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 [Logeion] 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

* IPA: /ˈte.xni/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: τέ‧χνη

### Noun

τέχνη • (téchni) f (plural τέχνες)
* art, craftsmanship, style

#### 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 [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language