tevcnh
tevcnh , hJ , ( tivktw ) art, skill, craft in work, cunning of hand, esp. of metal-working, Od.; of a shipwright, Il.; of a soothsayer, Aesch. , Soph.
2.
art, craft, cunning,
in bad sense,
dolivh t
. Od.; in
pl.
arts, wiles, cunning devices,
Ib.,
etc.
3.
the way, manner
or
means whereby a thing is gained,
without any sense of art or craft,
mhdemih`/ tevcnh/
in no
wise,
Hdt
.;
pavsh/ tevcnh/
by all
means,
Ar
.;
pantoivh/ t
.
Soph.
II. an art, craft, trade, ejpivstasqai th;n t . to know his craft, Hdt .; ejn th`/ tevcnh/ ei\nai to practise it, Soph. ; ejpi; tevcnh/ manqavnein ti to learn a thing professionally, Plat .; tevcnhn poiei`sqaiv ti to make a trade of it, Dem.
III. an art, i.e. a system or method of making or doing, Plat ., Arist. ; h] fuvsei h] tevcnh/ Plat .; meta; tevcnh", a[neu tevcnh" Id.
IV. = tevcnhma , a work of art, handiwork, Soph. Hence tecnhvei"
tecnhvei"
tecnhvei" , essa, en , poët. Adj. cunningly wrought, Od.:— Adv. tecnhevntw" , artfully, skilfully, Ib.
II. of persons, gunai`ke" iJsto;n tecnh`ssai ( contr. from -hvessai ) skilful at the loom. Ib.
tevcnhma
tevcnhma , ato", tov , ( tecnavomai ) = tevcnasma , Soph.
2.
of a man, the abstr. for the concr.,
panourgiva" tevcnhma
a masterpiece
of villainy, Id.
II.
an artful device, trick, artifice,
Eur
.:—generally
a device, invention,
Plat.
tecnhvmwn
tecnhvmwn , on , ( tevcnh ) cunningly wrought, aujloiv Anth.
tecnhtov"
tecnhtov" , hv, ovn , ( tecnavomai ) artificial, Plut.
tecnikov"
tecnikov" , hv, ovn , ( tevcnh ) of persons, artistic, skilful, workmanlike, Plat ., etc.
II.
of things,
made
or
done by art, artistic, systematic,
Id.
III.
Adv.
-kw`"
,
by rules of art, in a workmanlike manner,
Id.
tecnivon
tecnivon , tov , Dim. of tevcnh , Plat.
tecnivth"
tecnivth" »i<Eth>1/4, ou, oJ , ( tevcnh ) an artificer, artisan, craftsman, skilled workman, Plat ., etc. :— c. gen. rei, skilled in a thing, Xen. ; also ti or periv ti Id.
II. a trickster, intriguer, Luc.
tecni`ti"
tecni`ti" , ido" , fem. of tecnivth" , Anth.
tecnologevw
tecnologevw , f. hvsw , to bring under rules of art, to systematize, Arist. From tecnolovgo"
tecnolovgo"