noun greek

techna

gen. technae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

(, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 23 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Poen. 4, 1, 1), , , = τέχνη,

a wile; trick; piece of craft •

a wile, trick, piece of craft or subtilty, artifice, cunning device (ante-class.): tum igitur ego deruncinatus, deartuatus sum miser Hujus scelesti technis, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 109; id. Bacch. 3, 2, 8; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 62; id. Eun. 4, 4, 51.

Perseus ID: n47609 Key: techna