ἈΝΤΙΤΕΧΝΑΣΑΣΘΑΙ, ἀντιτεχνασασθαι
ANTITECHNASASTHAI, antitechnasasthai
Sounds Like: an-tee-TEKH-nah-sas-thai
Translations: to use art against, to counter with skill, to devise against, to plot against
From the root: ΑΝΤΙΤΕΧΝΑΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἀντί (anti, meaning 'against' or 'in return') and the verb τεχνάζομαι (technazomai, meaning 'to use art or skill'). It describes the action of employing skill, cunning, or artifice in opposition to someone or something, often in a strategic or retaliatory manner. It implies a clever or artful counter-maneuver.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 19:305
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΑΝΤΙΤΕΧΝΑΖΟΜΑΙ, appear in our texts.
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