ΦΙΛΟΤΕΧΝΕΙ, φιλοτεχνει
PHILOTECHNEI, philotechnei
Sounds Like: fee-loh-TEKH-nay
Translations: to love art, to be fond of art, to be artistic, to be skillful, to be clever, to be cunning, to act artfully, to act skillfully
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΤΕΧΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'φίλος' (philos, 'loving, fond of') and 'τέχνη' (techne, 'art, skill, craft'). It means to have a love or fondness for art or skill, or to act in a skillful, artistic, or clever manner. It describes someone who is adept at a craft or who performs actions with ingenuity and cunning.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person Singular
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 11:284
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΤΕΧΝΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΦΙΛΟΤΕΧΝΗΣΕ — showed skill, displayed artistry, constructed skillfully, built artfully
- ΦΙΛΟΤΕΧΝΩΣ — skillfully, artistically, ingeniously, with love of art
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