πᾶσα τέχνη καὶ πᾶσα μέθοδος, ὁμοίως δὲ πρᾶξίς τε καὶ προαίρεσις, ἀγαθοῦ τινὸς ἐφίεσθαι δοκεῖ.
Lemma: τέχνη
Definition
Art, craft, or skilled workmanship; a practical “technique” or systematic know-how grounded in learned rules (often contrasted with mere experience or chance). In extended use, a professional skill or applied science.
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Grammatical Analysis
"πᾶσα τέχνη καὶ πᾶσα μέθοδος, ὁμοίως δὲ πρᾶξίς τε καὶ προαίρεσις, ἀγαθοῦ τινὸς ἐφίεσθαι δοκεῖ."
Πᾶσα: {'part_of_speech': 'adjective', 'case': 'nominative', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'feminine', 'degree': 'positive'}
Τέχνη: {'part_of_speech': 'noun', 'case': 'nominative', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'feminine', 'declension': '1st declension'}
Καί: {'part_of_speech': 'conjunction', 'type': 'coordinating (copulative; second half of τε...καί)', 'function': 'completes the correlative coordination'}
Μέθοδος: {'part_of_speech': 'noun', 'case': 'nominative', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'feminine', 'declension': '2nd declension (Attic contracted type in -ος feminine)'}
Ὁμοίως: {'part_of_speech': 'adverb', 'degree': 'positive'}
Δέ: {'part_of_speech': 'particle', 'function': "postpositive connective; marks mild contrast/continuation ('and/but/now')"}
Πρᾶξίς: {'part_of_speech': 'noun', 'case': 'nominative', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'feminine', 'declension': '3rd declension (stem πραξι-; -ις noun)'}
Τε: {'part_of_speech': 'particle', 'function': "enclitic coordinator; with καί forms 'τε ... καί' = 'both ... and'"}
Προαίρεσις: {'part_of_speech': 'noun', 'case': 'nominative', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'feminine', 'declension': '3rd declension (stem προαιρεσι-; -σις noun)'}
Ἀγαθοῦ: {'part_of_speech': 'adjective (substantive/attributive with τινός)', 'case': 'genitive', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'neuter', 'degree': 'positive'}
Τινὸς: {'part_of_speech': 'pronoun', 'type': 'indefinite (enclitic τις, τι)', 'case': 'genitive', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'neuter'}
Ἐφίεσθαι: {'part_of_speech': 'verb (infinitive)', 'verb_type': 'standard verb (not -μι)', 'tense': 'present', 'voice': 'middle (deponent in sense)', 'mood': 'infinitive', 'person': 'n/a', 'number': 'n/a'}
Δοκεῖ: {'part_of_speech': 'verb', 'verb_type': 'standard verb (not -μι)', 'tense': 'present', 'voice': 'active', 'mood': 'indicative', 'person': '3rd', 'number': 'singular'}
Related Forms of τέχνη
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