τεχνῖτις

Ancient Greek

From τέχνη (tékhnē, “craft”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis).

τεχνῖτις • (tekhnîtis) f (genitive τέχνῖτιδος); third declension

craftswoman
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia 13:
  δεινὴ δὲ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα, καὶ* τεχνῖτις παρʼ ἥντινα βούλει τῶν ἑταιρῶν ἐπισπάσασθαι ἐραστὴν καὶ ἀμφίβολον ἔτι ὄντα ὅλον ὑποποιήσασθαι καὶ ἐνεχόμενον ἤδη ἐπιτεῖναι καὶ προσεκκαῦσαι ἄρτι μὲν ὀργῇ, ἄρτι δὲ κολακείᾳ, καὶ μετὰ μικρὸν ὑπεροψίᾳ καὶ τῷ πρὸς ἕτερον ἀποκλίνειν δοκεῖν, καὶ ὅλη συνεκεκρότητο ἁπανταχόθεν ἡ γυνὴ καὶ πολλὰ μηχανήματα παρεσκεύαστο κατὰ τῶν ἐραστῶν.
  deinḕ dè kaì tà álla, kaì* tekhnîtis par hḗntina boúlei tôn hetairôn epispásasthai erastḕn kaì amphíbolon éti ónta hólon hupopoiḗsasthai kaì enekhómenon ḗdē epiteînai kaì prosekkaûsai árti mèn orgēî, árti dè kolakeíāi, kaì metà mikròn huperopsíāi kaì tōî pròs héteron apoklínein dokeîn, kaì hólē sunekekrótēto hapantakhóthen hē gunḕ kaì pollà mēkhanḗmata pareskeúasto katà tôn erastôn.
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Third declension of ἡ τεχνῖτῐς; τῆς τεχνῑ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τεχνῖτῐς hē tekhnîtĭs	τὼ τεχνῑ́τῐδε tṑ tekhnī́tĭde	αἱ τεχνῑ́τῐδες hai tekhnī́tĭdes
Genitive	τῆς τεχνῑ́τῐδος tês tekhnī́tĭdos	τοῖν τεχνῑτῐ́δοιν toîn tekhnītĭ́doin	τῶν τεχνῑτῐ́δων tôn tekhnītĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ τεχνῑ́τῐδῐ tēî tekhnī́tĭdĭ	τοῖν τεχνῑτῐ́δοιν toîn tekhnītĭ́doin	ταῖς τεχνῑ́τῐσῐ / τεχνῑ́τῐσῐν taîs tekhnī́tĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τεχνῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn tekhnī́tĭdă	τὼ τεχνῑ́τῐδε tṑ tekhnī́tĭde	τᾱ̀ς τεχνῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s tekhnī́tĭdăs
Vocative	τεχνῖτῐς tekhnîtĭs	τεχνῑ́τῐδε tekhnī́tĭde	τεχνῑ́τῐδες tekhnī́tĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.