Ἀτέχνοις
for unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones
Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝3 Nov 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] for/to/with guileless1 ones, or for/to/with inexperienced ones.
Also2 [sc. attested is]a)te/xnws , [pronounced] barytone [sc. with accent on the next-to-last syllable], meaning without skill, unlearnedly, carelessly.2 But with perispomenon accent [sc. with circumflex on the last syllable], a)texnw=s , [it means] truthfully. For deceit [is] an art [te/xnh ].
"She asks the god sincerely to provide divine counsel for herself and to teach her about what must be done."3
[sc. Also attested is]a)texnw=s , with perispomenon accent, meaning truly, simply, without knavery.4
Clearly [sc. this means]: either steadfastly or securely or openly.
Just likea)tenw=s ["stubbornly"], with the chi being superfluous.
Or meaning completely, and meaning strongly, and meaning once-for-all, and meaning utterly. So Plato [sc. uses it].5
"Being absolutely happy with Aristotle's happiness."6
And elsewhere: "he simply would not discuss with the others, not even if he met them face-to-face."7 Or artlessly, meaning wholly, and entirely, like without deceit; for they used to call deceits arts.
Homer [says]: "round about artful bonds were poured."8
Also2 [sc. attested is]
"She asks the god sincerely to provide divine counsel for herself and to teach her about what must be done."3
[sc. Also attested is]
Clearly [sc. this means]: either steadfastly or securely or openly.
Just like
Or meaning completely, and meaning strongly, and meaning once-for-all, and meaning utterly. So Plato [sc. uses it].5
"Being absolutely happy with Aristotle's happiness."6
And elsewhere: "he simply would not discuss with the others, not even if he met them face-to-face."7 Or artlessly, meaning wholly, and entirely, like without deceit; for they used to call deceits arts.
Homer [says]: "round about artful bonds were poured."8