Τεχνύδριον Τεχνύδρια

minor art, petty art

Translated by Ioannis Doukas18 Aug 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 11 words

Translation

One uses the term texnu/dria1 as a diminutive, just like logu/dria.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τεχνύδριον· Τεχνύδρια λέγεται ὑποκοριστικῶς, ὥσπερ λογύδρια.

Betacode
*texnu/drion: *texnu/dria le/getai u(pokoristikw=s, w(/sper logu/dria.  

Notes (2)

  1. The headword is first attested, in the plural, in Plato, Republic 5.475E (a passage noted by both Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.452C-D [10.76 Kaibel], and Clement of Alexandria): tou\s tw=n texnudri/wn filoso/fous fh/somen; (web address 1). Also in upsilon 166.
  2. 1The entry shifts from the singular headword (unglossed) to this plural. ↩
  3. 2See ps.-Zonaras s.v. logu/drion. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 15 Jan 2015
  1. expanded a ref — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded primary note — David Whitehead
  4. expanded note — David Whitehead
  5. another note; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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