What does techna mean in Latin?

techna, a noun, means “A piece of craft or subtlety; wile, trick, artifice, cunning device”.

What is the genitive of techna?

The genitive singular is technae. techna is feminine, first declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈtɛkʰ.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtɛk.na].

noun · femininefirst declension

techna f (genitive technae)

Classical[ˈtɛkʰ.na]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛk.na]

techna (techina, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 23 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Poen. 4, 1, 1), ae, f., = τέχνη,

I. a wile, trick, piece of craft or subtilty, artifice, cunning device (ante-class.): tum igitur ego deruncinatus, deartuatus sum miser Hujus scelesti technis, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 109; id. Bacch. 3, 2, 8; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 62; id. Eun. 4, 4, 51.

From Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē, “craft, skill; cunning, wile”).