- τεχνίτης
- τεχνῑτ-ης, ου, ὁ,A artificer, craftsman, opp. γεωργός, X.Oec.6.6, Arist.Pol.1262b26, al.; opp. ῥήτωρ, Emp. ap. Thphr.Sens.11; of a potter, PCair.Zen.500.2,3 (iii B.C.); τεχνῖται οἱ χρήσιμόν τι ποιεῖν ἐπιστάμενοι, opp. οἱ ἐλευθερίως πεπαιδευμένοι, X.Mem.2.7.4,5, cf. Act.Ap.19.24: metaph.,
πόλις ἧς τ. καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ θεός Ep.Hebr.11.10
, cf. LXX Wi.13.1.II one who does or handles a thing by the rules of art, skilled workman, opp. ἄτεχνος, Pl.Sph.219a, cf. Hp.VM4, Arist.Rh.1397b23, Gal.6.155, 18(2).245; opp. ἰδιώτης, Id.6.204; opp. ὁ ἔμπειρος, Arist.Metaph.981b31; c. gen. rei, τ. τῶν πολεμικῶν skilled in . . , X.Lac.13.5; also οἱ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς τ. persons versed in religious practices, Id.Cyr.8.3.11; ἄνθρωπος τ. λόγων, as a sneer, Aeschin.1.170; οἱ Διονυσιακοὶ τ. or οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τ., theatrical artists, musicians as well as actors, D. 19.192 (where τ. alone), Arist.Rh.1405a24, Pr.956b11, SIG399.12 (Amphict. Delph., iii B.C.), CIG2619, al. ([place name] Cyprus), OGI50 (Egypt, iii B.C.), Plb.16.21.8, Posidon.36 J., etc.; so perh. in οἷος τ. παραπόλλυμαι, = Lat.qualis artifex pereo (Nero's last words), D.C.63.29.III trickster, intriguer, Luc.DMort.13.5.
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