βάναυσος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ον, (for [[βαύναυσος]], from [[βαῦνος]], [[αὔω]] acc. to ''EM''187.40, cf. [[βαναυσία]]· πᾶσα τέχνη διὰ πυρός, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; βαναύσων seems to be<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[βαύνων]] in Heraclit.''All.''69):—[[epithet]] of the [[class]] of [[handicraftsman|handicraftsmen]] or [[artisan]]s, [[τὸ βάναυσον]] = τὸ περὶ τὰς τέχνας ὧν ἄνευ πόλιν [[ἀδύνατον]] [[οἰκεῖσθαι]] Arist.''Pol.''1291a1, etc.; ὁ βάναυσος [[δῆμος]], opp. ὁ [[γεωργικός]], ὁ [[ἀγοραῖος]], ib.1289b33: as [[substantive]], [[artisan]], ib.1277b35; <b class="b3">ἡ βελτίστη πόλις οὐ ποιήσει βάναυσον πολίτην</b> ib.1278a8; [[τὸ βάναυσον]] = οἱ βάναυσοι, ib.1329a20.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[τέχνη]] βάναυσος = a [[mechanical]] [[art]], [[handicraft]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1121, Pl.''Tht.''176c(pl.); βάναυσον [[ἔργον]] Arist.''Pol.''1337b8; <b class="b3">βαναυσόταται τῶν ἐργασιῶν</b> ib.1258b37; <b class="b3">βάναυσον βίον ζῆν</b> = [[live]] a [[mere]] [[mechanic]]'s [[life]], ib.1278a21, 1328b39; βάναυσοι πόνοι Plu.''Num.'' 14: hence,<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[vulgar]], [[in bad taste]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1123a19, Pl.''Ep.'' 334b; of persons, Axiop.1.4. Adv. [[βαναύσως]], [[προσβλέπειν]] = [[unworthily]], [[meanly]], Phld.''D.''1.11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> later, [[fastidious]], AP11.326 (Autom.), 12.237 (Strat.).