βάναυσος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ον, (for <b class="b3">βαύναυσος</b>, from <b class="b3">βαῦνος, αὔω</b> acc. to <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>187.40</span>, cf. <b class="b3">βαναυσία· πᾶσα τέχνη διὰ πυρός</b>, Hsch.; <b class="b3">βαναύσων</b> seems to be <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> f.l. for [[βαύνων]] in <span class="bibl">Heraclit.<span class="title">All.</span>69</span>):—epith. of the class of handicraftsmen or artisans, <b class="b3">τὸ β</b>., = [[τὸ περὶ τὰς τέχνας ὧν ἄνευ πόλιν ἀδύνατον οἰκεῖσθαι]] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1291a1</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ β. δῆμος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὁ γεωργικός, ὁ ἀγοραῖος</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1289b33</span>: as Subst., [[artisan]], ib.<span class="bibl">1277b35</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ βελτίστη πόλις οὐ ποιήσει β. πολίτην</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1278a8</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ β</b>., = [[οἱ βάναυσοι]], ib.<span class="bibl">1329a20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">τέχνη β</b>. a [[mechanical]] art, [[handicraft]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1121</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>176c</span>(pl.); β. ἔργον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1337b8</span>; <b class="b3">βαναυσόταται τῶν ἐργασιῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1258b37</span>; <b class="b3">β. βίον ζῆν</b> a <b class="b2">mere mechanic's</b> life, ib.<span class="bibl">1278a21</span>, <span class="bibl">1328b39</span>; β. πόνοι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Num.</span> 14</span>: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[vulgar]], [[in bad taste]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1123a19</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span> 334b</span>; of persons, <span class="bibl">Axiop.1.4</span>. Adv. -σως, προσβλέπειν [[unworthily]], [[meanly]], Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>1.11. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> later, [[fastidious]], AP11.326 (Autom.), <span class="bibl">12.237</span> (Strat.).</span>

|etymtx=-ον<br />Grammatical information: Adj., subst. m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">of an artisan; artisan</b>; metaph.. [[vulgar]] (Ion.-Att.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">βαναυσία</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Acc. to EM 187, 40 dissimilated from <b class="b3">*βαύναυσος</b>, from <b class="b3">βαῦνος</b> [[furnace]] and <b class="b3">αὔω</b>, which fits Hesychius' explanation (<b class="b3">βαναυσία πᾶσα τέχνη διὰ πυρός</b>. <b class="b3">κυρίως δε ἡ περὶ τὰς καμίνους</b>. <b class="b3">καὶ πᾶς τεχνίτης χαλκεὺς ἤ χρυσοχόος βάναυσος</b>), but is rather folketymology. S. Kretschmer, Glotta 21, 178. An evident Pre-Gr. word; on <b class="b3">-σος</b> cf. <b class="b3">κόμπασος</b>, <b class="b3">ὄρυξος</b> (Beekes, Pre-Gr.)