βάναυσος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ον, (for [[βαύναυσος]], from [[βαῦνος]], [[αὔω]] acc. to <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>187.40</span>, cf. <b class="b3">βαναυσία· πᾶσα τέχνη διὰ πυρός</b>, Hsch.; [[βαναύσων]] seems to be <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> f.l. for [[βαύνων]] in <span class="bibl">Heraclit.<span class="title">All.</span>69</span>):—[[epithet]] 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"><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"><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"><span class="bld">3</span> later, [[fastidious]], AP11.326 (Autom.), <span class="bibl">12.237</span> (Strat.).</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[deriv. uncertain]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[mechanical]], and as Subst. a [[mechanic]], Arist.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[τέχνη]] [[βάναυσος]] a [[mere]] [[mechanical]] art, a [[base]], [[ignoble]] art, Soph., Plat.