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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[employ art]], [[contrive]], ὅπως . . <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1140a11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">MM</span> 1197a13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[use art]] or [[cunning]], [[deal subtly]], [[use subterfuges]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.130</span>, <span class="bibl">6.1</span>; <b class="b3">τί ταῦτα στρέφει τεχνάζεις τε</b>; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>385</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>957</span>; τ. τε καὶ ψεύδεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Mi.</span>371d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>879a</span>, etc.; τοὺς λαγὼς θηρῶντες πολλὰ τεχνάζουσιν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.11.7</span>; of the hare, τ. τῇ βαδίσει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>8.3</span>: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">τ. ἀάτην</b> [[use art]] so as to deceive, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Tim.</span>10</span>: c. inf., <b class="b2">contrive cunningly that . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1259a32</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Med., aor. [[ἐτεχνασάμην]], in same sense, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>. ά, <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact. 4.1</span>; τεχνάζεσθαι ὅπως . . <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>43</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> Pass., in pf. part., <b class="b3">ἅμαξαι τετεχνασμέναι ὥσπερ οἰκήματα</b> [[artificially contrived]], Hp.Aër. 18; <b class="b3">ἐπίνοια τετεχν</b>. [[cunningly devised]], Ps.-Luc.<span class="title">Philopatr.</span>26:—τεχνήσασθαι <b class="b3">τὸ μετὰ τέχνης τι κατασκευάσαι, τεχνάσασθαι δὲ τὸ κακουργῆσαι</b> Ps.-Hdn.Gr.post Moer.<span class="bibl">p.477</span> P.</span>