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|Definition=τεχνίτου, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[artificer]], [[craftsman]], opp. [[γεωργός]], X.''Oec.''6.6, Arist.''Pol.''1262b26, al.; opp. [[ῥήτωρ]], Emp. ap. [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''Sens.''11; of a potter, ''PCair.Zen.''500.2,3 (iii B.C.); τεχνῖται οἱ χρήσιμόν τι ποιεῖν ἐπιστάμενοι, opp. οἱ [[ἐλευθερίως]] [[πεπαιδευμένος|πεπαιδευμένοι]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.7.4,5, cf. ''Act.Ap.''19.24: metaph., πόλις ἧς τεχνίτης καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ θεός ''Ep.Hebr.''11.10, cf. [[LXX]] ''Wi.''13.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> one who [[do]]es or [[handle]]s a thing by the [[rule]]s of [[art]], [[skilled workman]], opp. [[ἄτεχνος]], Pl.''Sph.''219a, cf. Hp.''VM''4, Arist.''Rh.''1397b23, Gal.6.155, 18(2).245; opp. [[ἰδιώτης]], Id.6.204; opp. ὁ [[ἔμπειρος]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''981b31; c. gen. rei, [[τεχνίτης τῶν πολεμικῶν]] = [[skilled in war]], [[professional soldier]]... X.''Lac.''13.5; also [[οἱ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς τεχνίται]] = [[persons versed in religious practices]], Id.''Cyr.''8.3.11; [[ἄνθρωπος]] τεχνίτης λόγων, as a [[sneer]], Aeschin.1.170; [[οἱ Διονυσιακοὶ τεχνῖται]] or [[οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τεχνῖται]] = [[theatrical artists]], [[musician]]s as well as [[actor]]s, D. 19.192 (where τεχνίτης alone), Arist.''Rh.''1405a24, ''Pr.''956b11, ''SIG''399.12 (Amphict. Delph., iii B.C.), ''CIG''2619, al. (Cyprus), ''OGI''50 (Egypt, iii B.C.), Plb.16.21.8, Posidon.36 J., etc.; so perhaps in [[οἷος τεχνίτης παραπόλλυμαι]] = [[as what kind of artist do I perish]], [[what an artist dies in me]], Lat. [[qualis artifex pereo]] ([[Nero]]'s last words), D.C.63.29.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[trickster]], [[intriguer]], Luc.''DMort.''13.5.