φιλοτεχνέω
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
English (LSJ)
pf. Pass. πεφιλοτέχνημαι (v. infr. 111):—
A love art, practise an art, of Athena and Hephaestus, Pl.Prt.321e; περὶ [ἐμπειρίας] Phld.Mus.p.89K.; περὶ τὰ ἔξω Epict.Ench.29.7; περὶ τὴν παρρησίαν Plu.2.74c, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος Ael.VH2.2; φ. πρὸς τορευτὰς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους τεχνίτας to converse with them on art, Plb.26.1.2; use terms of art, Phld.Sign.7. II use or employ art or artifice, Plb. 16.30.2, Plu.2.142b, 2.1050c, etc.: c. inf., D.S.13.82. III treat or arrange artistically, συλλαβὰς ποικίλως φ. D.H.Comp.15; represent in art, ἀγέλην (in a mosaic) Chor.1.33 p.11 F.-R., cf. 3.6 p.49 F.-R.; treat by the rules of art (i.e. alchemy), Olymp.Alch.p.91 B. (Pass.): —Pass., to be made or furnished by art, παράδεισος τοῖς ἄλλοις πολυτελῶς πεφιλοτεχνημένος D.S. 14.80; πρός τι Id.3.37; θηλὴ πεφιλοτεχνημένη an artificial teat, Sor.1.115; to be represented artistically, πᾶσα ἀπόνοια ἐν ἐκείνοις πεφιλοτέχνηται, in Trag., Jul.Or.7.211a. IV invent, devise, λίνα καὶ ἄρκυς Str.15.3.18.
