ἀτέχνως

English (LSJ)

Adv. of ἄτεχνος,

   A without art, without rules of art, empirically, X.Mem.3.11.7, Pl.Grg.501a.    II ἀτεχνῶς (with penult. short), Adv. of ἀτεχνής, simply, i.e. really, absolutely, freq. in Com., Pl., etc.; ἀ. ἥκω παρεσκευασμένος Ar.Ach.37, cf. Nu.408,1174, al.; καλὸν ἀ. simply beautiful, Id.Av.820; ἀ. γε παμπόνηρα Id.Ra.106; ῥύγχος ἀ. ἔσθ' ὑός simply a swine's snout, Pherecr.102; ἀ. μὲν οὖν σκύτη βλέπει Eup.282; ἀ. τὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου ἐπεπόνθη Pl.Smp.198c; bona fide, sincerely, opp. κόμπου ἕνεκα, Philostr.VA6.20: freq. in comparisons, ἀ. ὥσπερ just like, Pl.Phd.90c, etc.; ἀ. οἷον Id.Lg.952e: with neg., οὐδ' ἂν διαλεχθείην γ' ἀ. would just not have spoken a word to him, Ar.Nu.425; ἀ. οὐδείς simply no one, Id.Av.605, cf. Pl. 362, Pl.Plt.288a.—On ἀτέχνως and -νῶς v. Sch.Ar.Pl.109.