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