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