, esp. in metalworking, Od.3.433, 6.234, 11.614; also of a shipwright, Il.3.61; of a soothsayer, A.Ag.249 (pl., lyr.), Eu.17, S.OT389, etc.; τέχναι ἑτέρων ἕτεραιPi.N.1.25; ὤπασε τ. πᾶσανId.O.7.50. 2.
craft, cunning
, in bad sense, δολίη τ. Od.4.455, Hes.Th.160: pl.,
arts, wiles
, Od.8.327.332, Hes.Th.496,929; δολίαις τέχναισι χρησάμενοσPi.N.4.58; τέχναις τινόσ by his
arts
(or simply by his
agency
), Id.O.9.52, P.3.11; τέχνην κακὴν ἔχει he has a bad
trick
, Hes.Th.770, cf. Pi.I.4(3).35(53), S Ph.88, etc. 3.
way, manner
, or
means whereby a thing is gained
, without any definite sense of art or craft, μηδεμιῇ τ. in no
, πᾶσαι τέχναι βροτοῖσιν ἐκ ΠρομηθέωσA.Pr. 506, cf. IG12.678; τὴν τ. ἐπίστασθαι to know the
craft
, Hdt.3.130; φλαύρως ἔχειν τὴν τ. ibid.; τῆς τ. ἔμπειροσAr.Ra.811; ταύτην τέχνην ἔχει he makes this his
trade
, Lys.1.16, cf. 6.7; ἐν τῇ τ. εἶναι practise
it
, S.OT562, Pl.Prt.317c; ἐπὶ τέχνῃ μαθεῖν τι to learn a thing
professionally
, opp. ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ, ib.312b, cf. 315a; τέχναι καὶ ἐργασίαιX.Mem.3.10.1; τέχνην τὸ πρᾶγμα πεποιημένοι having made
a trade
of it, D.37.53; τέχνας ἀσκεῖν, μελετᾶν, ἐργάζεσθαι, to practise
them
,X.Cyr.1.6.26,41 (Pass.), Oec.4.3; πατρῴαν τέχναν ἐργάζεσθαι ἁλιεύεσθαι Πρακτικὰ Ἀρχ. Ἑτ.1932.52 (Dodona, iv B.C.); ἰατρὸς τὴν τ. POxy. 40.5 (ii A.D.); τεθεραπευκὼς ἀνεγκλήτως τῇ τ., of a barber, PEnteux. 47.3 (iii B.C.); παραμενῶ πρὸς ὑπηρεσίαν τῆς τ. (viz. weaving) Sammelb. 7358.20 (iii A.D.); ἀπὸ τεχνῶν τρέφεσθαι live by
them
, X.Lac. 7.1. III.
an art
or
craft
, i.e.
a set of rules, system
or
method of making
or
doing
, whether of the useful arts, or of the fine arts, Epich.171.11, Pl.Phdr.245a, Arist.Rh.1354a11, EN1140a8; ἡ ἐμπειρία τέχνην ἐποίησεν, ἡ δ' ἀπειρία τύχηνPolus ap. eund.Metaph. 981a4; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους τ. the Art of Rhetoric, Pl.Phd.90b; οἱ τὰς τ. τῶν λόγων συντιθέντεσ
systems
of rhetoric, Arist.Rh.1354a12, cf. Isoc.13.19, Pl.Phdr.271c, Phld.Rh.2.50 S., al.; hence title of various treatises on Rhetoric (v. VI; but rather
tricks
of Rhetoric, in Aeschin. 1.117); τέχνῃ
by rules of art
, Pl.Euthd.282d; ἢ φύσει ἢ τέχνῃId.R. 381b; τέχνῃ καὶ ἐπιστήμῃId.Ion532c; ἄνευ τέχνης, μετὰ τέχνησ, Id.Phd.89e: τ. defined as ἕξις ὁδοποιητική, Zeno Stoic.1.20, cf. Cleanth. ib.1.110. IV. = τέχνημα,