τεχνικός

A. artistic, skilful, workmanlike, Epich. 171.11, Pl. Smp. 186c, etc.; τ. περί τινος Id. Tht. 207c; περί τι Id. La. 185e, etc.; εἴς τι ib.d; esp. of rhetoricians and grammarians, τ. λόγων πέρι Id. Phdr. 273e; οἱ περὶ τοὺς λόγους τ. ib.a; ὁ τ. τε καὶ ἀγαθὸς ῥήτωρ Id. Grg. 504d; Comp., more proficient in one's craft, Phld. Mus. p.74 K.; opp. θεωρητικός, practical, Arist. EN 1180b20; τ. περὶ τὸν βίον Id. HA 622b23 (Comp., v.l. Sup.); τ. τὴν ψυχήν Id. Pol. 1327b27; τ. ὄμματα Ael. VH 14.47; τ. πόημα Phld. Po. 5.20; τὸ τ. technical excellence, ib.2.55; τ. ἐνέργειαι, οἷον αὐλεῖν ἢ σαλπίζειν ἢ κιθαρίζειν Gal. 6.323; later, οἱ τεχνικοί the grammarians, Sch.D.T. p.4 H.; ὁ τ. freq. of Hdn.Gr., Choerob. in Theod. 1.142 H., al.; also of D.T., Sch.D.T.p.204 H.

b. φύσις = πῦρ τεχνικόν, Zeno Stoic. 1.34; τὸν τ. νοῦν the mind of the Great Designer, Theol.Ar. 58; δύναμίς τις . . ἣν . . τεχνικὴν εἶναι λέγομεν Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.6.

2. artful, cunning, Plb. 16.6.6.

II. of things, artificial, opp. αὐτόματος, Thphr. Lap. 55; τ. ὕδατα an artificial water-supply, Gal. 17(2).183. Adv. ‐κῶς ibid.

2. done by rules of art, technical, systematic, τοῦτο σοφὸν εὑρὼν ἅμα καὶ τ. Pl. Phdr. 273b; ἡ περὶ τὸν πόλεμον ἀγωνία τ. Id. R. 374b, cf. Euthphr. 14e; πραγματεῖαι τ. Id. Grg. 501b, etc.; ἡ τ. παιδεία Arist. Pol. 1341b9; ἔχειν τὸ τ. περί τι to be technically employed upon . . , Id. Rh. 1355b35, cf. Ph. 193a32.

III. Adv. ‐κῶς according to the rules of art, τ. εἰργας μένα, πεποιημένα, Pl. Chrm. 173c, Isoc. 2.44; τ. ἐξηύρηται Pl. Euthd. 303e; τ. ἔχειν Id. Phdr. 271c; τ. πολιτεύεσθαι Isoc. 3.52; ὁ δυνάμενος . . τεκμαίρεσθαι τ. Gal. 18(2).257.