φιλοτεχνέω

A. love art, practise an art, of Athena and Hephaestus, Pl. Prt. 321e; περὶ [ἐμπειρίας] Phld. Mus. p.89K.; περὶ τὰ ἔξω Epict. Ench. 29.7; περὶ τὴν παρρησίαν Plu. 2.74c, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος Ael. VH 2.2; φ. πρὸς τορευτὰς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους τεχνίτας to converse with them on art, Plb. 26.1.2; use terms of art, Phld. Sign. 7.

II. use or employ art or artifice, Plb. 16.30.2, Plu. 2.142b, 2.1050c, etc.: c. inf., D.S. 13.82.

III. treat or arrange artistically, συλλαβὰς ποικίλως φ. D.H. Comp. 15; represent in art, ἀγέλην (in a mosaic) Chor. 1.33 p.11 F.-R., cf. 3.6 p.49 F.-R.; treat by the rules of art (i.e. alchemy), Olymp.Alch.p.91 B. (Pass.): —Pass., to be made or furnished by art, παράδεισος τοῖς ἄλλοις πολυτελῶς πεφιλοτεχνημένος D.S. 14.80; πρός τι Id. 3.37; θηλὴ πεφιλοτεχνημένη an artificial teat, Sor. 1.115; to be represented artistically, πᾶσα ἀπόνοια ἐν ἐκείνοις πεφιλοτέχνηται, in Trag., Jul. Or. 7.211a.

IV. invent, devise, λίνα καὶ ἄρκυς Str. 15.3.18.