ἀτέχνως

A. without art, without rules of art, empirically, X. Mem. 3.11.7, Pl. Grg. 501a.

II. ἀτεχνῶς (with penult. short), Adv. of ἀτεχνής, simply, i.e. really, absolutely, freq. in Com., Pl., etc.; ἀ. ἥκω παρεσκευασμένος Ar. Ach. 37, cf. Nu. 408,1174, al.; καλὸν ἀ. simply beautiful, Id. Av. 820; ἀ. γε παμπόνηρα Id. Ra. 106; ῥύγχος ἀ. ἔσθ’ ὑός simply a swine's snout, Pherecr. 102; ἀ. μὲν οὖν σκύτη βλέπει Eup. 282; ἀ. τὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου ἐπεπόνθη Pl. Smp. 198c; bona fide, sincerely, opp. κόμπου ἕνεκα, Philostr. VA 6.20: freq. in comparisons, ἀ. ὥσπερ just like , Pl. Phd. 90c, etc.; ἀ. οἷον Id. Lg. 952e: with neg., οὐδ’ ἂν διαλεχθείην γ’ ἀ. would just not have spoken a word to him, Ar. Nu. 425; ἀ. οὐδείς simply no one, Id. Av. 605, cf. Pl. 362, Pl. Plt. 288a.—On ἀτέχνως and ‐νῶς v. Sch.Ar. Pl. 109.