βάναυσος

A. f.l. for βαύνων in Heraclit. All. 69):—epith. of the class of handicraftsmen or artisans, τὸ β., = τὸ περὶ τὰς τέχνας ὧν ἄνευ πόλιν ἀδύνατον οἰκεῖσθαι Arist. Pol. 1291a1, etc.; ὁ β. δῆμος, opp. ὁ γεωργικός, ὁ ἀγοραῖος, ib.1289b33: as Subst., artisan, ib.1277b35; ἡ βελτίστη πόλις οὐ ποιήσει β. πολίτην ib.1278a8; τὸ β., = οἱ βάναυσοι, ib.1329a20.

II. τέχνη β. a mechanical art, handicraft, S. Aj. 1121, Pl. Tht. 176c(pl.); β. ἔργον Arist. Pol. 1337b8; βαναυσόταται τῶν ἐργασιῶν ib.1258b37; β. βίον ζῆν a mere mechanic's life, ib.1278a21, 1328b39; β. πόνοι Plu. Num. 14: hence,

2. vulgar, in bad taste, Arist. EN 1123a19, Pl. Ep. 334b; of persons, Axiop. 1.4. Adv. ‐σως, προσβλέπειν unworthily, meanly, Phld. D. 1.11.

3. later, fastidious, AP 11.326 (Autom.), 12.237 (Strat.).