ἐπιτέχνησις

A. contrivance for a purpose, invention, Th. 1.71, Arist. Mu. 398b10, Ph. 1.296 ; τολμήματα καὶ ‐ήσεις παρασχέσθαι εἴς τινα Paus. 1.6.6 ; artifice, in speaking, D.H. Is. 3 ; artificial preparation, ψυχρῶν ὑδάτων Ath. 3.124e, cf. Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.2.2 ; αἱ δῑ ‐ήσεως κομμώσεις Ath. 13.568a.