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          "definition": "<i>art, skill, cunning of hand,</i> esp. in metalworking, Od. 3.433, 6.234, 11.614; also of a shipwright, Il. 3.61; of a soothsayer, A. Ag. 249 (pl., lyr.), Eu. 17, S. OT 389, etc.; τέχναι ἑτέρων ἕτεραι Pi. N. 1.25; ὤπασε τ. πᾶσαν Id. O. 7.50.",
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                "quote": "τέχναι ἑτέρων ἕτεραι",
                "ref": "Pi. N. 1.25",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὤπασε τ. πᾶσαν",
                "ref": "Id. O. 7.50",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>craft, cunning,</i> in bad sense, δολίη τ. Od. 4.455, Hes. Th. 160: pl., <i>arts, wiles,</i> Od. 8.327.332, Hes. Th. 496, 929; δολίαις τέχναισι χρησάμενος Pi. N. 4.58; τέχναις τινός by his <i>arts</i> (or simply by his <i>agency</i>), Id. O. 9.52, P. 3.11; τέχνην κακὴν ἔχει he has a bad <i>trick,</i> Hes. Th. 770, cf. Pi. I. 4(3).35(53), S. Ph. 88, etc.",
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                        "quote": "δολίαις τέχναισι χρησάμενος",
                        "ref": "Pi. N. 4.58",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>way, manner,</i> or <i>means whereby a thing is gained,</i> without any definite sense of art or craft, μηδεμιῇ τ. in no <i>wise,</i> Hdt. 1.112; ἰθέῃ τ. straight <i>way,</i> Id. 9.57; πάσῃ τ. by all <i>means,</i> Ar. Nu. 1323, Th. 65, Ec. 366; παντοίᾳ τ. S. Aj. 752, etc.; οὐκ ἀποστήσομαι . . οὔτε τ. οὔτε μηχανῇ οὐδεμιᾷ IG 1(2).39.22; πάσῃ τ. καὶ μηχανῇ X. An. 4.5.16; μήτε τ. μήτε μηχανῇ μηδεμιᾷ Lys. 13.95.",
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                        "quote": "οὐκ ἀποστήσομαι . . οὔτε τ. οὔτε μηχανῇ οὐδεμιᾷ",
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                        "quote": "πάσῃ τ. καὶ μηχανῇ",
                        "ref": "X. An. 4.5.16",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-137811",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μήτε τ. μήτε μηχανῇ μηδεμιᾷ",
                        "ref": "Lys. 13.95",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>an art, craft,</i> πᾶσαι τέχναι βροτοῖσιν ἐκ Προμηθέως A. Pr. 506, cf. IG 1(2).678; τὴν τ. ἐπίστασθαι to know the <i>craft,</i> Hdt. 3.130; φλαύρως ἔχειν τὴν τ. ibid.; τῆς τ. ἔμπειρος Ar. Ra. 811; ταύτην τέχνην ἔχει he makes this his <i>trade,</i> Lys. 1.16, cf. 6.7; ἐν τῇ τ. εἶναι practise <i>it,</i> S. OT 562, Pl. Prt. 317c; ἐπὶ τέχνῃ μαθεῖν τι to learn a thing <i>professionally,</i> opp. ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ, ib. 312b, cf. 315a; τέχναι καὶ ἐργασίαι X. Mem. 3.10.1; τέχνην τὸ πρᾶγμα πεποιημένοι having made <i>a trade</i> of it, D. 37.53; τέχνας ἀσκεῖν, μελετᾶν, ἐργάζεσθαι, to practise <i>them,</i> X. Cyr. 1.6.26, 41 ( Pass.), Oec. 4.3; πατρῴαν τέχναν ἐργάζεσθαι ἁλιεύεσθαι Πρακτικὰ Ἀρχ. Ἑτ. 1932.52 ( Dodona, iv B.C.); ἰατρὸς τὴν τ. POxy. 40.5 (ii A.D.); τεθεραπευκὼς ἀνεγκλήτως τῇ τ., of a barber, PEnteux. 47.3 (iii B.C.); παραμενῶ πρὸς ὑπηρεσίαν τῆς τ. (viz. weaving) Sammelb. 7358.20 (iii A.D.); ἀπὸ τεχνῶν τρέφεσθαι live by <i>them,</i> X. Lac. 7.1.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πᾶσαι τέχναι βροτοῖσιν ἐκ Προμηθέως",
                    "ref": "A. Pr. 506",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:506"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-137813",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τῆς τ. ἔμπειρος",
                    "ref": "Ar. Ra. 811",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τέχναι καὶ ἐργασίαι",
                    "ref": "X. Mem. 3.10.1",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>an art</i> or <i>craft,</i> i.e. <i>a set of rules, system</i> or <i>method of making</i> or <i>doing,</i> whether of the useful arts, or of the fine arts, Epich. 171.11, Pl. Phdr. 245a, Arist. Rh. 1354a11, EN 1140a8; ἡ ἐμπειρία τέχνην ἐποίησεν, ἡ δʼ ἀπειρία τύχην Polus ap. eund. Metaph. 981a4; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους τ. the <i>Art</i> of Rhetoric, Pl. Phd. 90b; οἱ τὰς τ. τῶν λόγων συντιθέντες <i>systems</i> of rhetoric, Arist. Rh. 1354a12, cf. Isoc. 13.19, Pl. Phdr. 271c, Phld. Rh. 2.50 S., al.; hence title of various treatises on Rhetoric (v. VI; but rather <i>tricks</i> of Rhetoric, in Aeschin. 1.117); τέχνῃ <i>by rules of art,</i> Pl. Euthd. 282d; ἢ φύσει ἢ τέχνῃ Id. R. 381b; τέχνῃ καὶ ἐπιστήμῃ Id. Ion 532c; ἄνευ τέχνης, μετὰ τέχνης, Id. Phd. 89e: τ. defined as ἕξις ὁδοποιητική, Zeno Stoic. 1.20, cf. Cleanth. ib. 1.110.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἡ ἐμπειρία τέχνην ἐποίησεν, ἡ δʼ ἀπειρία τύχην",
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                    "quote": "ἢ φύσει ἢ τέχνῃ",
                    "ref": "Id. R. 381b",
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                    "quote": "τέχνῃ καὶ ἐπιστήμῃ",
                    "ref": "Id. Ion 532c",
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              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>work of art, handiwork,</i> κρατῆρες . . , ἀνδρὸς εὔχειρος τέχνη S. OC 472; ὅπλοις . . , Ἡφαίστου τέχνῃ Id. Fr. 156, cf. Str. 14.1.14, PLond. 3.854.4 (ii A.D.), Paus. 6.25.1, al.",
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                    "quote": "κρατῆρες . . , ἀνδρὸς εὔχειρος τέχνη",
                    "ref": "S. OC 472",
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                    "quote": "ὅπλοις . . , Ἡφαίστου τέχνῃ",
                    "ref": "Id. Fr. 156",
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              "label": "V",
              "definition": "Mélanges d’archéol. et d’épigr. p.378 No. 65, 66 ( Perinthus); τ. βυρσέων, συροποιῶν, IGRom. 1.717,1482 (both Philippopolis); τοὺς καταλειπομένους ἀπὸ τῆς τ. BGU 1572.12 (ii A.D.); ὁ χαλκεὺς ἀπὸ τῆς τ. SIG 1140 ( Amphipolis).",
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              "label": "VI",
              "definition": "<i>treatise</i> on Grammar, D.T. tit., or on Rhetoric, Anaximenes Lampsacenus tit.",
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