τέχν-η, ἡ,
(τέκτων) art, skill, cunning of hand, especially in metalworking, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.433, 6.234, 11.614 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of a shipwright, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.61 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a soothsayer, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 249 (_plural_, Lyric poetry), “Eu.” 17, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 389, etc.; τέχναι ἑτέρων ἕτεραι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.25; ὤπασε τ. πᾶσαν [prev. author] “O.” 7.50. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 craft, cunning, in bad sense, δολίη τ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.455, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 160 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: plural, arts, wiles, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.327.332, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 496, 929; δολίαις τέχναισι χρησάμενος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.58 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέχναις τινός by his arts (or simply by his agency), [[ [prev. author] “O.” 9.52, “P.” 3.11 ] Refs]; τέχνην κακὴν ἔχει he has a bad trick, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 770, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).35(53), S “Ph.” 88, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 way, manner, or means whereby a thing is gained, without any definite sense of art or craft, μηδεμιῇ τ. in no wise, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.112 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰθέῃ τ. straightway, [[ [prev. author] 9.57 ] Refs]; πάσῃ τ. by all means, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1323, “Th.” 65, “Ec.” 366 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παντοίᾳ τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 752, etc.; οὐκ ἀποστήσομαι.. οὔτε τ. οὔτε μηχανῇ οὐδεμιᾷ “IG” 12.39.22; πάσῃ τ. καὶ μηχανῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.16; μήτε τ. μήτε μηχανῇ μηδεμιᾷ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.95. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]