τεχνῑτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
artificer, craftsman, opposed to γεωργός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 6.6, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1262b26, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ῥήτωρ, [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus cited in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a potter, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 500.2, 3 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τεχνῖται οἱ χρήσιμόν τι ποιεῖν ἐπιστάμενοι, opposed to οἱ ἐλευθερίως πεπαιδευμένοι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.4, 5, cf. NT.Act.19.24: _metaphorically_, πόλις ἧς τ. καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ θεός NT.Heb.11.10, cf. LXX.Wis.13.1. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__II one who does or handles a thing by the rules of art, skilled workman, opposed to ἄτεχνος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 219a, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 4, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1397b23, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.155, 18(2).245] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἰδιώτης, [[ [prev. author] 6.204] Refs]; opposed to ὁ ἔμπειρος, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 981b31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; with genitive of things, τ. τῶν πολεμικῶν skilled in.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 13.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οἱ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς τ. persons versed in religious practices, [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.3.11 ] Refs]; ἄνθρωπος τ. λόγων, as a sneer, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.170 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ Διονυσιακοὶ τ. or οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τ., theatrical artists, musicians as well as actors, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.192 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (where τ. alone), [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1405a24, “Pr.” 956b11, “SIG” 399.12 (Amphict. Delph., 3rd c.BC), “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2619, +others (from Cyprus), “OGI” 50 (Egypt, 3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.21.8, 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 36 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; so perhaps in οἷος τ. παραπόλλυμαι, = Latin qualis artifex pereo (Nero's last words), [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 63.29. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]