τέχνη
Alt. τέχνη, ἡ,
Etym. τίκτω
I. "art, skill, craft in work, cunning of hand", esp. of metal-working, Od.; of a shipwright, Il.; of a soothsayer, Aesch., Soph.
2. "art, craft, cunning", in bad sense, δολίη τ. Od.; in pl. "arts, wiles, cunning devices", id=Od., etc.
3. "the way, manner or means whereby a thing is gained", without any sense of art or craft, μηδεμιῇ τέχνῃ in no "wise", Hdt.; πάσῃ τέχνῃ by all "means", Ar.; παντοίῃ τ. Soph.
II. "an art, craft, trade", ἐπίστασθαι τὴν τ. to know his "craft", Hdt.; ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ εἶναι "to practise" it, Soph.; ἐπὶ τέχνῃ μανθάνειν τι to learn a thing "professionally", Plat.; τέχνην ποιεῖσθαί τι to make "a trade" of it, Dem.
III. "an art", i. e. "a system or method of making or doing", Plat., Arist.; ἢ φύσει ἢ τέχνῃ Plat.; μετὰ τέχνης, ἄνευ τέχνης id=Plat.
IV. = τέχνημα, "a work of art, handiwork", Soph.