A.base artifice, malpractice, Heraclit.[129], PRein.16.26 (ii B. C.), OGI669.55 (Egypt, i A. D.), CIG2712.15 (Mylasa), Ph.1.636, Iamb.Myst.10.2 (pl.): freq. in pl., as law-term, fraudulent or malicious conspiracy, “κακοτεχνιῶν διαδικάζεσθαι” Pl.Lg. 936d; esp. subornation of perjury, D.47.1, 49.56; δόλοι καὶ ἐπιορκίαι καὶ κ. Luc.Alex.4.
II. bad art, applied to forensic oratory by Epicur.Fr.51: generally, Plu.2.228b: esp. in Rhet., false artifice, Demetr.Eloc.27,247, Luc.Par.27, Ath.14.631f: pl., “ἡδονὰς καὶ κ. εἰσάγων” Str.7.3.7.