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τέχν-ημα , ατος, τό,
A.that which is cunningly wrought, work of art, handiwork, “ἔκπωμα . . , τεχνήματ᾽ ἀνδρός” S.Ph. 36 (where pl. is used of one thing).
2. of a man, πανουργίας τέχνημα a masterpiece of villainy, ib.928.
II. artful device, trick, κάπηλα προσφέρων τ. A.Fr.322; δόλια τ. E.IT1355; opp. ἰσχύς, Hp.Fract.2 (pl.): generally, device, contrivance, Pl.Prt.319a; τὸ μνημονικὸν τ. Id.Hp.Mi.368d, al., cf. Ephor.54J.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Taurus, 1355
    • Plato, Protagoras, 319a
    • Plato, Lesser Hippias, 368d
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 36
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 928
    • Hippocrates, De fracturis, 2
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