A.without art, unskilful, Pl.Plt.274c; esp. ignorant of the rules or principles of art, opp. ἔντεχνος or τεχνίτης, unskilled, unprofessional, of persons, Id.Sph.219a, Gal.6.134, S.E. P.3.262; having no trade or profession, PFlor.4.14 (iv A.D.); unsystematic, “διδασκαλία” Anon.in SE67.31; of pursuits, “ἄ. τριβή” Pl. Phdr.260e, cf. 262c, Lg.938a; πίστεις ἄ. proofs not invented by the orator, Arist.Rh.1355b35, 1375a22; “ἀποδείξεις” Ph.1.355; “αἰσχρὸν καὶ ἄ.” not workmanlike, Hp.Fract.30; πῦρ uncreative, opp. τεχνικόν, Zeno Stoic.1.34; φαντασία ib.2.24.
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