βάναυσος
banausos
artisan
Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βάναυσος [ᾰ], ον, (for βαύναυσος, from βαῦνος, αὔω acc. to EM 187.40, cf. βαναυσία· πᾶσα τέχνη διὰ πυρός, ; βαναύσων seems to be f.l. for βαύνων in All. 69):—A. epith. of the class of handicraftsmen or artisans, τὸ β., = τὸ περὶ τὰς τέχνας ὧν ἄνευ πόλιν ἀδύνατον οἰκεῖσθαι Pol. 1291a1, etc.; ὁ β. δῆμος, opp. ὁ γεωργικός, ὁ ἀγοραῖος, ib.1289b33: as Subst., artisan, ib.1277b35; ἡ βελτίστη πόλις οὐ ποιήσει β. πολίτην ib.1278a8; τὸ β., = οἱ βάναυσοι, ib.1329a20. II. τέχνη β. a mechanical art, handicraft, Aj. 1121, Tht. 176c(pl.); β. ἔργον Pol. 1337b8; βαναυσόταται τῶν ἐργασιῶν ib.1258b37; β. βίον ζῆν a mere mechanicʼs life, ib.1278a21, 1328b39; β. πόνοι Num. 14: hence, 2. vulgar, in bad taste, EN 1123a19, Ep. 334b; of persons, 1.4. Adv. -σως, προσβλέπειν unworthily, meanly, D. 1.11. 3. later, fastidious, AP 11.326 (), 12.237 ().
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