The corpus record

βᾰναυσ-ία

banausia · ἡ

handicraft

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Where it lives

Nicomachean Ethics 2 · 0.36/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

handicraft

handicraft, Hdt. 2.165, Pl. R. 590c, etc.

II the habits of a mere artisan, vulgarity, bad taste

the habits of a mere artisan, vulgarity, bad taste, Arist. EN 1107b19, Pol. 1317b41, UPZ 62.3 (ii B. C.).

2 quackery, charlatanism

quackery, charlatanism, Hp. Morb. Sacr. 18.

In the wild

βαναυσία · banausia Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1107b (DIORISIS sentence 536)
βαναυσία · banausia Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1122a (DIORISIS sentence 1207)
βαναυσία · banausia Aristotle, Politics 1317b (DIORISIS sentence 2308)
βαναυσίης · banausiēs Herodotus, Histories 2.165.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2751)
βαναυσία · banausia Plato, Laws 741
βαναυσίας · banausias Plato, Laws 743

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Where it came from

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