The corpus record

χειροτέχν-ης

cheirotechnes · ὁ

handicraftsman, artisan

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Where it lives

Ways and Means 1 · 2.62/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Apology 1 · 1.14/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Memorabilia 2 · 0.56/10k
Republic 4 · 0.45/10k
Metaphysics 3 · 0.38/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
History 2 · 0.13/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

handicraftsman, artisan, expert

handicraftsman, artisan, Hdt. 2.167, Ar. Pl. 533 (anap.), 617 anap.), Th. 6.72, Pl. R. 597a, PBremen 48.27 (ii A.D.), etc.; opp. ἀρχιτέκτων, Arist. Metaph. 981a31; of slaves who brought in income to their owner, X. Mem. 3.11.4; φαύλους καὶ χ. Pl. R. 405a; opp. φιλόσοφοι, X. Vect. 5.4;opp. πολιτικοί, Plb. 10.17.6; τίς ὁ χ. ἰατορίας . .; who is the expert in surgery . .? S. Tr. 1000 (anap.), cf. Hp. VM 7; πολέμον χ. Plu. Comp.Lyc.Num. 2.

In the wild

χειροτέχνας · cheirotechnas Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 26)
χειροτεχνῶν · cheirotechnōn Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 25)
χειροτέχνου · cheirotechnou Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 38)
χειροτέχναι · cheirotechnai Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1141b (DIORISIS sentence 2073)
χειροτέχνας · cheirotechnas Herodotus, Histories 2.167.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2758)
χειροτέχνας · cheirotechnas Plato, Apology 22

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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