skilful
skilful, Ar. V. 1276 (Sup.).
2 handicraftsmen, artisans
handicraftsmen or artisans, συμβόλαια Pl. R. 425d:
ἡ χειροτεχνική (sc. τέχνη), = χειροτεχνία, Id. Plt. 259c: pl., Id. Phlb. 55d.
Adv. -κῶς Il. 2.148.
The corpus record
χειροτεχν-ικός
cheirotechnikos
skilful, handicraftsmen, artisans
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Where it lives
- Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
- Philebus 1 · 0.57/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- χειροτεχνικαῖς · cheirotechnikais Plato, Philebus 55
- χειροτεχνικῶν · cheirotechnikōn Plato, Republic 4.425 (DIORISIS sentence 2257)
- χειροτεχνικῆς · cheirotechnikēs Plato, Statesman 259
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.