Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τεκτονικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τεκτονικός τεκτονική τεκτονικόν

Structure: τεκτονικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/ktwn

Sense

  1. practised or skilled in building, a good carpenter or builder, joiners' work, carpentry

Examples

  • συμβέβηκε τοίνυν τοὺσ μὲν τύπουσ ὑπάρχειν αὐτῶν ὁμοίουσ ζῴοισ παντοδαποῖσ καὶ ἀκρωτηρίοισ ἀνθρώπων, ἔτι δ’ ὀργάνοισ, καὶ μάλιστα τεκτονικοῖσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 4 1:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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