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

  • καὶ τεκτονικὸσ οὐκ ἂν οὕτω κατασκευάσαι ἄροτρον προθύμωσ; (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 4 3:3)
  • ὁ τὰ τεκτονικὰ μεμαθηκὼσ τεκτονικόσ, ἢ οὔ; (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 80:3)

Related

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

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