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 μὴν οὐδ’ ἡ τῶν οἰκήσεών γε συνυφὴ καὶ σύμπασα οἰκοδομία καὶ σκευῶν πάντων ἀπεργαστική, χαλκεία τε καὶ ἡ τῶν τεκτονικῶν καὶ πλαστικῶν καὶ πλεκτικῶν καὶ ἔτι συμπάντων ὀργάνων παρασκευή, δήμῳ τὸ πρόσφορον ἔχουσα, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐπ’ ἀρετῇ λεγομένη. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 15:4)
  • οὐκ ἔρχεται ὁ τέκτων καὶ λέγει "ἀκούσατέ μου διαλεγομένου περὶ τῶν τεκτονικῶν", ἀλλ’ ἐκμισθωσάμενοσ οἰκίαν ταύτην κατασκευάσασ δείκνυσιν, ὅτι ἔχει τὴν τέχνην. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 4:1)

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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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