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 τὰ λιθουργικὰ καὶ εἰσ τὰ ἔργα τὰ τεκτονικὰ τῶν ξύλων, ἐργάζεσθαι κατὰ πάντα τὰ ἔργα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 31:5)
  • ὁ τὰ τεκτονικὰ μεμαθηκὼσ τεκτονικόσ, ἢ οὔ; (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 80:3)
  • τὸ οὖν ἰατρικὸν ἰατρικὰ ἐργάζεται καὶ τὸ τεκτονικὸν τεκτονικά; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 201:1)
  • τὸν τέκτονα τὰ τεκτονικά, τὸν γραμματικὸν τὰ γραμματικά. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 10:2)

Related

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

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