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τέκτων

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέκτων τέκτονος

Structure: τεκτων (Stem)

Etym.: ti/ktw

Sense

  1. one who works with wood: carpenter, builder
  2. any craftsman (but generally opposed to metalworker, smith)
  3. a master of any art, such as gymnastics, poetry, or medicine
  4. author, creator, planner

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὥσπερ, οἶμαι, καὶ τὸ σκέπαρνον τῷ τέκτονι καὶ τὸ τρύπανον συνεργεῖ μέν τι πρὸσ τὴν τέχνην, οὐδεὶσ δ’ ἂν εἴποι ὡσ ταῦτα ὁ τεχνίτησ ἐστίν, οὐδ’ ἡ ναῦσ ἔργον τοῦ σκεπάρνου ἢ τοῦ τρυπάνου, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ναυπηγοῦ· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 11:6)
  • καὶ κεραμεὺσ κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸσ πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸσ ἀοιδῷ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 4:11)
  • δεῖ δὴ τὸ πρόσφορον ἑαυτοῖσ ἑλομένουσ καὶ διαπονοῦντασ ἐᾶν τὰ τῶν ἄλλων, καὶ μὴ τὸν Ἡσίοδον ἐλέγχειν ἐνδεέστερον εἰπόντα καὶ κεραμεὺσ κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 13 5:3)
  • μηλοβότᾳ τ’ ἀρότᾳ τ’ ὀρνιχολόχῳ τε καὶ ὃν πόντοσ τρέφει δεῖ δὲ τὸ πρόσφορον ἑαυτοῖσ ἑλομένουσ καὶ διαπονοῦντασ ἐᾶν τὰ τῶν ἄλλων, καὶ μὴ τὸν Ἡσίοδον ἐλέγχειν ἐνδεέστερον εἰπόντα καὶ κεραμεὺσ κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 13 16:1)
  • ἀλλὰ νὴ Δία, ὁ κατήγοροσ ἔφη, ὑπερορᾶν ἐποίει τῶν καθεστώτων νόμων τοὺσ συνόντασ, λέγων ὡσ μῶρον εἰή τοὺσ μὲν τῆσ πόλεωσ ἄρχοντασ ἀπὸ κυάμου καθιστάναι, κυβερνήτῃ δὲ μηδένα θέλειν χρῆσθαι κυαμευτῷ μηδὲ τέκτονι μηδ’ αὐλητῇ μηδ’ ἐπ’ ἄλλα τοιαῦτα, ἃ πολλῷ ἐλάττονασ βλάβασ ἁμαρτανόμενα ποιεῖ τῶν περὶ τὴν πόλιν ἁμαρτανομένων· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 2 11:1)

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