κατασκευ-ή (kataskeue)

Where it lives

Meditations 19 · 6.53/10k
Ways and Means 2 · 5.23/10k
De Mundo 3 · 4.73/10k
Evagoras 2 · 4.35/10k
Critias 2 · 4.05/10k
Concerning the Team of Horses 1 · 3.45/10k
To Nicocles 1 · 3.32/10k
Against Lacritus 1 · 2.8/10k
Agesilaus 2 · 2.72/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Third Philippic 1 · 2.35/10k
Alcibiades 2 1 · 2.34/10k

Densest 12 of 41 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατασκευ-ή · kataskeu-ē — LSJ

preparation, preparing for, construction, fitting out

preparation, ὄντων ἐν κατασκευῇ τοῦ πολέμου being engaged in preparing for it, Th. 8.5; construction, λιμένων ἢ νεωρίων Pl. Grg. 455b; fitting out, πλοίων Plb. 1.21.1, etc.

2 unpacking

unpacking, X. Cyr. 8.5.5.

3 training

training, Stoic. 3.89.

II permanent, fixed assets, fixtures, plant, estates, furniture, fittings, tent and its furniture, whatever, provided

permanent or fixed assets, opp. what is movable or temporary (παρασκευή), fixtures, plant, etc., Th. 1.10; ἀνειληφότες τὰς κ. having repaired their estates, Id. 2.16; ἡ περὶ τὸν κλῆρον κ. Pl. Lg. 923d; τῆς ἄλλης κ., ἐν ᾗ κατοικοῦμεν καὶ μεθʼ ἧς πολιτευόμεθα καὶ διʼ ἢν ζῆν δυνάμεθα the aggregate of our possessions, Isoc. 4.26; αἱ κ. αἱ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀγρῶν ἢ αἱ ἐντὸς τείχους Id. 7.52; but also, like παρασκευή, any furniture or fittings, τὴν Μαρδονίου κ., i. e. his tent and its furniture, Hdt. 9.82; κ. π

III state, condition, constitution, the constitution

state, condition, constitution of a thing, θεοῦ κ. βίῳ δόντος τοιαύτην E. Supp. 214; αἱ . . κ. τῆς ψυχῆς Pl. R. 544e; ἡ τοῦ βίου κ. Id. Lg. 842c; ἡ τῶν νόμων κ. ib. 739a; ἐν πάσῃ κ. πολιτικῇ ib. 736b; ἐν χρημάτων κ. in the constitution of a manʼs fortune, Id. Grg. 477b; ἐν σώματος κ. ibid.; κ. τις παρὰ φύσιν, definition of νόσος, Gal. 6.837.

IV device, trick, artlessly

device, trick, τέχναι καὶ κ. Aeschin. 2.1, v.l. in Din. 1.34; ἄνευ κατασκευῆς ᾄδειν artlessly, Ael. NA 5.38.

V constructive reasoning

in Logic, constructive reasoning, opp. ἀνασκευή, D.H. Lys. 24, Hermog. Prog. 5, etc.: in pl., Cic. Att. 1.14.4, Longin. 11.2, Quint. 2.4.18.

VI artistic treatment, manipulation, elaboration, correct style, technical resources

Rhet., artistic treatment, κ. ποιητική Str. 1.2.6, D.H. Comp. 1; manipulation, συλλαβῶν, γραμμάτων, ib. 15, 16; elaboration, Id. Pomp. 2, etc.; correct style, opp. ἰδιωτισμός, Diocl. Stoic. 3.214; technical resources, πλάσμα καὶ ἡ ἄλλη κ. δημηγόρου Phld. Rh. 1.199 S.

VII construction, solution by, construction

Geom., construction, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 2.4, cf. Procl. in Euc. p.203 F.; κ. ὀργανική solution by mechanical construction, Papp. 174.17.

VIII system of gymnastic exercise

system of gymnastic exercise, as t.t., Gal. 6.169.

In the wild

κατασκευὴν · kataskeuēn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..56 (DIORISIS sentence 677)
κατασκευαῖς · kataskeuais Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 145)
κατασκευάς · kataskeuas Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 146)
κατασκευῆς · kataskeuēs Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 151)
κατασκευὴν · kataskeuēn Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
κατασκευαὶ · kataskeuai Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1122b (DIORISIS sentence 1227)

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Where it came from

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