τεκταίνομαι

prop. of a carpenter. frame, νῆας Il. l.c., cf. Ar. l.c.: abs., do joiners’ work, as opp. to smiths’ work, ἕτερος δὲ χαλκεύει τις, ὁ δὲ τ. Id. Pl. 163; μηδεὶς χαλκεύων ἅμα τεκταινέσθω Pl. Lg. 846e, cf. X. Mem. 4.2.22; opp. πλάττω, Arist. GA 730b30.

of other artificers, τ. χέλυν, h.Merc. 25; τάφον Call. Jov. 9; τέλεον αὐτὸν [τὸν κόσμον] ἐτεκτήνατο Pl. Ti. 33b; ὁ τεκταινόμενος the maker, ib. 28c.

metaph., devise, plan, contrive, esp. by craft or cunningly (cf. συντεκταίνομαι) , λόγος σύγκολλα τἀμφοῖν ἐς μέσον τ. fits and frames together, S. Fr. 867; σιγῇ δʼ ἐτεκτήναντʼ ἀπόφθεγκτόν μʼ they kept me from speech of them, E. IT 951; πᾶν ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ τεκταινέσθω (sc. Cleon) Ar. Ach. 660; τ. μαθήματα Pl. Sph. 224d, cf. Ti. 91a; ἐπέων κόσμον Democr. 21, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.49 S.

later, Act. τεκταίνω in same senses, τ. κακά, δόλους, LXX Pr. 14.22, 26.24; ἀργύριον ib. Ba. 3.18: abs., ib. Ps. 128(129).3; cf. A.R. 2.381, 3.592, Luc. Jud.Voc. 12, Hierocl. in CA 1p.421M., AP 6.80 (Agath.); ζῴδια τεκταίνοντα Hero Aut. 24.1: even Att. writers have the part. τεκταινόμενα in pass. sense, ταυτί μʼ οὐκ ἐλάνθανε τ. τὰ πράγματʼ Ar. Eq. 462; τὰ ὕστερον τ. D. 34.48.