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τεκτον-ικός

tektonikos

practised, skilled in building, a good carpenter

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

τεκτον-ικός · tekton-ikos — LSJ

practised, skilled in building, a good carpenter, builder, joiners’ work, carpentry, skill in carpentry

practised or skilled in building, Pl. Grg. 460b: as Subst., a good carpenter or builder, Id. R. 443c, etc.; as opp. to a smith (χαλκευτικός), X. Mem. 1.1.7: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) joiners’ work, carpentry, freq. in Pl., Plt. 280c, al.; as opp. to smiths’ work (χαλκεία, ἡ χαλκευτική), Id. Prt. 324e, X. Oec. 1.1, cf. D.L. 3.100: τὸ -κόν skill in carpentry, Pl. Cra. 416d.

2 of, for a joiner, carpenter, joinery

of or for a joiner or carpenter, ὄργανα Id. Epin. 975c; χρεία Thphr. HP 5.1.12; κόλλα Gal. 12.829, CPHerm. p.77 (iii A.D.); τὰ τ. joinery, PMich.Zen. 38.55 (iii B.C.); κεφάλαιον τεκτονικοῦ prob. in IG 1(2).374.140.

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Where it came from

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