The corpus record

τηκ-τός

tektos

melted, molten

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Where it lives

Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
Metaphysics 3 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

τηκ-τός · tēk-tos — LSJ

melted, molten

melted, molten, μόλυβδος E. Andr. 267.

II capable of being dissolved, soluble

capable of being dissolved, soluble, σώματα τ. καὶ ἄτηκτα Pl. Sph. 265c, cf. Arist. Metaph. 1015a10, Thphr. Lap. 4; opp. στερεός, Pl. Criti. 114e; opp. τεγκτός (q.v.), Arist. Mete. 385b12; τηκτόν, = φάρμακον τηκόμενον, Hp. VC 14.

In the wild

τηκτά · tēkta Aristotle, Metaphysics book 5 (DIORISIS sentence 1177)
τηκτὰ · tēkta Aristotle, Metaphysics book 5 (DIORISIS sentence 1425)
τηκτὰ · tēkta Aristotle, Metaphysics book 5 (DIORISIS sentence 1134)
τηκτὰ · tēkta Plato, Critias 114
τηκτὰ · tēkta Plato, Sophist 265
τηκτὸν · tēkton Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 19

Where it came from

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