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Ἐτέκταινον · they were constructing, I was constructing (ε 3279) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε3279

ε3275I am a companion, I keep (someone) company
ε3276of flowered courtesans
ε3277years
ε3278they were disposed
ε3279they were constructing, I was constructing
ε3280Etearchos, Etearkhos, Etearchus
ε3281they were consecrated
ε3282used to belong, was a member
ε3283Eteoboutadai, Eteobutadae

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3279

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Ἐτέκταινον

they were constructing, I was constructing

Translated by William Hutton4 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning they were/I was] fashioning.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐτέκταινον· κατεσκεύαζον.

Betacode

*)ete/ktainon: kateskeu/azon.

Notes

Headword and gloss are imperfect indicative active, either third person plural or first person singular. All surviving attestations are the former, including Psalm 128:3 LXX, commentary to which is the likeliest source of this entry.
Hesychius has a similar entry with the aorist middle form of the headword and aorist active form of the gloss (epsilon6530).
Adler cites as comparanda Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.439.3 and the Ambrosian Lexicon (2239).

Neighbouring entries

ε3277Ἔτεαyears ε3278Ἐτέθησανthey were disposed ε3279Ἐτέκταινονthey were constructing, I was constructing ε3280ἘτέαρχοςEtearchos, Etearkhos, Etearchus ε3281Ἐτελέσθησανthey were consecrated

Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Feb 2016

19 Feb 2016coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
2 Nov 2012cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 Feb 2008another keyword — David Whitehead
4 Feb 2008Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐτέκταινον (Adler number epsilon 3279), trans. William Hutton, 4 Feb 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3279

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗