Τέκτων

carpenter, joiner

Translated by Catharine Roth29 Nov 2013Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 20 words
[Meaning a] craftsman in general, [sc. and in particular] a stonecutter, and [a cutter] of timbers.1
[One who is] skillful.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τέκτων· κοινῶς τεχνίτης, ὁ λαοξόος, καὶ ὁ τῶν ξύλων. εἰδήμων.

Betacode
*te/ktwn: koinw=s texni/ths, o( laoco/os, kai\ o( tw=n cu/lwn. ei)dh/mwn.

Notes (1)

  1. 1Likewise in the Synagoge and Photius; similarly in (e.g.) Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, Hesychius, and a scholion on Homer, Iliad 4.110 (where the headword occurs). ↩

Neighbouring entries

τ249Τεκταινόμενοςframing, constructingτ250Τεκτήνατο[he/she] framed, constructedτ251Τέκτωνcarpenter, joinerτ252Τελαμώνstrap, bandτ253ΤελαμώνιοςTelamonian
Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Jul 2014
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded n.1; tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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