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|Definition=ονος<b class="b3">, ὁ</b> (fem. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1406</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>409</span>), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">worker in wood, carpenter, joiner</b>, τέκτονες ἄνδρες, οἵ οἱ ἐποίησαν θάλαμον καὶ δῶμα καὶ αὐλήν <span class="bibl">Il.6.315</span>, cf. Sapph.91; τέκτονος υἱόν, Ἁρμονίδεω . . ὂς καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τεκτήνατο νῆας ἐΐσας <span class="bibl">Il.5.59</span>; <b class="b3">νηῶν, δούρων τ</b>., <span class="bibl">Od.9.126</span>, <span class="bibl">17.384</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.56</span>, <span class="bibl">21.43</span>; [πίτυν] οὔρεσι τέκτονες ἄνδρες ἐξέταμον πελέκεσσι <span class="bibl">Il.13.390</span>; τ., ὅς ῥά τε πάσης εὖ εἰδῇ σοφίης <span class="bibl">15.411</span>; τ. γὰρ ὢν ἔπρασσες οὐ ξυλουργικά <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>988</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>357</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>474</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.37</span>: it is freq. opp. to a smith (χαλκεύς), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>319d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>370d</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.17</span>; to a mason (λιθολόγος), <span class="bibl">Th.6.44</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1154</span>: freq. in Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>12.373.245, etc., and Papyri, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>27.3</span> (iii B.C.), etc.:—but also, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, any <b class="b2">craftsman</b> or <b class="b2">workman</b>, <b class="b3">κεραοξόος τ</b>. <b class="b2">a worker</b> in horn, <span class="bibl">Il.4.110</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>768</span>; rarely of <b class="b2">metal-workers</b>, h.Ven.12; τ. Δίου πυρὸς Κύκλωπας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>5</span>; <b class="b2">sculptor, statuary</b>, ib. <span class="bibl">348</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">master in any art</b>, as in gymnastics, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.49</span>; of poets, <b class="b3">τέκτονες σοφοὶ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἐπέων</b>) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>3.113</span>; τέκτονες εὐπαλάμων ὕμνων <span class="bibl">Cratin.70</span> (ap.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>530</span>); <b class="b3">τέκτονες κώμων</b>, i.e. the <b class="b3">χορευταί</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span> 3.4</span>; <b class="b3">τ. νωδυνίας</b>, i.e. a physician, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>3.6</span>; <b class="b3">δεξιᾶς χερὸς ἔργον, δικαίας τέκτονος</b> a true <b class="b2">workman</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1406</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> metaph., <b class="b2">maker, author</b>, <b class="b3">νεικέων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">152</span> (lyr.); κακῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>409</span>; <b class="b3">γένους</b> <b class="b2">the author</b> of a race, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>594</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">283</span>; <b class="b3">ψευδῶν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Heraclit.28</span>; ὁ γὰρ χρόνος μ' ἔκαμψε, τ. μὲν σοφός <span class="bibl">Crates Com.39</span>. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">ták[snull ]an</b>- 'carpenter', <b class="b2">ták[snull ]ati, tā[snull ][tnull ]i</b> 'form by cutting, plane, chisel, chop', Lett. <b class="b2">test, tēst</b> 'hew, plane', etc.: cf. <b class="b3">τέχνη</b>.)</span>