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|Definition=ονος, ὁ (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"><span class="bld">A</span> [[worker in wood]], [[carpenter]], [[joiner]], 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 τέκτων</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"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, any [[craftsman]] or [[workman]], [[κεραοξόος]] τέκτων a [[worker]] in [[horn]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.110</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>768</span>; rarely of [[metal-workers]], h.Ven.12; τ. Δίου πυρὸς Κύκλωπας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>5</span>; [[sculptor]], [[statuary]], ib. <span class="bibl">348</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[master in any art]], as in [[gymnastics]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.49</span>; of poets, <b class="b3">τέκτονες σοφοὶ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἐπέων]]) <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 [[χορευταί]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span> 3.4</span>; <b class="b3">τέκτων 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 [[workman]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1406</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[maker]], [[author]], [[νεικέων]] ib.<span class="bibl">152</span> (lyr.); κακῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>409</span>; [[γένος|γένους]] = the [[author]] 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. tákṣan- '[[carpenter]]', tákṣati, tāṣṭi '[[form]] by [[cutting]], [[plane]], [[chisel]], [[chop]]', Lett. [[test]], tēst '[[hew]], [[plane]]', etc.: cf. [[τέχνη]].)</span>