τεκταίνομαι
νύκτα οὖν ἡμέραν ποιούμενος → without delay, as soon as possible, as fast as possible, making the night day, making night into day, turning night into day
English (LSJ)
S.Fr.867, etc.: fut.
A τεκτᾰνοῦμαι Ar.Lys.674: aor. ἐτεκτηνάμην E.IT951, etc., Ep. τεκτήνατο Il.5.62:—prop. of a carpenter. frame, νῆας Il. l.c., cf. Ar.l.c.: abs., do joiners' work, as opp. to smiths' work, ἕτερος δὲ χαλκεύει τις, ὁ δὲ τ. Id.Pl.163; μηδεὶς χαλκεύων ἅμα τεκταινέσθω Pl.Lg.846e, cf. X.Mem.4.2.22; opp. πλάττω, Arist.GA730b30. 2 of other artificers, τ. χέλυν, h.Merc.25; τάφον Call.Jov.9; τέλεον αὐτὸν [τὸν κόσμον] ἐτεκτήνατο Pl.Ti.33b; ὁ τεκταινόμενος the maker, ib.28c. 3 metaph., devise, plan, contrive, esp. by craft or cunningly (cf. συντεκταίνομαι) , λόγος σύγκολλα τἀμφοῖν ἐς μέσον τ. fits and frames together, S.Fr.867; σιγῇ δ' ἐτεκτήναντ' ἀπόφθεγκτόν μ' they kept me from speech of them, E.IT 951; πᾶν ἐπ' ἐμοὶ τεκταινέσθω (sc. Cleon) Ar.Ach.660; τ. μαθήματα Pl.Sph.224d, cf. Ti.91a; ἐπέων κόσμον Democr.21, cf. Phld.Rh.2.49 S. II later, Act. τεκταίνω in same senses, τ. κακά, δόλους, LXX Pr.14.22, 26.24; ἀργύριον ib.Ba.3.18: abs., ib.Ps.128(129).3; cf. A.R.2.381, 3.592, Luc.Jud.Voc.12, Hierocl. in CA 1p.421M., AP6. 80 (Agath.); ζῴδια τεκταίνοντα HeroAut.24.1: even Att. writers have the part. τεκταινόμενα in pass. sense, ταυτί μ' οὐκ ἐλάνθανε τ. τὰ πράγματ' Ar.Eq.462; τὰ ὕστερον τ. D.34.48.
