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|Definition=<span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>867</span>, etc.: fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> τεκτᾰνοῦμαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>674</span>: aor. ἐτεκτηνάμην <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>951</span>, etc., Ep. τεκτήνατο <span class="bibl">Il.5.62</span>:—prop. of a carpenter. [[frame]], νῆας Il. l.c., cf. Ar.l.c.: abs., <b class="b2">do joiners' work</b>, as opp. to smiths' work, <b class="b3">ἕτερος δὲ χαλκεύει τις, ὁ δὲ τ</b>. Id.<span class="title">Pl.</span>163; μηδεὶς χαλκεύων ἅμα τεκταινέσθω <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>846e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.2.22</span>; opp. <b class="b3">πλάττω</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>730b30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of other artificers, <b class="b3">τ. χέλυν</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>25</span>; τάφον <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Jov.</span>9</span>; τέλεον αὐτὸν [τὸν κόσμον] ἐτεκτήνατο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>33b</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ τεκταινόμενος</b> <b class="b2">the maker</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">28c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[devise]], [[plan]], [[contrive]], esp. by craft or cunningly (cf. [[συντεκταίνομαι]]) <b class="b3">, λόγος σύγκολλα τἀμφοῖν ἐς μέσον τ</b>. [[fits and frames together]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>867</span>; <b class="b3">σιγῇ δ' ἐτεκτήναντ' ἀπόφθεγκτόν μ'</b> <b class="b2">they kept</b> me from speech of them, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span> 951</span>; <b class="b3">πᾶν ἐπ' ἐμοὶ τεκταινέσθω</b> (sc. Cleon) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>660</span>; τ. μαθήματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>224d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>91a</span>; ἐπέων κόσμον <span class="bibl">Democr.21</span>, cf. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.49 S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> later, Act. τεκταίνω in same senses, <b class="b3">τ. κακά, δόλους</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Pr.</span>14.22</span>, <span class="bibl">26.24</span>; <b class="b3">ἀργύριον</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>3.18</span>: abs., ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ps.</span>128(129).3</span>; cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.2.381</span>, <span class="bibl">3.592</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Jud.Voc.</span>12</span>, <span class="bibl">Hierocl. <span class="title">in CA</span> 1p.421M.</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>6. 80 (Agath.); ζῴδια τεκταίνοντα <span class="bibl">Hero<span class="title">Aut.</span>24.1</span>: even Att. writers have the part. <b class="b3">τεκταινόμενα</b> in pass. sense, ταυτί μ' οὐκ ἐλάνθανε τ. τὰ πράγματ' <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>462</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ὕστερον τ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.34.48</span>.</span>