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