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|Definition=S.''Fr.''867, etc.: <span class="bld">A</span> fut. τεκτᾰνοῦμαι Ar.''Lys.''674: aor. ἐτεκτηνάμην E.''IT''951, 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]], <b class="b3">ἕτερος δὲ χαλκεύει τις, ὁ δὲ τ.</b> Id.''Pl.''163; μηδεὶς χαλκεύων ἅμα τεκταινέσθω Pl.''Lg.''846e, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.22; opp. [[πλάττω]], Arist.''GA''730b30.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of other artificers, <b class="b3">τ. χέλυν</b>, ''h.Merc.''25; τάφον Call.''Jov.''9; τέλεον αὐτὸν [τὸν κόσμον] ἐτεκτήνατο Pl.''Ti.''33b; <b class="b3">ὁ τεκταινόμενος</b> [[the maker]], ib.28c.<br><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]], S.''Fr.''867; <b class="b3">σιγῇ δ' ἐτεκτήναντ' ἀπόφθεγκτόν μ'</b> [[they kept]] me from speech of them, E.''IT'' 951; <b class="b3">πᾶν ἐπ' ἐμοὶ τεκταινέσθω</b> (''[[sc.]]'' Cleon) [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''660; τ. μαθήματα Pl.''Sph.''224d, cf. ''Ti.''91a; ἐπέων κόσμον Democr.21, cf. Phld.''Rh.''2.49 S.<br><span class="bld">II</span> later, Act. τεκταίνω in same senses, <b class="b3">τ. κακά, δόλους</b>, [[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., ''AP''6. 80 (Agath.); ζῴδια τεκταίνοντα Hero''Aut.''24.1: even Att. writers have the part. [[τεκταινόμενα]] in pass. sense, ταυτί μ' οὐκ ἐλάνθανε τ. τὰ πράγματ' [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''462; <b class="b3">τὰ ὕστερον τ.</b> D.34.48.