τεκταίνομαι
τεκταίνομαι,
S. Fr. 867 , etc.: fut.
A). 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,
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. GA 730b30 .
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. ,
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’ Ar. Eq. 462 ;
τὰ ὕστερον τ.
D. 34.48 .
ShortDef
to make, work, frame
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">τεκταίνομαι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:867" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:867/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 867 </a>, etc.: fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">τεκτᾰνοῦμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:674" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:674/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 674 </a> : aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐτεκτηνάμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:951" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:951/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 951 </a> , etc., Ep. <span class="quote greek">τεκτήνατο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.62 </a> :—prop. of a carpenter. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">frame</span>, <span class="quote greek">νῆας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> </span> l.c., cf. Ar.l.c.: abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">do joiners\' work</span>, as opp. to smiths\' work, <span class="foreign greek">ἕτερος δὲ χαλκεύει τις, ὁ δὲ τ</span>. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 163 </span>; <span class="quote greek">μηδεὶς χαλκεύων ἅμα τεκταινέσθω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:846e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:846e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 846e </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:2:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:2:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 4.2.22 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">πλάττω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:730b:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:730b.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 730b30 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of other artificers, <span class="foreign greek">τ. χέλυν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 25 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τάφον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Jov.</span> 9 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τέλεον αὐτὸν [τὸν κόσμον] ἐτεκτήνατο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:33b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:33b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 33b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ τεκταινόμενος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the maker</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:28c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:28c/canonical-url/"> 28c </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">devise, plan, contrive</span>, esp. by craft or cunningly (cf. <span class="foreign greek">συντεκταίνομαι</span>)<span class="foreign greek">, λόγος σύγκολλα τἀμφοῖν ἐς μέσον τ</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fits and frames together</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:867" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:867/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 867 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σιγῇ δ’ ἐτεκτήναντ’ ἀπόφθεγκτόν μ’</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">they kept</span> me from speech of them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:951" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:951/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 951 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πᾶν ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ τεκταινέσθω</span> (sc. Cleon) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:660" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:660/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 660 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τ. μαθήματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:224d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:224d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 224d </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:91a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:91a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 91a </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπέων κόσμον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 21 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 2.49 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> later, Act. <span class="orth greek">τεκταίνω</span> in same senses, <span class="foreign greek">τ. κακά, δόλους</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg029:14:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg029:14.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 14.22 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg029:26:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg029:26.24/canonical-url/"> 26.24 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀργύριον</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg050:3:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg050:3.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 3.18 </a>: abs., ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:128(129).3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:128(129).3/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ps.</span> 128(129).3 </a>; cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:381" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.381/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 2.381 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:592" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.592/canonical-url/"> 3.592 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg014:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg014:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Jud.Voc.</span> 12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2571.tlg001:1p.421M" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2571.tlg001:1p.421M/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hierocl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in CA</span> 1p.421M. </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6 </span>. <span class="bibl"> 80 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Agath.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">ζῴδια τεκταίνοντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg002:24:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg002:24.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aut.</span> 24.1 </a> : even Att. writers have the part. <span class="foreign greek">τεκταινόμενα</span> in pass. sense, <span class="quote greek">ταυτί μ’ οὐκ ἐλάνθανε τ. τὰ πράγματ’</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:462" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:462/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 462 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ὕστερον τ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg034.perseus-grc1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg034.perseus-grc1:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 34.48 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}