τέκτων

τέκτων, ονος, ὁ (fem. in A.Ag.1406, E.Med.409),

A 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

; νηῶν, δούρων τ., 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, X.Mem.1.2.37: it is freq. opp. to a smith ([etym.] χαλκεύς), Pl.Prt.319d, R.370d, X.HG3.4.17; to a mason ([etym.] λιθολόγος), Th.6.44, cf. Ar.Av.1154: freq. in Inscrr., IG12.373.245, etc., and Papyri, PCair.Zen.27.3 (iii B.C.), etc.:—but also,

2 generally, any craftsman or workman, κεραοξόος τ. 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.

3 master in any art, as in gymnastics, Pi.N.5.49; of poets, τέκτονες σοφοὶ (sc. ἐπέων) Id.P.3.113;

τέκτονες εὐπαλάμων ὕμνων Cratin.70

(ap.Ar.Eq.530); τέκτονες κώμων, i.e. the χορευταί, Pi.N. 3.4; τ. νωδυνίας, i.e. a physician, Id.P.3.6; δεξιᾶς χερὸς ἔργον, δικαίας τέκτονος a true workman, A.Ag.1406.

4 metaph., maker, author, νεικέων ib.152 (lyr.);

κακῶν E.Med.409

; γένους the author of a race, A.Supp.594 (lyr.), cf. 283; ψευδῶν τ. Heraclit.28;

ὁ γὰρ χρόνος μ' ἔκαμψε, τ. μὲν σοφός Crates Com.39

. (Cf. Skt. ták[snull ]an- 'carpenter', ták[snull ]ati, tā[snull ][tnull ]i 'form by cutting, plane, chisel, chop', Lett. test, tēst 'hew, plane', etc.: cf. τέχνη.)