τέκτων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /téktɔ͜ɔn/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /tɛ́ktoːn/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /tékton/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /téxton/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /téxton/

Noun

τέκτων (genitive τέκτονος) m, third declension; (tektōn)

1. one who works with wood: carpenter, builder
2. any craftsman (but generally opposed to metalworker, smith)
3. a master of any art, such as gymnastics, poetry, or medicine
4. author, creator, planner

Inflection

Third declension of τέκτων, τέκτονος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τέκτων	τὼ τέκτονε	οἱ τέκτονες
Genitive	τοῦ τέκτονος	τοῖν τεκτόνοιν	τῶν τεκτόνων
Dative	τῷ τέκτονῐ	τοῖν τεκτόνοιν	τοῖς τέκτουσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸν τέκτονᾰ	τὼ τέκτονε	τοὺς τέκτονᾰς
Vocative	τέκτων	τέκτονε	τέκτονες

Related terms

• τέχνη
• τίκτω

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5045