τέκτων

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [téktɔːn]
• (Koine): IPA: [tˈɛkto̞ːn]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [tˈekton]

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	τώ τέκτονε	οἱ τέκτονες
Genitive	τοῦ τέκτονος	τοῖν τεκτόνοιν	τῶν τεκτόνων
Dative	τῷ τέκτονῐ	τοῖν τεκτόνοιν	τοῖς τέκτουσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τόν τέκτονᾰ	τώ τέκτονε	τούς τέκτονᾰς
Vocative	τέκτων	τέκτονε	τέκτονες

Related terms

• τέχνη
• τίκτω

References

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