τέκτων, ονος, ὁ
(feminine in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1406, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 409)] Refs 5th c.BC+], worker in wood, carpenter, joiner, τέκτονες ἄνδρες, οἵ οἱ ἐποίησαν θάλαμον καὶ δῶμα καὶ αὐλήν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.315, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 91; τέκτονος υἱόν, Ἁρμονίδεω.. ὂς καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τεκτήνατο νῆας ἐΐσας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.59 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; νηῶν, δούρων τ., [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.126, 17.384, compare 19.56, 21.43; [πίτυν] οὔρεσι τέκτονες ἄνδρες ἐξέταμον πελέκεσσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.390; τ., ὅς ῥά τε πάσης εὖ εἰδῇ σοφίης 15.411; τ. γὰρ ὢν ἔπρασσες οὐ ξυλουργικά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 988, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 357, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 474, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.37 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: it is frequently opposed to to a smith (χαλκεύς), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319d, “R.” 370d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to a mason (λιθολόγος), [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.44, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1154: frequently in Inscrr., “IG” 12.373.245, etc., and Papyri, “PCair.Zen.” 27.3 (3rd c.BC), etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —but also,
__2 generally, any craftsman or workman, κεραοξόος τ. a worker in horn, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.110, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 768 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely of metal-workers, [[ hymnus ad Venerem 12; τ. Δίου πυρὸς Κύκλωπας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; sculptor, statuary, [[[prev. work] 348. ] Refs]