practised τεκτον-ικός,ή,όν, A. practisedorskilled in building, Pl. Grg. 460b : asSubst.,a good carpenterorbuilder, Id. R. 443c , etc.; as opp. to a smith (χαλκευτικός), X. Mem. 1.1.7 :ἡ -κή(sc.τέχνη)
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practised τεκτον-ικός,ή,όν, A. practisedorskilled in building, Pl. Grg. 460b : asSubst.,a good carpenterorbuilder, Id. R. 443c , etc.; as opp. to a smith (χαλκευτικός), X. Mem. 1.1.7 :ἡ -κή(sc.τέχνη)
a woodworker τεκτον-ικός, ή, όν, practised or skilled in building, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 460b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: as substantive, a good carpenter or builder, [[ [prev. author]
completing a work, working out its end, effective τελεσῐουργ-ός,όν, A. completing a work, working out its end, effective, Pl. Phdr. 270a , Plb. 2.40.2 , etc. 2. creating perfection, Procl. Inst. 145
to be a τελων-έω,pf. A. τετελώνηκα Phld. Rh. 1.344 S. :—to be a τελώνης, PPetr. 2p.108 (iii B.C.), Plu. 2.236b , Luc. Pseudol. 30 ; in bad sense, κλέπτει, τελωνεῖ Apollod.Com. 13.13 , cf. Phld.
farmer τελών-ης,ου,ὁ, ( A. τέλος 1.8 ,ὠνέομαι)farmerorcollector of tolls, customs, ortaxes, Ar. Eq. 248 (troch.), Aeschin. 1.119 , Herod. 6.64 , PCair.Zen. 31.20 (iii B.C.), UPZ 113.8 (ii B.C.),
to collect taxes τελων-έω, perfect τετελώνηκα [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.344 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—to be a τελώνης, [[ “PPetr.” 2p.108 (3rd c.
tax collector τελών-ης, ου, ὁ, (τέλος 1.8, ὠνέομαι) farmer or collector of tolls, customs, or taxes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 248 (troch.), 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.119, 3r
cut up fish for salting τεμᾰχ-ίζω, A. cut up fish for salting, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.19 , Gal. 6.728 ( Pass. ): metaph.,slice up, τὴν πραγματείαν Plu. 2.837e ;cut to ribbons, μεληδὸν τὸν νόμον Po
gourmand τένθ-ης,ου,ὁ, A. gourmand, Cratin. 320 (lyr.), Ar. Pax 1009 , 1120 , Cephisodorusap. Eus. PE 15.2 , Ath. 1.6c , 3.112b ; cf.προτένθης. (Expld. asλωποδύται, μοιχοί, Hsch. , but asοἱ λίχνοι, I
soft, delicate τέρην,εινᾰ,εν, gen.τέρενος,είνης,ενος ; poet. fem. gen.τερένης, Dor. and Aeol. -ας, Alc. 61 , AP 9.430 ( Crin. ):—poet.Adj. A. soft, delicate, in Hom. mostly in neut., τέρεν δάκρυ Il
a misfortune one brings on oneself ΤερμέρειονorΤερμέριον κακόν,τό , prov., A. a misfortune one brings on oneself, said to be derived from oneΤέρμεροςa highwayman, Philipp. ap.Sch. E. Rh. 509 , Plu. T
forty τεσσᾰράκοντα [ρᾰ], Attic dialect τεττᾰράκοντα [[ “IG” 22.334.23] Refs]; Ionic dialect τεσσεράκοντα (which see); Sicilian Ionic τετράϟοντα [[ “Supp.epigram” 4.64 (6th c.BC)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; Dor
forty τεσσᾰράκοντα [ρᾰ], Att. τεττᾰράκοντα IG 22.334.23 ; Ion. τεσσεράκοντα(q.v.); Sicilian Ionicτετράϟοντα Supp.Epigr. 4.64 (vi B.C.); Dor. τετρώκοντα Tab.Heracl. 1.20 , al., SIG 241.67 (Delph
forty-seven Related to: τεσσᾰράκοντα [ρᾰ], Attic dialect τεττᾰράκοντα [[ “IG” 22.334.23] Refs]; Ionic dialect τεσσεράκοντα (which see); Sicilian Ionic τετράϟοντα [[ “Supp.epigram” 4.64 (6th c.BC)] Re
forty-three Related to: τεσσᾰράκοντα [ρᾰ], Attic dialect τεττᾰράκοντα [[ “IG” 22.334.23] Refs]; Ionic dialect τεσσεράκοντα (which see); Sicilian Ionic τετράϟοντα [[ “Supp.epigram” 4.64 (6th c.BC)] Re
tesserarius, non-commissioned officer who communicates the password τεσσᾰράριος, also writtenτεσσαραλ-,τεσσαλαρ-,θεσσαλαρ-, etc.,ὁ,=Lat. A. tesserarius, non-commissioned officer who communicates the
stretched, rigid τετᾰνός,ή,όν, (τείνω, τανύω) A. stretched, rigid, Hp. Fract. 2 ( Sup. );straightened, smooth,ἔρφος, ῥινός, Nic. Al. 343 , 464 ; πῆχυς AP 6.204 ( Leon. ); φύλλον Thphr. HP 3.11.1
consisting of four metres τετρᾰ́-μετρος,ον, A. consisting of four metres, i.e., in iambic and trochaic verse,consisting of four double feetorsyzygies:τὸ τετράμετρονis generallythe trochaic tetrameter
of four months, lasting four months τετρᾰ́-μηνος,ον, (μήν) A. of four months, lasting four months, σπονδαί Th. 5.63 ;τετράμηνοι ὀχεύουσι at four months old, Arist. HA 545b1 ;τετράμηνον for a space
building with four towers, fortified countryhouse τετρα-πυργία,ἡ, A. building with four towers, fortified countryhouse, Plu. Eum. 8 :ἡT., place-name in Cyrene, Plb. 31.18.11 , Str. 17.3.22 ; perh. as
make square, square τετρᾰγων-ίζω, A. make square, square, of lines or numbers, Pl. R. 527a , Arist. Metaph. 996b21 ;ὅσαι γραμμαὶ τὸν ἰσόπλευρον . . ἀριθμὸν τετραγωνίζουσιall lines whichforman equilat
four months τετρᾰ-μηνος, ον, (μήν) of four months, lasting four months, σπονδαί [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.63 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τετράμηνοι ὀχεύουσι at four months old, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristot
fourfold τετρᾰ-πλόος, η, ον, contraction τετρᾰ-πλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, fourfold, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 2; τοῦ τετραπλοῦ μισθοῦ “PSI” 9.1055.13 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 1st c
fourfold Included with: τετρᾰ-πλόος, η, ον, contraction τετρᾰ-πλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, fourfold, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 2; τοῦ τετραπλοῦ μισθοῦ “PSI” 9.1055.13 (3rd c.