τεκτονικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τέκτων (téktōn) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tek.to.ni.kós/ → /tek.to.niˈkos/ → /tek.to.niˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tek.to.ni.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tek.to.niˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tek.to.niˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tek.to.niˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tek.to.niˈkos/

Adjective

τεκτονῐκός • (tektonikós) m (feminine τεκτονῐκή, neuter τεκτονῐκόν); first/second declension

1. practiced or skilled in building
2. (nominalized, masculine) good carpenter or builder
3. (nominalized, feminine) joiners’ work, carpentry

Declension

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τεκτονῐκός tektonikós	τεκτονῐκή tektonikḗ	τεκτονῐκόν tektonikón		τεκτονῐκώ tektonikṓ	τεκτονῐκᾱ́ tektonikā́	τεκτονῐκώ tektonikṓ		τεκτονῐκοί tektonikoí	τεκτονῐκαί tektonikaí	τεκτονῐκᾰ́ tektoniká
Genitive		τεκτονῐκοῦ tektonikoû	τεκτονῐκῆς tektonikês	τεκτονῐκοῦ tektonikoû		τεκτονῐκοῖν tektonikoîn	τεκτονῐκαῖν tektonikaîn	τεκτονῐκοῖν tektonikoîn		τεκτονῐκῶν tektonikôn	τεκτονῐκῶν tektonikôn	τεκτονῐκῶν tektonikôn
Dative		τεκτονῐκῷ tektonikôi	τεκτονῐκῇ tektonikêi	τεκτονῐκῷ tektonikôi		τεκτονῐκοῖν tektonikoîn	τεκτονῐκαῖν tektonikaîn	τεκτονῐκοῖν tektonikoîn		τεκτονῐκοῖς tektonikoîs	τεκτονῐκαῖς tektonikaîs	τεκτονῐκοῖς tektonikoîs
Accusative		τεκτονῐκόν tektonikón	τεκτονῐκήν tektonikḗn	τεκτονῐκόν tektonikón		τεκτονῐκώ tektonikṓ	τεκτονῐκᾱ́ tektonikā́	τεκτονῐκώ tektonikṓ		τεκτονῐκούς tektonikoús	τεκτονῐκᾱ́ς tektonikā́s	τεκτονῐκᾰ́ tektoniká
Vocative		τεκτονῐκέ tektoniké	τεκτονῐκή tektonikḗ	τεκτονῐκόν tektonikón		τεκτονῐκώ tektonikṓ	τεκτονῐκᾱ́ tektonikā́	τεκτονῐκώ tektonikṓ		τεκτονῐκοί tektonikoí	τεκτονῐκαί tektonikaí	τεκτονῐκᾰ́ tektoniká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τεκτονῐκῶς tektonikôs				τεκτονῐκώτερος tektonikṓteros				τεκτονῐκώτᾰτος tektonikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of τεκτονῐκός; τεκτονῐκή; τεκτονῐκόν (Attic)

Descendants

• Greek: τεκτονική (tektonikí)
• → Latin: tectonicus (see there for further descendants)
• → Macedonian: тектоника (tektonika)
• → Russian: текто́ника (tektónika)

Further reading

• τεκτονικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “τεκτονικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “τεκτονικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • carpenter idem, page 114.