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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “architect, master craftsman”) + -ία (-ía), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “master”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “craftsman, builder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar.kʰi.tek.to.ní.aː/ → /ar.çi.tek.toˈni.a/ → /ar.çi.tek.toˈni.a/
Noun
ἀρχιτεκτονῐ́ᾱ • (arkhitektoníā) f (genitive ἀρχιτεκτονῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- architecture, construction; architectonic design; master craftsmanship
300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint,
Exodus 35.31–33:
- καὶ ἐνέπλησεν αὐτὸν πνεῦμα θεῖον σοφίας καὶ συνέσεως καὶ ἐπιστήμης πάντων ἀρχιτεκτονεῖν κατὰ πάντα τὰ ἔργα τῆς ἀρχιτεκτονίας, ποιεῖν τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸν χαλκὸν καὶ λιθουργῆσαι τὸν λίθον καὶ κατεργάζεσθαι τὰ ξύλα καὶ ποιεῖν ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ σοφίας
- kaì enéplēsen autòn pneûma theîon sophías kaì sunéseōs kaì epistḗmēs pántōn arkhitektoneîn katà pánta tà érga tês arkhitektonías, poieîn tò khrusíon kaì tò argúrion kaì tòn khalkòn kaì lithourgêsai tòn líthon kaì katergázesthai tà xúla kaì poieîn en pantì érgōi sophías
- and he hath filled him with a divine spirit of wisdom and understanding and knowledge of all things, to labour skilfully in all works of master craftsmanship, to form the gold and the silver and the brass, and to work in stone, and to fashion the wood, and to work in every work of wisdom
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