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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀρχιτεκτονία (arkhitektonía), from ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “architect, master craftsman”) + -ία (-ía), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “master”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “craftsman, builder”), equivalent to archi- + tecton[icus] + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
architectonia f (genitive architectoniae); first declension
- (Late Latin) architecture, construction; architectonic design; master craftsmanship
- Synonym: architectūra
Declension
First-declension noun.
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Descendants
Further reading
- architectonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Souter, Alexander (1949) “architectonia”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D., 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 22