ἀρχιτέκτων

architekton

chief-artificer, master-builder, director of works

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 4
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Book I 3
Chapter 4 1253b23–1254a16

1253b38

Chapter 13 1259b18–1260b24

1260a18
1260a19
Book VII 1
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32

1325b23
Metaphysics 2
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Book Α 2
Chapter 1 980a21–982a3

981a30
981b31
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 11 1152b1–24

1152b2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀρχιτέκτων, ονος, ὁ, A. chief-artificer, master-builder, director of works, τοῦ ὀρύγματος, τῆς γεφύρας, Hdt. 3.60, 4.87; opp. χειροτέχνης, Arist. Metaph. 981a30; opp. ἐργατικός, Pl. Plt. 259e; commissioner of works, IG 2.403, al., ib.9(1).694.145 (Corcyra), SIG 284.12 (Chios, from Erythrae), etc.; ἀ. τοῦ ναοῦ ib.494.3 (Delph.); ἀ. ἐπὶ τὰ ἱερά IG 2.404. b. pl., board of naval constructors, Arist. Ath. 46.1. 2. generally, author, contriver, E. Cyc. 477; ἀ. κύριος τῆς ἡδονῆς Alex. 149.2; ἀ. τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς D. 56.11; τοῦ τέλους Arist. EN 1152b2; τοὺς ταῖς διανοίαις ἀ. τινός those that direct activities by thought, Id. Pol. 1325b23. II. at Athens, manager of the state theatre and of the Dionysia, D. 18.28, IG 2.335.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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