architectonia

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

  1. (Late Latin) architecture, construction; architectonic design; master craftsmanship
    Synonym: architectūra

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative architectonia architectoniae
genitive architectoniae architectoniārum
dative architectoniae architectoniīs
accusative architectoniam architectoniās
ablative architectoniā architectoniīs
vocative architectonia architectoniae

Synonyms

  • architectonicē (attested in Classical Latin in Quintilian)

Descendants

  • French: architectonie
  • Italian: architettonica
  • Polish: architektonika

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.[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 22