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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.tekˈto.ni.a/, [ärkʰɪt̪ɛkˈt̪ɔniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.ki.tekˈto.ni.a/, [ärkit̪ekˈt̪ɔːniä]

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)

Related terms

• architectātus
• architecticus
• architectō
• architectōn
• architectonicē
• architectonicus
• architectonizō
• architectonor
• architector
• architectūra
• architectus

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