wall-building, fortification
Ancient Greek word, found 15 times in the texts on Socratos.
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.82.6: ξυνῄδεσαν δὲ τὸν τειχισμὸν καὶ τῶν ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ τινὲς πόλεων. καὶ οἱ μὲν Ἀργεῖοι πανδημεί, καὶ αὐτοὶ καὶ γυναῖκες καὶ οἰκέται, ἐτείχιζον· καὶ ἐκ τῶν Ἀθηνῶν αὐτοῖς ἦλθον τέκτονες καὶ λιθουργοί. καὶ τὸ θέρος ἐτελεύτα.
Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 3.2.1: λέγεται δέ τις καὶ τοιόσδε λόγος, οὐκ ἄπιστος ἔμοιγε· ἐθέλειν μὲν Ἀλέξανδρον καταλείπειν αὐτὸν τὰ σημεῖα τοῦ τειχισμοῦ τοῖς τέκτοσιν, οὐκ εἶναι δὲ ὅτῳ τὴν γῆν ἐπιγράψουσιν· τῶν δὴ τεκτόνων τινὰ ἐπιφρασθέντα, ὅσα ἐν τεύχεσιν ἄλφι …