archĭtectus | archĭtecton, ŏnis | archĭtecta, ae (noun M.f) = ἀρχιτέκτων: (the usual form, while † , , is rare).
* Form architectus.
* A master-builder, architect: fabri architectique,Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 45: Philo architectus,Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 62; so id. Fam. 9, 2; Vitr. 1, 1; Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 148; Vulg. Eccli. 38, 28; ib. Isa. 3, 3; ib. 2 Macc. 2, 30: ut sapiens architectus,ib. 1 Cor. 3, 10 al.
* Form architecton.
* A master-builder, architect, etc.: nam sibi laudavisse hasce ait architectonem, Nescio quem, esse aedificatas has sane bene,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 73; Sen. Ep. 90; Sol. 32 fin.
* Trop., a master in cunning, a crafty man: me quoque dolis jam superat architectonem,Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 150.

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