τεκμαίρομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> τεκμᾰροῦμαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.3.21</span>: aor. ἐτεκμηράμην <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.81</span>, etc., Ep. τεκμ- <span class="bibl">Od.10.563</span>: (τέκμαρ):—<b class="b2">assign, ordain</b>, esp. of the gods, ἐπεὶ τάδε γ' ὧδε θεοὶ κακὰ τεκμήραντο <span class="bibl">Il.6.349</span>; Κρονίδης . . κακὰ . . τεκμαίρεται ἀμφοτέροισιν <span class="bibl">7.70</span>; <b class="b3">πόλεμον, δίκην τισὶ τ . . . [Ζεύς</b>], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>229</span>,<span class="bibl">239</span>: generally, of any person in authority, <b class="b2">appoint</b>, <b class="b3">πομπὴν δ' ἐς τόδ' ἐγὼ τεκμαίρομαι, ὄφρ' ἐῢ εἰδῇς, αὔριον ἔς</b> I <b class="b2">am arranging</b> your departure for tomorrow, <span class="bibl">Od.7.317</span>; ἄλλην δ' ἧμιν ὁδὸν τεκμήρατο Κίρκη <span class="bibl">10.563</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν οἷς ἂν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τόποις</b>) νομοφύλακες . . τεκμηράμενοι ἕδρας πρεπούσας, ὅρους θῶνται τῶν ὠνίων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>849e</span>; with a notion of foretelling, τότε τοι τεκμαίρομ' ὄλεθρον <span class="bibl">Od.11.112</span>: c. inf., <b class="b2">settle with oneself</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">design, purpose</b> to do, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>285</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.559</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> after Hom. almost always, <b class="b2">judge from signs and tokens, estimate</b>, προσβάσεις πύργων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>180</span>; <b class="b3">κύματα, φύλλα</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.217</span>: abs., <b class="b2">form a judgement</b> or <b class="b2">conjecture</b>, <b class="b3">ὡς ἀνθρώποις τεκμαίρεσθαι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">δέδοται</b>) <span class="bibl">Alcmaeon 1</span>; τέτταρσιν ὀφθαλμοῖς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 4.3.21</span>; <b class="b3">λέγουσι περὶ αὐτοῦ τεκμαιρόμενοι</b> <b class="b2">by conjecture</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.4.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> the ground on which the judgment or conjecture is founded is commonly added in the dat., <b class="b3">ἐμπύροις τεκμαίρεσθαι</b> <b class="b2">to judge by</b> the burnt-offering, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.3</span>; τεκμαίρομαι ἔργοισιν Ἡρακλέος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>169.4</span>; τ. τοῖσι νῦν ἔτι ἐοῦσι Πελασγῶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.57</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖσι ἐμφανέσι τὰ μὴ γινωσκόμενα τ</b>. <b class="b2">judge of</b> the unknown <b class="b2">by</b> the known, <span class="bibl">Id.2.33</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.16</span>.<b class="b3">γ; ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>338</span>; τὰ καινὰ τοῖς πάλαι <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>916</span>; τοῖς παροῦσι τἀφανῆ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>574</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς . . περιεσομένους τοῖς ξύμπασι σημείοισι</b> <b class="b2">by</b> all the symptoms, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prog.</span>24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Acut.</span>68</span>; τὰ μέλλοντα τοῖς γεγενημένοις <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.141</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ [τὴν αἴσθησιν] . . τὸ ἄδηλον τῷ λογισμῷ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.6U.</span>; περὶ τῶν μελλόντων τοῖς ἤδη γεγενημένοις <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.59</span>; also τ. τὰ μελλοντ' ἐκ τῶν γεγενημένων <span class="bibl">Din.1.33</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>204c</span>, Gal.6.470; <b class="b3">ἀφ' αὑτοῦ τὴν νόσον τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>76</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.123</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.5.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>108a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>409a</span>,<span class="bibl">501b</span>; τ. ἀπὸ τούτων εἰς τὰ ἄλλα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>206b</span>; εἴ τι δεῖ τ. πρὸς τὸν ἄλλον αὐτοῦ τρόπον <span class="bibl">D.27.22</span>; <b class="b3">πόθεν τοῦτο τεκμαίρῃ</b>; <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>44a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span> 235c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>433b</span>: rarely c. gen., <b class="b3">τ. κατηγορίας οὐ προγεγενημένης</b> <b class="b2">from</b> the fact that... <span class="bibl">Th.3.53</span>; <b class="b3">τ. τῷ πυρὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ</b> <b class="b2">judge of</b> the road by the fire, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.87</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">45</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mith.</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl">Arat.1129</span>,<span class="bibl">1154</span>; <b class="b3">τ. τοῦ δένδρου πρὸς τὴν ναῦν</b> <b class="b2">estimate</b> the tree with reference to... <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">VA</span>1.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. et inf., τ. τοῦτο οὕτως ἕξειν ἐκ τοῦδε <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.1.28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>578c</span>, Gal.6.588, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>74.5</span> (ii A.D.); also folld. by a relat. Particle, <b class="b3">τεκμαιρόμενος ὅτι . .</b><b class="b2">taking as an indication</b> the fact that... <span class="bibl">Th.1.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>8.2</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς μέγα . . τὴν Αἴτνην ὄρος εἶναί φασι, τεκμαίρου</b> <b class="b2">guess</b> how great... <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.37</span>; <b class="b3">τ. εἰ .</b>. <b class="b2">to be uncertain</b> whether... <span class="title">AP</span>12.177 (Strat.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">recognize</b>, ὄπα κούρης <span class="bibl">A.R.4.73</span>; Ἀλέξανδρον <span class="title">APl.</span>4.121. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">put forth, stretch out</b>, <b class="b3">ὁλκόν, οὖρον</b> ( ὅρον), <span class="bibl">D.P.101</span>,<span class="bibl">135</span>,<span class="bibl">178</span>: abs., <b class="b2">project</b>, of teeth, <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>231</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> Act. <b class="b3">τεκμαίρω</b> only in post-Hom. Poets, <b class="b2">show by a sign</b> or <b class="b2">token, make proof of</b>, <b class="b3">τεκμαίρει χρῆμ' ἕκαστον</b> circumstance <b class="b2">proves</b> the man, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.73</span>; <b class="b3">τεκμαίρει . . ἰδεῖν</b> <b class="b2">gives signs</b> [for men] to see, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>6.8</span>; ἀλλά μοι . . τέκμηρον, ὅ τι μ' ἐπαμμένει παθεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>605</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">κελεύθους</b> <b class="b2">indicate</b> them, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>680</span>; <b class="b3">τ. ἀοιδήν</b> <b class="b2">guide</b> it... <span class="bibl">Arat.18</span>.</span>