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