τεκμαίρομαι

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   A τεκμᾰροῦμαι X.Cyr.4.3.21: aor. ἐτεκμηράμην Antipho 5.81, etc., Ep. τεκμ- Od.10.563: (τέκμαρ):—assign, ordain, esp. of the gods, ἐπεὶ τάδε γ' ὧδε θεοὶ κακὰ τεκμήραντο Il.6.349; Κρονίδης . . κακὰ . . τεκμαίρεται ἀμφοτέροισιν 7.70; πόλεμον, δίκην τισὶ τ . . . [Ζεύς], Hes.Op.229,239: generally, of any person in authority, appoint, πομπὴν δ' ἐς τόδ' ἐγὼ τεκμαίρομαι, ὄφρ' ἐῢ εἰδῇς, αὔριον ἔς I am arranging your departure for to-morrow, Od.7.317; ἄλλην δ' ἧμιν ὁδὸν τεκμήρατο Κίρκη 10.563; ἐν οἷς ἂν (sc. τόποις) 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.    II 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 conjecture, ὡς ἀνθρώποις τεκμαίρεσθαι (sc. δέδοται) Alcmaeon 1; τέτταρσιν ὀφθαλμοῖς X.Cyr. 4.3.21; λέγουσι περὶ αὐτοῦ τεκμαιρόμενοι by conjecture, Id.Mem.1.4.1.    2 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 Hdt.1.57; τοῖσι ἐμφανέσι τὰ μὴ γινωσκόμενα τ. judge of the unknown by the known, Id.2.33, cf. 7.16.γ; ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ τ. A.Pr.338; τὰ καινὰ τοῖς πάλαι S. OT916; τοῖς παροῦσι τἀφανῆ E.Fr.574; τοὺς . . περιεσομένους τοῖς ξύμπασι σημείοισι by all the symptoms, Hp.Prog.24, cf. Acut.68; τὰ μέλλοντα τοῖς γεγενημένοις Isoc.4.141; κατὰ [τὴν αἴσθησιν] . . τὸ ἄδηλον τῷ λογισμῷ τ. Epicur.Ep.1p.6U.; περὶ τῶν μελλόντων τοῖς ἤδη γεγενημένοις Isoc.6.59; also τ. τὰ μελλοντ' ἐκ τῶν γεγενημένων Din.1.33, cf. X.Mem.4.1.2, Pl.Smp.204c, Gal.6.470; ἀφ' αὑτοῦ τὴν νόσον τ. Ar.V.76, cf. Th.4.123, X.Mem.3.5.6, Pl.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; πόθεν τοῦτο τεκμαίρῃ; Pl.Cri.44a, cf. Phdr. 235c, R.433b: rarely c. gen., τ. κατηγορίας οὐ προγεγενημένης from the fact that... Th.3.53; τ. τῷ πυρὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ judge of the road by the fire, App.BC5.87, cf. 45, Mith.5, Arat.1129,1154; τ. τοῦ δένδρου πρὸς τὴν ναῦν estimate the tree with reference to... Philostr.Im.2.17, cf. VA1.22.    3 c. acc. et inf., τ. τοῦτο οὕτως ἕξειν ἐκ τοῦδε X.Cyr.8.1.28, cf. Pl.R.578c, Gal.6.588, PRyl.74.5 (ii A.D.); also folld. by a relat. Particle, τεκμαιρόμενος ὅτι . .taking as an indication the fact that... Th.1.1, cf. X.Lac.8.2; ὡς μέγα . . τὴν Αἴτνην ὄρος εἶναί φασι, τεκμαίρου guess how great... Pl.Com.37; τ. εἰ .. to be uncertain whether... AP12.177 (Strat.).    4 recognize, ὄπα κούρης A.R.4.73; Ἀλέξανδρον APl.4.121.    III put forth, stretch out, ὁλκόν, οὖρον ( ὅρον), D.P.101,135,178: abs., project, of teeth, Nic. Th.231.    B Act. τεκμαίρω only in post-Hom. Poets, show by a sign or token, make proof of, τεκμαίρει χρῆμ' ἕκαστον circumstance proves the man, Pi.O.6.73; τεκμαίρει . . ἰδεῖν gives signs [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; τ. ἀοιδήν guide it... Arat.18.