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τεκμαίρομαι

tekmairomai

assign, ordain

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What it meant

τεκμαίρομαι · tekmairomai — LSJ

assign, ordain, appoint, am arranging, settle with oneself, design, purpose

assign, ordain, esp. of the gods, ἐπεὶ τάδε γʼ 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 δʼ ἐς τόδʼ ἐγὼ τεκμαίρομαι, ὄφρʼ ἐῢ εἰδῇς, αὔριον ἔς I am arranging your departure for to-morrow, Od. 7.317; ἄλλην δʼ ἧμιν ὁδὸν τεκμήρατο Κίρκη 10.563; ἐν οἷς ἂν (sc. τόποις) νομοφύλακες . . τεκμηράμενοι ἕδρας πρεπούσας, ὅρους θῶνται τῶν ὠνίων Pl. Lg. 84

II judge from signs and tokens, estimate, form a judgement, conjecture, by conjecture

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 to judge by, judge of, by, by, from, judge of, estimate

the ground on which the judgement 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. OT 916; τοῖς παροῦσι τἀφανῆ E. Fr. 574; τοὺς . . περιεσομένους τοῖς ξύμπασι σημείοισι by all the symptoms, Hp.

3 taking as an indication, guess, to be uncertain

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 . . , AP 12.177 (Strat.).

4 recognize

recognize, ὄπα κούρης A.R. 4.73; Ἀλέξανδρον APl. 16.121.

III put forth, stretch out, project

put forth, stretch out, ὁλκόν, οὖρον (ὅρον), D.P. 101, 135, 178: abs., project, of teeth, Nic. Th. 231.

B show by a sign, token, make proof of, proves, gives signs, indicate, guide

Act. τεκμαίρω only in post-Hom. Poets, show by a sign or token, make proof of, τεκμαίρει χρῆμʼ 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 μʼ ἐπαμμένει παθεῖν A. Pr. 605 (lyr.); κελεύθους indicate them, Nic. Th. 680; τ. ἀοιδήν guide it . . , Arat. 18.

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