τεκμαίρομαι, fut. 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' ἐὺ̈ 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.γ́; 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.