τεκμήρι-ον, τό,
(τεκμαίρομαι) ={τέκμαρ}[[ 11 (compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1357b8, 9)] Refs 4th c.BC+], a sure sign or token, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 9.100, etc.; τεκμηρίοισιν ἐξ οἰμωγμάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1366 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ μὴν στίβοι γε, δεύτερον τ. [[ [prev. author] “Ch.” 205 ] Refs]; θανόντος πίστ᾽ ἔχων τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 774; ἐμφανῆ τ. [prev. work] 1109 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσφαλὲς τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 94; ταῦτα δὴ πάντα τ. ὅτι.. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Medicine texts, a sure symptom, [[ [prev. author] “Prog.” 25, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.33, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).306. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 simply sign, symbol, τοῦ φιλαποδήμου [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “Vit.Hippocr.” 12. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II proof (properly of an argumentative kind, opposed to direct evidence, [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.12, 8.6), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 485, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158b, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τὰ εἰκότα, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but οὐκ εἰκότα τ. [[ [prev. author] 4.4.2; τ. δίκαιον [prev. author] 1.10 ] Refs]; τ. τινός proof of a thing, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 662, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 482, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. δὲ τοῦδε τὸν Ὅμηρον λαβέ (i.e. the case of Homer) [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 97.5; also τ. περὶ τῶν μελλόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 185b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. τινὸς δοῦναι, παρασχέσθαι, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 826, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 6.1; λέξω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 447 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δείξω, ἐπιδείξω, ἀποδεῖξαι,[[ [prev. work] 662, “Supp.” 53 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158b; τ. ἀποφαίνειν περὶ σοφίας [prev. author] “Hp.Ma.” 283a; ἔχειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 271. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]