τεκμήρι-ον, τό, (τεκμαίρομαι) ={τέκμαρ}[
Refs 4th c.BC+], a
sure sign or
token, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ μὴν στίβοι γε, δεύτερον τ. [
Refs]; θανόντος πίστ᾽ ἔχων τ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσφαλὲς τ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Medicine texts, a
sure symptom, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2) simply
sign, symbol, τοῦ φιλαποδήμου [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
proof (properly of an argumentative kind, opposed to direct evidence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τὰ εἰκότα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but οὐκ εἰκότα τ. [
Refs]; τ. τινός
proof of a thing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. δὲ τοῦδε τὸν Ὅμηρον λαβέ (i.e. the case of Homer) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. τινὸς δοῦναι, παρασχέσθαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δείξω, ἐπιδείξω, ἀποδεῖξαι,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) τεκμήριον δέ as an independent clause,
now the proof of it is this (which follows),
take this as a proof, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; more fully, τ. δέ μοι τούτου τόδε· αἱ μὲν γὰρ φαίνονται κτλ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. δὲ τούτου καὶ τόδε· παρὰ μὲν Κύρου κτλ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρῆσθαι τεκμηρίῳ ὅτι. (ὅτι introducing the reason, not the fact) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) in the Logic of Aristotle,
demonstrative proof, opposed to to the fallible σημεῖον and εἰκός, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]