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τέκμαρ

τέκμαρ, a fixed mark

τέκμαρ, Ep. τέκμωρ (so always in Hom., never elsewhere), τό, indecl.:—
  • fixed mark or boundary, goal, end (= πέρας, κατὰ τὴν ἀρχαίαν γλῶσσαν, Arist. Rh. 1357b9), ἵκετο τέκμωρ he reached the goal, Il. 13.20; τοῖο μὲν . . εὕρετο τέκμωρ for this he found an end, i.e. devised a remedy, 16.472; εἰς ὅ κε τ. Ἰλίου εὕρωσιν 7.30; οὐδέ τι τέκμωρ εὑρέμεναι δύνασαι Od. 4.373, cf. 466: in Pi., either end, termination, τέκμαρ αἰῶνος Fr. 165; or end, object, purpose, P. 2.49.
      • 2 fixed line of separation, δειλῶν τε καὶ ἐσθλῶν τ. ἐναργές Hes. Fr. 164.
    • II sure sign or token of some high and solemn kind, as Zeus says that his nod is ἐξ ἐμέθεν μέγιστον τέκμωρ, the highest, surest pledge I can give, Il. 1.526; σαφὲς τ. Pi. N. 11.44; of the moon, as a sign in the heavens, τ. δὲ βροτοῖς . . τέτυκται h.Hom. 32.13, cf. A.R. 1.499, 3.1002, etc.; ἦν δʼ οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς οὔτε χείματος τ. οὔτʼ . . ἦρος A. Pr. 454; ἔστι τῶνδέ σοι τ.; Id. Ag. 272, cf. 315; τἀνδρὸς ἐκφανὲς τ. Id. Eu. 244; τῆσδʼ ἀφίξεως τ. Id. Supp. 483; κυνὸς . . σῆμα, ναυτίλοις τ. E. Hec. 1273.--Poet. word, used also in the Ion. Prose of Hp. and Aret. for symptom, esp. pathognomic symptom, Hp. Mul. 2.123, Aret. SA 2.2, al.

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