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τεκμήριον

τεκμήριον, τεκμήριον, τό, evidence, proof (noun)

τεκμήρι-ον, τό, (τεκμαίρομαι)
  • = τέκμαρ II (cf. Arist. Rh. 1357b8, 9), a sure sign or token, Hdt. 2.13, 9.100, etc.; τεκμηρίοισιν ἐξ οἰμωγμάτων A. Ag. 1366; καὶ μὴν στίβοι γε, δεύτερον τ. Id. Ch. 205; θανόντος πίστʼ ἔχων τ. S. El. 774; ἐμφανῆ τ. ib. 1109; ἀσφαλὲς τ. E. Rh. 94; ταῦτα δὴ πάντα τ. ὅτι . . Hp. VM 8: Medic., a sure symptom, Id. Prog. 25, Sor. 1.33, Gal. 18(2).306.
      • 2 simply sign, symbol, τοῦ φιλαποδήμου Sor. Vit.Hippocr. 12.
    • II proof (properly of an argumentative kind, opp. direct evidence, Is. 4.12, 8.6), A. Eu. 485, Pl. Tht. 158b, al.; opp. τὰ εἰκότα, Antipho 2.4.10; but οὐκ εἰκότα τ. Id. 4.4.2; τ. δίκαιον Id. 1.10; τ. τινός proof of a thing, A. Eu. 662, Ar. Av. 482, etc.; τ. δὲ τοῦδε τὸν Ὅμηρον λαβέ (i.e. the case of Homer) Philem. 97.5; also τ. περὶ τῶν μελλόντων And. 3.2, cf. Pl. Tht. 185b; τ. τινὸς δοῦναι, παρασχέσθαι, A. Pr. 826, X. Ages. 6.1; λέξω A. Eu. 447; δείξω, ἐπιδείξω, ἀποδεῖξαι, ib. 662, Supp. 53 (lyr.), Pl. Tht. 158b; τ. ἀποφαίνειν περὶ σοφίας Id. Hp.Ma. 283a; ἔχειν A. Supp. 271.
      • 2 τεκμήριον δέ as an independent clause, now the proof of it is this (which follows), take this as a proof, Th. 2.39, D. 20.10, etc.; more fully, τ. δέ μοι τούτου τόδε· αἱ μὲν γὰρ φαίνονται κτλ. Hdt. 2.58; τ. δὲ τούτου καὶ τόδε· παρὰ μὲν Κύρου κτλ. X. An. 1.9.29; χρῆσθαι τεκμηρίῳ ὅτι . . (ὅτι introducing the reason, not the fact) And. 1.24, cf. Lys. 30.15.
      • 3 in the Logic of Aristotle, demonstrative proof, opp. to the fallible σημεῖον and εἰκός, APr. 70b2, Rh. 1357b4, 1402b19, cf. Phld. Rh. 1.369 S.

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