τεκμήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τεκμαίρομαι (tekmaíromai, “to make a conjecture”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

τεκμήρῐον • (tekmḗrion) n (genitive τεκμηρῐ́ου); second declension

(Attic, Ionic, Koine)
  1. proof (through argument)
    • 4th century BC, Isaeus, Nicostratus 12:
      ἐν μόναις δὲ ταῖς τῶν κλήρων εἰσαγωγαῖς δοκεῖ μοι προσήκειν τεκμηρίοις μᾶλλον ἢ μάρτυσι πιστεύειν.
      en mónais dè taîs tôn klḗrōn eisagōgaîs dokeî moi prosḗkein tekmēríois mâllon ḕ mártusi pisteúein.
      • 1962 translation by Edward Seymour Forster
        It seems to me that in suits concerning inheritances, and in these alone, more credit ought to be given to circumstantial proof than to the statements of witnesses.
  2. (logic) demonstrative proof
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 70b.2
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1.3.7:
      τὰ γὰρ τεκμήρια καὶ τὰ εἰκότα καὶ τὰ σημεῖα προτάσεις εἰσὶν ῥητορικαί
      tà gàr tekmḗria kaì tà eikóta kaì tà sēmeîa protáseis eisìn rhētorikaí
      for proofs and probable propositions and probable arguments are propositions of rhetoric

Declension
Second declension of τὸ τεκμήρῐον; τοῦ τεκμηρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ τεκμήρῐον
tò tekmḗrion		 τὼ τεκμηρῐ́ω
tṑ tekmēríō		 τᾰ̀ τεκμήρῐᾰ
tà tekmḗria
Genitive τοῦ τεκμηρῐ́ου
toû tekmēríou		 τοῖν τεκμηρῐ́οιν
toîn tekmēríoin		 τῶν τεκμηρῐ́ων
tôn tekmēríōn
Dative τῷ τεκμηρῐ́ῳ
tôi tekmēríōi		 τοῖν τεκμηρῐ́οιν
toîn tekmēríoin		 τοῖς τεκμηρῐ́οις
toîs tekmēríois
Accusative τὸ τεκμήρῐον
tò tekmḗrion		 τὼ τεκμηρῐ́ω
tṑ tekmēríō		 τᾰ̀ τεκμήρῐᾰ
tà tekmḗria
Vocative τεκμήρῐον
tekmḗrion		 τεκμηρῐ́ω
tekmēríō		 τεκμήρῐᾰ
tekmḗria
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.


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