τέκμαρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τέκμωρ (tékmōr) — Epic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷékmər, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéḱ-mr̥.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ték.mar/ → /ˈtek.mar/ → /ˈtek.mar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ték.mar/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtek.mar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtek.mar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtek.mar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtek.mar/

Noun

τέκμᾰρ • (tékmar) n (indeclinable)

1. goal, end
2. token, pledge

Derived terms

• τεκμαίρομαι (tekmaíromai)

Further reading

• “τέκμαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τέκμαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τέκμωρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τέκμαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τέκμαρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • badge idem, page 59.
  • clue idem, page 140.
  • emblem idem, page 267.
  • evidence idem, page 285.
  • indication idem, page 432.
  • manifestation idem, page 512.
  • proof idem, page 653.
  • sign idem, page 774.
  • symbol idem, page 850.
  • toilsomeness idem, page 880.