τεκμαίρομαι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kʷekmə́řřomai, from *kʷékmər, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéḱ-mr̥.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tek.mǎi̯.ro.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tekˈmɛ.ro.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tekˈmɛ.ro.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tekˈme.ro.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tekˈme.ro.me/
Verb
τεκμαίρομαι • (tekmaíromai)
Conjugation
Present: τεκμαίρομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | τεκμαίρομαι | τεκμαίρῃ / τεκμαίρει | τεκμαίρεται | τεκμαίρεσθον | τεκμαίρεσθον | τεκμαιρόμεθᾰ | τεκμαίρεσθε | τεκμαίρονται | ||||
| subjunctive | τεκμαίρωμαι | τεκμαίρῃ | τεκμαίρηται | τεκμαίρησθον | τεκμαίρησθον | τεκμαιρώμεθᾰ | τεκμαίρησθε | τεκμαίρωνται | |||||
| optative | τεκμαιροίμην | τεκμαίροιο | τεκμαίροιτο | τεκμαίροισθον | τεκμαιροίσθην | τεκμαιροίμεθᾰ | τεκμαίροισθε | τεκμαίροιντο | |||||
| imperative | τεκμαίρου | τεκμαιρέσθω | τεκμαίρεσθον | τεκμαιρέσθων | τεκμαίρεσθε | τεκμαιρέσθων | |||||||
| infinitive | τεκμαίρεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | τεκμαιρόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | τεκμαιρομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | τεκμαιρόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἐτεκμαιρόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐτεκμαιρόμην | ἐτεκμαίρου | ἐτεκμαίρετο | ἐτεκμαίρεσθον | ἐτεκμαιρέσθην | ἐτεκμαιρόμεθᾰ | ἐτεκμαίρεσθε | ἐτεκμαίροντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: τεκμᾰρέομαι (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | τεκμᾰρέομαι | τεκμᾰρέῃ / τεκμᾰρέει | τεκμᾰρέεται | τεκμᾰρέεσθον | τεκμᾰρέεσθον | τεκμᾰρεόμεθᾰ | τεκμᾰρέεσθε | τεκμᾰρέονται | ||||
| optative | τεκμᾰρεοίμην | τεκμᾰρέοιο | τεκμᾰρέοιτο | τεκμᾰρέοισθον | τεκμᾰρεοίσθην | τεκμᾰρεοίμεθᾰ | τεκμᾰρέοισθε | τεκμᾰρέοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | τεκμᾰρέεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | τεκμᾰρεόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | τεκμᾰρεομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | τεκμᾰρεόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: τεκμᾰροῦμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | τεκμᾰροῦμαι | τεκμᾰρῇ | τεκμᾰρεῖται | τεκμᾰρεῖσθον | τεκμᾰρεῖσθον | τεκμᾰρούμεθᾰ | τεκμᾰρεῖσθε | τεκμᾰροῦνται | ||||
| optative | τεκμᾰροίμην | τεκμᾰροῖο | τεκμᾰροῖτο | τεκμᾰροῖσθον | τεκμᾰροίσθην | τεκμᾰροίμεθᾰ | τεκμᾰροῖσθε | τεκμᾰροῖντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | τεκμᾰρεῖσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | τεκμᾰρούμενος | |||||||||||
| f | τεκμᾰρουμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | τεκμᾰρούμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐτεκμηρᾰ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐτεκμηρᾰ́μην | ἐτεκμήρω | ἐτεκμήρᾰτο | ἐτεκμήρᾰσθον | ἐτεκμηρᾰ́σθην | ἐτεκμηρᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐτεκμήρᾰσθε | ἐτεκμήρᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | τεκμήρωμαι | τεκμήρῃ | τεκμήρηται | τεκμήρησθον | τεκμήρησθον | τεκμηρώμεθᾰ | τεκμήρησθε | τεκμήρωνται | |||||
| optative | τεκμηραίμην | τεκμήραιο | τεκμήραιτο | τεκμήραισθον | τεκμηραίσθην | τεκμηραίμεθᾰ | τεκμήραισθε | τεκμήραιντο | |||||
| imperative | τέκμηραι | τεκμηρᾰ́σθω | τεκμήρᾰσθον | τεκμηρᾰ́σθων | τεκμήρᾰσθε | τεκμηρᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | τεκμήρᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | τεκμηρᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
| f | τεκμηρᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | τεκμηρᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: τεκμηρᾰ́μην (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | τεκμηρᾰ́μην | τεκμήρᾰο | τεκμήρᾰτο | τεκμήρᾰσθον | τεκμηρᾰ́σθην | τεκμηρᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | τεκμήρᾰσθε | τεκμήρᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | τεκμήρωμαι | τεκμήρηαι | τεκμήρηται | τεκμήρησθον | τεκμήρησθον | τεκμηρώμε(σ)θᾰ | τεκμήρησθε | τεκμήρωνται | |||||
| optative | τεκμηραίμην | τεκμήραιο | τεκμήραιτο | τεκμήραισθον | τεκμηραίσθην | τεκμηραίμε(σ)θᾰ | τεκμήραισθε | τεκμηραίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | τέκμηραι | τεκμηρᾰ́σθω | τεκμήρᾰσθον | τεκμηρᾰ́σθων | τεκμήρᾰσθε | τεκμηρᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | τεκμήρᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | τεκμηρᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
| f | τεκμηρᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | τεκμηρᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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The active voice is rare and found only in post-Homeric poets. Attested active forms include:
- τεκμαίρει (third-person singular present indicative)
- τεκμήρατε (second-person plural first aorist imperative or unaugmented indicative)
- τέκμηρον (first-person singular or third-person plural unaugmented second aorist indicative)
Related terms
Further reading
- “τεκμαίρομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τεκμαίρομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τεκμαίρομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τεκμαίρομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- assume idem, page 47.
- calculate idem, page 108.
- conclude idem, page 155.
- conjecture idem, page 160.
- deduce idem, page 202.
- divine idem, page 244.
- forecast idem, page 336.
- gather idem, page 354.
- gauge idem, page 355.
- guess idem, page 377.
- imagine idem, page 417.
- infer idem, page 437.
- judge idem, page 465.
- presume idem, page 638.
- suppose idem, page 841.
- surmise idem, page 843.
- suspect idem, page 845.