A.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.
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 δ᾽ οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς οὔτε χείματος τ. οὔτ᾽ . . ἦρος” A.Pr.454; ἔστι τῶνδέ σοι τ.; Id.Ag.272, cf. 315; τἀνδρὸς ἐκφανὲς τ. Id.Eu.244; τῆσδ᾽ 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.SA2.2, al.