clear proof

Greek Noun Neuter

τεκμήριον, -ου, τό (τέκμαρ, a mark, sign), [in LXX: Wis.5:4 19:13, 3Ma.3:24 *;] a sure sign, a positive proof: Act.1:1-26 (for exx, see MM, xxiv). SYN.: ἔνδειγμα, q.v (AS)

clear proof

Greek Noun Neuter

τεκμήρι-ον, τό, (τεκμαίρομαι) ={τέκμαρ}[Refs 4th c.BC+], a sure sign or token, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ μὴν στίβοι γε, δεύτερον τ. [Refs]; θανόντος πίστ᾽ ἔχων τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσφαλὲς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Medicine texts, a sure symptom, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2) simply sign, symbol, τοῦ φιλαποδήμου [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) proof (properly of an argumentative kind, opposed to direct evidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τὰ εἰκότα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but οὐκ εἰκότα τ. [Refs]; τ. τινός proof of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. δὲ τοῦδε τὸν Ὅμηρον λαβέ (i.e. the case of Homer) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. τινὸς δοῦναι, παρασχέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δείξω, ἐπιδείξω, ἀποδεῖξαι,[Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) τεκμήριον δέ as an independent clause, now the proof of it is this (which follows), take this as a proof, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; more fully, τ. δέ μοι τούτου τόδε· αἱ μὲν γὰρ φαίνονται κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. δὲ τούτου καὶ τόδε· παρὰ μὲν Κύρου κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρῆσθαι τεκμηρίῳ ὅτι. (ὅτι introducing the reason, not the fact) [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) in the Logic of Aristotle, demonstrative proof, opposed to to the fallible σημεῖον and εἰκός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

a token (as defining a fact), i.e. criterion of certainty; infallible proof; neuter of a presumed derivative of (a goal or fixed limit)