ἔλεγχος

ἔλεγχος (A), εος, τό,

A reproach, disgrace, dishonour,

δὴ γὰρ ἔλεγχος ἔσσεται εἴ κεν νῆας ἕλῃ κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ Il.11.314

;

ἡμῖν δ' ἂν ἐλέγχεα ταῦτα γένοιτο Od.21.329

, cf. Pi.N.3.15; of men, the abstr. being put for the concrete, κάκ' ἐλέγχεα base reproaches to your name, Il.5.787, al., Hes. Th.26; ἐλέγχεα alone, Il.24.260.

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ἔλεγχος (B), ὁ,

A argument of disproof or refutation, πολύδηρις ἔ. Parm. 1.36, cf. Pl.Phdr.276a;

ὁ ἔ. συναγωγὴ τῶν ἀντικειμένων ἐστίν Arist.Rh. 1410a22

, cf. 1396b26;

ἔ. δὲ συλλογισμὸς μετ' ἀντιφάσεως τοῦ συμπεράσματος Id.SE165a2

, cf.APr.66b11; ἐλέγχου ἄγνοια, ignoratio elenchi, Id.SE168a18;

ὅταν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐ. πιέζωνται Phld.D.3.8

.

II generally, cross-examining, testing, scrutiny, esp. for purposes of refutation, οὐκ ἔχει ἔλεγχον does not admit of disproof, Hdt.2.23; τῶνδ' ἔλεγχον, abs., as a test of this, S.OT603;

τὰ ψευδῆ ἔλεγχον ἔχει Th.3.53

; ἔ. παραδοῦναί τινι to give him an opportunity of refuting, Pl.Phdr.273c; δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔ. to submit it to scrutiny, Pi.N.8.21; χρυσὸς νόθου ἀρετῆς ἔ. Com.Adesp.195; ἀρετῆς ἔ. δοῦναι a proof or test of it, And.1.150; ἔ. διδόναι τοῦ βίου to give an account of one's life, Pl.Ap.39c;

οἱ ἔ. περὶ ὀρφανῶν Is.4.22

;

τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸν ἔ. δώσει D.4.15

; ἔ. ποιεῖν τινός to test it, Ar.Ra.786;

ἔ. ποιήσασθαι τῶν πεπραγμένων Antipho 1.7

; ἔ. λαβεῖν τινός make trial of it, ib.12; ἐλέγχους ἀποδέχεσθαι to admit tests, Lys.19.6; ἐλέγχους προσφέρειν to allege them, Ar.Lys.484; διάπειρα βροτῶν ἔ. Pi.O.4.20;

οὐδὲ ἔ. παρασχὼν οὐδὲ βάσανον Antipho 2.4.7

;

ἔ. διδόναι And.2.4

; εἰς ἔ. πεσεῖν to be convicted, E.Hipp.1310, cf. HF 73; δεικνυμένων ἐ. Id.Heracl.905 (lyr.);

οὔτ' εἰς ἔ. χειρὸς οὐδ' ἔργου μολών S.OC1297

; εἰς ἔ. ἐξιέναι to proceed to the proof, put to the test, Id.Ph.98; or, to be put to the proof, Id.Fr.105;

ἐξελθεῖν E.Alc.640

;

εἰς ἔ. ἰέναι περί τινος Pl.Phdr.278c

;

εἰς ἔ. ἔρχεσθαί τινος Philem.93.3

;

καταστῆναι εἰς ἔ. καὶ λόγον Isoc.12.150

;

ἔ. φεύγειν Antipho 5.38

; οἱ περὶ Παυσανίαν ἔ. the evidence on which he was convicted, Th.1.135;

πίστις πραγμάτων ἔ. οὐ βλεπομένων Ep.Hebr.11.1

.

III Ἔλεγχος personified, Men.545, Luc.Pseudol.4.

b applied to Conscience,

τὸ συνειδὸς ἔ. ἀδέκαστος Ph.1.236

; ἔ. κατάλογον ποιεῖται τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων [τῆς ψυχῆς] ib.291.

IV catalogue, inventory, Gloss., Suet. Gramm.8 (pl.).

V drop-pearl, Plin.HN9.113, Juv.6.459.