ἐλέγχω

ἐλέγχω, Od.21.424, etc.: [tense] fut.

A

ἐλέγξω Ar.Nu.1043

, etc.: [tense] aor.

ἤλεγξα Il.9.522

, etc.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

ἐλεγχθήσομαι Antipho 2.4.10

, X.Mem.1.7.2: [tense] aor.

ἠλέγχθην Antipho

l.c., Pl.Grg.458a, etc.: [tense] pf.

ἐλήλεγμαι Id.Lg.805c

: [ per.] 3sg. ἐλήλεγκται Antiphol.c. (ἐξ-ηλεγμένοι is f.l. in Lys. 6.44): [tense] plpf.

ἐξ-ελήλεγκτο D.32.27

:—disgrace, put to shame, μῦθον ἐ. treat a speech with contempt, Il.9.522; ἐ. τινά put one to shame, Od. 21.424.—This usage is only [dialect] Ep.

II cross-examine, question, Hdt.2.115, Pl.Ap.18d, etc.;

μὴ 'λεγχε τὸν πονοῦντα A.Ch.919

;

φύλαξ ἐλέγχων φύλακα S.Ant.260

;

τί ταῦτ' ἄλλως ἐλέγχεις

;

Id.OT333

, cf. 783;

ἔλεγχ', ἐλέγχου Ar.Ra.857

;

ἐ. τινὰ περί τινος Id.Pl.574

;

ἕνεκά τινος Antiph.207.10

;

τὰς ἀρχὰς βασάνοις χρώμενοι ἐλεγχόντων Pl. Lg.946c

: c. acc. et inf., accuse one of doing, E.Alc.1058:—[voice] Pass., to be convicted, Hdt.1.24,117;

ἐλεγχόμενοι εἴ τι περιγένοιτο τῶν χρημάτων D.35.36

, cf. Pl.Prt.331c, 331d: with part.,

ἐλεγχθεὶς διαφθείρας Antipho 2.3.9

, cf. 2.4.10;

ἐλεγχθήσεται γελοῖος ὤν X.Mem.1.7.2

.

2 test, bring to the proof,

ἀνδρῶν ἀρετὰν παγκρατὴς ἐλέγχει ἀλάθεια B.Fr. 10.2

; πρᾶγμ' ἐ. A.Ag.1351 ([voice] Pass.,

τὸ πρᾶγμ' ἐλεγχθέν Ar.Ec.485

);

λόγον Pl.Sph.242b

([voice] Pass., Id.Tht.161e): with subject. clause, ἐ. τινά, εἰ . ., A.Ch.851, Ar.Eq.1232.

3 prove, τοῦτο ἐ. ὡς . . Pl.Phdr.273b, cf. Sph.256c: abs., bring convincing proof, ὡς ἡ ἀνάγκη ἐ. Hdt.2.22; αὐτὸ τὸ ἔργον ἐ. Th.6.86;

περί τινος D.21.5

.

4 refute, confute, τινά or τι, Pl.Grg.470c, al., D.28.2, Luc.Nigr.4:—[voice] Pass., Pl.Tht.162a; χρυσὸς κληῖδας ἐλέγχει proves that they avail not, AP5.216 (Paul. Sil.).

b put right, correct, prove by a reductio ad impossibile,

ὅσα ἔστιν ἀποδεῖξαι, ἔστι καὶ ἐλέγξαι τὸν θέμενον τὴν ἀντίφασιν τοῦ ἀληθοῦς Arist.SE 170a24

; παράδοξα ἐ. Id.EN1146a23.

5 get the better of, στρατιὰν ὠκύτατι ἐ. Pi.P.11.49, cf. D.P.750, Him.Or.1.16.

6 expose,

τινὰ ληροῦντα Pl.Tht.171d

, cf. X.Mem.1.7.2, M.Ant.1.17; betray a weakness, Democr.222.

7 decide a dispute,

ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο LXX Ge. 31.37

.