ἔλεγχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), εος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[reproach]], [[disgrace]], [[dishonour]], δὴ γὰρ ἔλεγχος ἔσσεται εἴ κεν νῆας ἕλῃ κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ <span class="bibl">Il.11.314</span>; ἡμῖν δ' ἂν ἐλέγχεα ταῦτα γένοιτο <span class="bibl">Od.21.329</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.15</span>; of men, the abstr. being put for the concrete, <b class="b3">κάκ' ἐλέγχεα</b> base [[reproaches]] to your name, <span class="bibl">Il.5.787</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>26</span>; <b class="b3">ἐλέγχεα</b> alone, <span class="bibl">Il.24.260</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">ἔλεγχος</span> (B), ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[argument of disproof]] or [[refutation]], <b class="b3">πολύδηρις ἔ</b>. <span class="bibl">Parm. 1.36</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>276a</span>; ὁ ἔ. συναγωγὴ τῶν ἀντικειμένων ἐστίν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 1410a22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1396b26</span>; ἔ. δὲ συλλογισμὸς μετ' ἀντιφάσεως τοῦ συμπεράσματος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">SE</span>165a2</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">APr.</span>66b11</span>; <b class="b3">ἐλέγχου ἄγνοια</b>, [[ignoratio elenchi]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">SE</span>168a18</span>; ὅταν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐ. πιέζωνται Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3.8. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> generally, <b class="b2">cross-examining, testing, scrutiny</b>, esp. for purposes of [[refutation]], <b class="b3">οὐκ ἔχει ἔλεγχον</b> does not admit of [[disproof]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.23</span>; <b class="b3">τῶνδ' ἔλεγχον</b>, abs., [[as a test]] of this, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>603</span>; τὰ ψευδῆ ἔλεγχον ἔχει <span class="bibl">Th.3.53</span>; <b class="b3">ἔ. παραδοῦναί τινι</b> to give him [[an opportunity of refuting]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>273c</span>; <b class="b3">δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔ</b>. to submit it to [[scrutiny]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>8.21</span>; <b class="b3">χρυσὸς νόθου ἀρετῆς ἔ</b>. <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>195; <b class="b3">ἀρετῆς ἔ. δοῦναι</b> [[a proof]] or [[test]] of it, <span class="bibl">And.1.150</span>; <b class="b3">ἔ. διδόναι τοῦ βίου</b> to give [[an account]] of one's life, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>39c</span>; οἱ ἔ. περὶ ὀρφανῶν <span class="bibl">Is.4.22</span>; τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸν ἔ. δώσει <span class="bibl">D.4.15</span>; <b class="b3">ἔ. ποιεῖν τινός</b> to [[test]] it, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>786</span>; ἔ. ποιήσασθαι τῶν πεπραγμένων <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἔ. λαβεῖν τινός</b> make [[trial]] of it, ib.12; <b class="b3">ἐλέγχους ἀποδέχεσθαι</b> to admit [[tests]], <span class="bibl">Lys.19.6</span>; <b class="b3">ἐλέγχους προσφέρειν</b> to allege them, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>484</span>; <b class="b3">διάπειρα βροτῶν ἔ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>4.20</span>; οὐδὲ ἔ. παρασχὼν οὐδὲ βάσανον <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.7</span>; ἔ. διδόναι <span class="bibl">And.2.4</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἔ. πεσεῖν</b> to be [[convicted]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1310</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span> 73</span>; <b class="b3">δεικνυμένων ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>905</span> (lyr.); οὔτ' εἰς ἔ. χειρὸς οὐδ' ἔργου μολών <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1297</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἔ. ἐξιέναι</b> to proceed to the [[proof]], put to the [[test]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>98</span>; or, to be put to the [[proof]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>105</span>; ἐξελθεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>640</span>; εἰς ἔ. ἰέναι περί τινος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>278c</span>; εἰς ἔ. ἔρχεσθαί τινος <span class="bibl">Philem.93.3</span>; καταστῆναι εἰς ἔ. καὶ λόγον <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.150</span>; ἔ. φεύγειν <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.38</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ περὶ Παυσανίαν ἔ</b>. [[the evidence on which]] he [[was convicted]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.135</span>; πίστις πραγμάτων ἔ. οὐ βλεπομένων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Hebr.</span>11.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">Ἔλεγχος</b> personified, <span class="bibl">Men.545</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pseudol.</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> applied to <span class="title">Conscience</span>, τὸ συνειδὸς ἔ. ἀδέκαστος <span class="bibl">Ph.1.236</span>; <b class="b3">ἔ. κατάλογον ποιεῖται τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων [τῆς ψυχῆς</b>] ib.<span class="bibl">291</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[catalogue]], [[inventory]], Gloss., <span class="bibl">Suet. <span class="title">Gramm.</span>8</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">drop-pearl</b>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>9.113</span>, Juv.6.459.</span>