ἐλέγχω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Od.21.424, etc.: <span class="bld">A</span> fut. ἐλέγξω Ar.''Nu.''1043, etc.: aor. ἤλεγξα Il.9.522, etc.:—Pass., fut. ἐλεγχθήσομαι Antipho 2.4.10, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.7.2: aor. ἠλέγχθην Antipho [[l.c.]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 458a, etc.: pf. ἐλήλεγμαι Id.''Lg.''805c: 3sg. [[ἐλήλεγκται]] Antiphol.c. (<b class="b3">ἐξ-ηλεγμένοι</b> is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Lys. 6.44): plpf. ἐξελήλεγκτο D.32.27:—[[disgrace]], [[put to shame]], <b class="b3">μῦθον ἐ.</b> [[treat]] a [[speech]] with [[contempt]], Il.9.522; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινά</b> [[put]] one to [[shame]], Od. 21.424.—This usage is only Ep.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[cross-examine]], [[question]], [[Herodotus|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.''OT''333, 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:—Pass., to [[be convicted]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.24,117; ἐλεγχόμενοι εἴ τι περιγένοιτο τῶν χρημάτων D.35.36, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 331c, 331d: with part., ἐλεγχθεὶς διαφθείρας Antipho 2.3.9, cf. 2.4.10; ἐλεγχθήσεται γελοῖος ὤν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.7.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[test]], [[bring to the proof]], ἀνδρῶν ἀρετὰν παγκρατὴς ἐλέγχει ἀλάθεια B.''Fr.'' 10.2; <b class="b3">πρᾶγμ' ἐ.</b> A.''Ag.''1351 (Pass., τὸ πρᾶγμ' ἐλεγχθέν Ar.''Ec.''485); λόγον Pl.''Sph.''242b (Pass., Id.''Tht.''161e): with subject. clause, <b class="b3">ἐ. τινά, εἰ</b>... A.''Ch.''851, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1232.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[prove]], <b class="b3">τοῦτο ἐ. ὡς</b>.. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''273b, cf. ''Sph.''256c: abs., [[bring convincing proof]], <b class="b3">ὡς ἡ ἀνάγκη ἐ.</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.22; <b class="b3">αὐτὸ τὸ ἔργον ἐ.</b> Th.6.86; περί τινος D.21.5.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[refute]], [[confute]], [[τινά]] or τι, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 470c, al., D.28.2, Luc.''Nigr.''4:—Pass., Pl.''Tht.''162a; <b class="b3">χρυσὸς κληῖδας ἐλέγχει</b> [[proves that]] they [[avail not]], AP5.216 (Paul. Sil.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[put right]], [[correct]], [[prove by a reductio ad impossibile]], ὅσα ἔστιν ἀποδεῖξαι, ἔστι καὶ ἐλέγξαι τὸν θέμενον τὴν ἀντίφασιν τοῦ ἀληθοῦς Arist.''SE'' 170a24; <b class="b3">παράδοξα ἐ.</b> Id.''EN''1146a23.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[get the better of]], <b class="b3">στρατιὰν ὠκύτατι ἐ.</b> Pi.''P.''11.49, cf. D.P.750, Him.''Or.''1.16.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[expose]], τινὰ ληροῦντα Pl.''Tht.''171d, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.7.2, M.Ant.1.17; [[betray]] a [[weakness]], Democr.222.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[decide]] a [[dispute]], ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο [[LXX]] ''Ge.'' 31.37.