ἔλεγχος: Difference between revisions

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