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]] [[reproach]]es 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 [[argument of refutation]], [[πολύδηρις]] ἔλεγχος Parm. 1.36, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''276a; ὁ ἔλεγχος συναγωγὴ τῶν ἀντικειμένων ἐστίν Arist.''Rh.'' 1410a22, cf. 1396b26; ἔλεγχος δὲ [[συλλογισμός|συλλογισμὸς]] μετ' ἀντιφάσεως τοῦ συμπεράσματος Id.''SE''165a2, cf.''APr.''66b11; [[ἐλέγχου ἄγνοια]], [[ignoratio elenchi]], Id.''SE''168a18; ὅταν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐλέγχων πιέζωνται Phld.''D.''3.8.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[cross-examining]], [[testing]], [[scrutiny]], esp. for purposes of [[refutation]], [[οὐκ ἔχει ἔλεγχον]] = [[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">ἔλεγχον παραδοῦναί τινι</b> to give him an [[opportunity of refuting]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''273c; <b class="b3">δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔλεγχον</b> to submit it to [[scrutiny]], Pi.''N.''8.21; <b class="b3">χρυσὸς νόθου ἀρετῆς ἔλεγχος</b> ''Com.Adesp.''195; <b class="b3">ἀρετῆς ἔλεγχον δοῦναι</b> a [[proof]] or [[test]] of it, And.1.150; [[ἔλεγχον διδόναι τοῦ βίου]] to [[give an account of one's life]], Pl.''Ap.''39c; οἱ ἔλεγχοι περὶ ὀρφανῶν Is.4.22; τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸν ἔλεγχον δώσει D.4.15; <b class="b3">ἔλεγχον ποιεῖν τινός</b> to [[test]] it, Ar.''Ra.''786; ἔλεγχον ποιήσασθαι τῶν πεπραγμένων Antipho 1.7; <b class="b3">ἔλεγχον λαβεῖν τινός</b> make [[trial]] of it, ib.12; [[ἐλέγχους ἀποδέχεσθαι]] to [[admit]] [[test]]s, Lys.19.6; <b class="b3">ἐλέγχους προσφέρειν</b> to [[allege]] them, Ar.''Lys.''484; <b class="b3">διάπειρα βροτῶν ἔλεγχος</b> Pi.''O.''4.20; οὐδὲ ἔλεγχον παρασχὼν οὐδὲ βάσανον Antipho 2.4.7; ἔλεγχον διδόναι And.2.4; [[εἰς ἔλεγχον πεσεῖν]] to [[be convicted]], E.''Hipp.''1310, cf. ''HF'' 73; <b class="b3">δεικνυμένων ἐλέγχων</b> Id.''Heracl.''905 (lyr.); οὔτ' εἰς ἔλεγχον χειρὸς οὐδ' ἔργου μολών [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1297; [[εἰς ἔλεγχον ἐξιέναι]] to [[proceed to the proof]], [[put to the test]], Id.''Ph.''98; or, to [[be put to the proof]], Id.''Fr.''105; ἐξελθεῖν [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''640; εἰς ἔλεγχον ἰέναι περί τινος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''278c; εἰς ἔλεγχον ἔρχεσθαί τινος Philem.93.3; καταστῆναι εἰς ἔ. καὶ λόγον Isoc.12.150; ἔλεγχον φεύγειν Antipho 5.38; <b class="b3">οἱ περὶ Παυσανίαν ἔλεγχοι</b> the [[evidence]] on which [[Pausanias]] was [[convict]]ed, Th.1.135; πίστις πραγμάτων ἔλεγχος οὐ βλεπομένων = faith is assurance about what we do not see ''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|Conscience]]'', τὸ συνειδὸς ἔλεγχος [[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.