ἔγκλημα
egklema
accusation, charge
Appears 22 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔγκλημα, ατος, τό, (ἐγκαλέω) A. accusation, charge, ἔ. τινι ἔχειν Ph. 323, cf.Tr. 361, 3.2.9, etc.; ἐγκλήματα ἔχειν τινός, = ἐγκαλεῖν τι, 1.26; ἔ. ποιεῖν τι make a thing matter of complaint, 3.53; ἐγκλήματα ποιεῖσθαι bring accusations, 1.126; τὰ ἐ. τὰ ἔς τινας complaints respecting . . , ib.79; ἐν ἐγκλήματι γίγνεσθαι 18.251; γίγνεται or ἐστὶ ἔγκλημά μοι πρός τινα I have ground of complaint respecting him, Cyr. 1.2.6, 10.23; λύειν ἔ. clear away a charge, 2.52.4; λόγοις τὰ ἐ. διαλύεσθαι 1.140. II. in Law, written complaint: generally, of complaints which were to lead to private suits, ἔ. λαγχάνειν τινί file a complaint against . . , 34.16, al., cf. PTeb. 616 (ii A. D.). III. concrete, a standing reproach, τῆς τύχης καὶ τῶν θεῶν Plu Dio 58. 2. defect, 14.20.
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