ἐλέγχω

elegcho

disgrace, put to shame

Appears 35 times across Aristotle's works.

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Sophistical Refutations 29
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Chapter 3 165b12–22

165b18
Chapter 4 165b23–166b27

165b23
166b4
Chapter 5 166b28–168a16

167a29
167a38
168a4
Chapter 6 168a17–169a21

168b7
Chapter 8 169b18–170a19

169b24
Chapter 9 170a20–170b11

170a20
170a20
170a24
170a26
Chapter 11 171b3–172b8

172a34
Chapter 12 172b9–173a30

173a17
Chapter 15 174a17–174b40

174a17
174b8
174b24
174b25
Chapter 17 175a31–176b28

175a34
175a40
175b2
175b3
175b6
175b16
175b29
175b29
175b32
Chapter 22 178a4–179a10

178a18
Chapter 26 181a1–14

181a7
Topics 2
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Book VIII 2
Chapter 2 157a18–158a30

158a10

Chapter 14 163a29–164b19

163b6
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1145b21–1146b7

1146a23
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1
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Chapter 1 974a1–975a17

975a2
Physics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 213a12–213b29

213a25
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18

1330b34

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐλέγχω, Od. 21.424, etc.: fut. ἐλέγξω Ar. Nu. 1043, etc.: aor. ἤλεγξα Il. 9.522, etc.:—Pass., fut. ἐλεγχθήσομαι Antipho 2.4.10, X. Mem. 1.7.2: aor. ἠλέγχθην Antipho l.c., Pl. Grg. 458a, etc.: pf. ἐλήλεγμαι Id. Lg. 805c: 3sg. ἐλήλεγκται Antiphol.c. (ἐξ-ηλεγμένοι is f.l. in Lys. 6.44): plpf. ἐξ-ελήλεγκτο D. 32.27:—Α. disgrace, put to shame, μῦθον ἐ. treat a speech with contempt, Il. 9.522; ἐ. τινά put one to shame, Od. 21.424.—This usage is only Ep. II. cross-examine, question, Hdt. 2.115, Pl. Ap. 18d, etc.; μὴ ʼλεγχε τὸν πονοῦντα A. Ch. 919; φύλαξ ἐλέγχων φύλακα S. Ant. 260; τί ταῦτʼ ἄλλως ἐλέγχεις ; Id. OT 333, cf. 783; ἔλεγχʼ, 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, Hdt. 1.24,117; ἐλεγχόμενοι εἴ τι περιγένοιτο τῶν χρημάτων D. 35.36, cf. Pl. Prt. 331c, 331d: with part., ἐλεγχθεὶς διαφθείρας Antipho 2.3.9, cf. 2.4.10; ἐλεγχθήσεται γελοῖος ὤν X. Mem. 1.7.2. 2. test, bring to the proof, ἀνδρῶν ἀρετὰν παγκρατὴς ἐλέγχει ἀλάθεια B. Fr. 10.2; πρᾶγμʼ ἐ. A. Ag. 1351 (Pass., τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ἐλεγχθέν Ar. Ec. 485); λόγον Pl. Sph. 242b (Pass., Id. Tht. 161e): with subject. clause, ἐ. τινά, εἰ . ., A. Ch. 851, Ar. Eq. 1232. 3. prove, τοῦτο ἐ. ὡς . . Pl. Phdr. 273b, cf. Sph. 256c: abs., bring convincing proof, ὡς ἡ ἀνάγκη ἐ. Hdt. 2.22; αὐτὸ τὸ ἔργον ἐ. Th. 6.86; περί τινος D. 21.5. 4. refute, confute, τινά or τι, Pl. Grg. 470c, al., D. 28.2, Luc. Nigr. 4:—Pass., Pl. Tht. 162a; χρυσὸς κληῖδας ἐλέγχει proves that they avail not, AP 5.216 (Paul. Sil.). b. put right, correct, prove by a reductio ad impossibile, ὅσα ἔστιν ἀποδεῖξαι, ἔστι καὶ ἐλέγξαι τὸν θέμενον τὴν ἀντίφασιν τοῦ ἀληθοῦς Arist. SE 170a24; παράδοξα ἐ. Id. EN 1146a23. 5. get the better of, στρατιὰν ὠκύτατι ἐ. Pi. P. 11.49, cf. D.P. 750, Him. Or. 1.16. 6. expose, τινὰ ληροῦντα Pl. Tht. 171d, cf. X. Mem. 1.7.2, M.Ant. 1.17; betray a weakness, Democr. 222. 7. decide a dispute, ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο LXX Ge. 31.37.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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