ἔλεγχος
elegchos
reproach, disgrace, dishonour
Appears 64 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔλεγχος (A), εος, τό, A. reproach, disgrace, dishonour, δὴ γὰρ ἔλεγχος ἔσσεται εἴ κεν νῆας ἕλῃ κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ Il. 11.314; ἡμῖν δʼ ἂν ἐλέγχεα ταῦτα γένοιτο Od. 21.329, cf. N. 3.15; of men, the abstr. being put for the concrete, κάκʼ ἐλέγχεα base reproaches to your name, Il. 5.787, al., Th. 26; ἐλέγχεα alone, Il. 24.260.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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