ἐλεγκ-τικός,ή,όν,
A. fond of cross-questioningorexamining, Pl. Sph. 216b , etc.;ὁ ἐ. ἐκεῖνοςthatcross-questioner, Id. Tht. 200a ;fond of reproving, critical, τῶν ἁμαρτανομένων
Arist. Rh. 1381a31
, cf. Longin. 4.1 ( Sup. ); ἐ. βίος
Jul. Or. 6.191a
.Adv.
-κῶς
X. Smp. 4.2
, etc.: Sup. , Luc. Demon. 55 .
2. refutative, of indirect modes of proof such as the reductio ad absurdum, ἐνθυμήματα
Arist. Rh. 1396b25
.Adv.
-κῶς
Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 272.32
.
3. -κά,τά ,means of detecting, πάθους