ἔλεγχος, ὁ,
__B argument of disproof or refutation, πολύδηρις ἔ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.36, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276a; ὁ ἔ. συναγωγὴ τῶν ἀντικειμένων ἐστίν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410a22, compare 1396b26; ἔ. δὲ συλλογισμὸς μετ᾽ ἀντιφάσεως τοῦ συμπεράσματος [prev. author] “SE” 165a2, compare “APr.” 66b11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλέγχου ἄγνοια, ignoratio elenchi, [[ [prev. author] “SE” 168a18; ὅταν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐ. πιέζωνται 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.8. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__B.II generally, cross-examining, testing, scrutiny, especially for purposes of refutation, οὐκ ἔχει ἔλεγχον does not admit of disproof, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶνδ᾽ ἔλεγχον, absolutely, as a test of this, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 603; τὰ ψευδῆ ἔλεγχον ἔχει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. παραδοῦναί τινι to give him an opportunity of refuting, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔ. to submit it to scrutiny, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρυσὸς νόθου ἀρετῆς ἔ. [[ “Comica Adespota” 195] Refs]; ἀρετῆς ἔ. δοῦναι a proof or test of it, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.150 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. διδόναι τοῦ βίου to give an account of one's life, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 39c; οἱ ἔ. περὶ ὀρφανῶν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.22; τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸν ἔ. δώσει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. ποιεῖν τινός to test it, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 786; ἔ. ποιήσασθαι τῶν πεπραγμένων 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. λαβεῖν τινός make trial of it, [[[prev. work]12] Refs]; ἐλέγχους ἀποδέχεσθαι to admit tests, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλέγχους προσφέρειν to allege them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 484 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διάπειρα βροτῶν ἔ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.20; οὐδὲ ἔ. παρασχὼν οὐδὲ βάσανον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.7; ἔ. διδόναι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἔ. πεσεῖν to be convicted, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1310, compare “HF” 73 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεικνυμένων ἐ. [[ [prev. author] “Heracl.” 905 (Lyric poetry); οὔτ᾽ εἰς ἔ. χειρὸς οὐδ᾽ ἔργου μολών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1297 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἔ. ἐξιέναι to proceed to the proof, put to the test, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 98 ] Refs]; or, to be put to the proof, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 105; ἐξελθεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 640; εἰς ἔ. ἰέναι περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 278c; εἰς ἔ. ἔρχεσθαί τινος 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 93.3; καταστῆναι εἰς ἔ. καὶ λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.150; ἔ. φεύγειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ περὶ Παυσανίαν ἔ. the evidence on which he was convicted, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.135; πίστις πραγμάτων ἔ. οὐ βλεπομένων NT.Heb.11.1. ] NT+5th c.BC+]