ἐξελ-έγχω,
strengthened for ἐλέγχω, convict, confute, refute, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 75, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 297, “Ant.” 399, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1062; τοῖς ἔργοις τοὺς λόγους ἐ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.47 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ δήμῳ ἐ. [τινά] [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.16 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐπ᾽ αἰσχραῖς αἰτίαις ἐξελήλεγκται [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.44; ὑπὸ τῶν εἰκότων 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.9; ἔκ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 960; ἐξελεγχόμενος περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 304d; ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐξελεγχθήσονται ἔργῳ [prev. author] “Ap.” 17b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with double accusative person et of things, refute one in a point,[[ [prev. work] 23a, “Ly.” 222d:] Refs] — passive, τοσοῦτον.. ἡλίκον οὗτος νῦν ἐξελήλεγκται has been convicted of.., [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.147 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐ τοῦτό γ᾽ ἐξελέγχομαι I am not to blame in this, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 36. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with predicate added in participle, convict one of being.., ἐ. τινὰ ἀδύνατον ὄντα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 522d; ἐ. τινὰ τεχνάζοντα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.19; ἐ. τινὰ ὡς οὐ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἵν᾽ ἐξελέγχοισθε πονηρευόμενοι [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 125a; κἀξελέγχεται.. κάκιστος ὤν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 944; ἐξελέγχεται συμβεβουλευκώς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.5, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II put to the proof, bring to the test, ὁ ἐξελέγχων.. ἀλάθειαν χρόνος [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in a court of justice, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 433; τὴν ποίησιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1366 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὴν τύχην, τὰς ἐλπίδας, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.14.4, 1.62.4; ἐ. τοὺς Θηβαίους εἰ διαμαχοῦνται 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 19:] Refs 2nd c.BC+] — passive, πάντες ἦσαν ἐξεληλεγμένοι all had had their sentiments well ascertained, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.23 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἃ δ᾽ ἡ φύσις ἀεὶ ἐβούλετο, ἐξηλέγχθη ἐς τὸ ἀληθές was fully proved to be true, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64; χρυσὸς μὲν οἶδεν ἐξελέγχεσθαι πυρί 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 691. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]