ἔλεγχος
Ancient Greek
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʰ- (“to accuse, to scold”).
Pronunciation
    
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.leŋ.kʰos/
 - (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.leŋ.kʰos/
 - (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.leŋ.xos/
 - (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.leŋ.xos/
 - (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.leŋ.xos/
 
Noun
    
ἔλεγχος • (élenkhos) n (genitive ἐλέγχους); third declension
- argument of disproof, refutation
 - reproach, disgrace, dishonour
 
Declension
    
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἔλεγχος tò élenkhos  | 
τὼ ἐλέγχει tṑ elénkhei  | 
τᾰ̀ ἐλέγχη tà elénkhē  | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐλέγχους toû elénkhous  | 
τοῖν ἐλεγχοῖν toîn elenkhoîn  | 
τῶν ἐλεγχῶν tôn elenkhôn  | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐλέγχει tôi elénkhei  | 
τοῖν ἐλεγχοῖν toîn elenkhoîn  | 
τοῖς ἐλέγχεσῐ / ἐλέγχεσῐν toîs elénkhesi(n)  | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἔλεγχος tò élenkhos  | 
τὼ ἐλέγχει tṑ elénkhei  | 
τᾰ̀ ἐλέγχη tà elénkhē  | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔλεγχος élenkhos  | 
ἐλέγχει elénkhei  | 
ἐλέγχη elénkhē  | ||||||||||
| Notes: | 
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἔλεγχος élenkhos  | 
ἐλέγχει / ἐλέγχεε elénkhei / elénkhee  | 
ἐλέγχεᾰ elénkhea  | ||||||||||
| Genitive | ἐλέγχεος / ἐλέγχευς elénkheos / elénkheus  | 
ἐλεγχέοιν elenkhéoin  | 
ἐλεγχέων elenkhéōn  | ||||||||||
| Dative | ἐλέγχει / ἐλέγχεῐ̈ elénkhei / elénkheï  | 
ἐλεγχέοιν elenkhéoin  | 
ἐλέγχεσῐ / ἐλέγχεσῐν elénkhesi(n)  | ||||||||||
| Accusative | ἔλεγχος élenkhos  | 
ἐλέγχει / ἐλέγχεε elénkhei / elénkhee  | 
ἐλέγχεᾰ elénkhea  | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔλεγχος élenkhos  | 
ἐλέγχει / ἐλέγχεε elénkhei / elénkhee  | 
ἐλέγχεᾰ elénkhea  | ||||||||||
| Notes: | 
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Derived terms
    
- ἐλεγχής (elenkhḗs)
 - ἐλέγχω (elénkhō)
 
References
    
- “ἔλεγχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 - “ἔλεγχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
 - “ἔλεγχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
 - ἔλεγχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
 - ἔλεγχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
 - ἔλεγχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
 - “ἔλεγχος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
 - Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. 
- confutation idem, page 159.
 - conviction idem, page 173.
 - cross-examination idem, page 185.
 - demonstration idem, page 210.
 - disproof idem, page 237.
 - examination idem, page 287.
 - inquiry idem, page 443.
 - interrogation idem, page 452.
 - probation idem, page 643.
 - proof idem, page 653.
 - question idem, page 665.
 - refutation idem, page 686.
 - test idem, page 863.
 - trial idem, page 893.
 
 
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