Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνέλεγκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνέλεγκτος ἀνέλεγκτη ἀνέλεγκτον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + νελεγκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)le/gxw

Sense

  1. not cross-questioned, safe from being questioned, unconvicted
  2. not refuted, irrefutable, without refutation

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπειδὴ οὐ πρὸσ τὸ πλῆθοσ οἱ λόγοι γίγνονται, ὅπωσ δὴ μὴ συνεχεῖ ῥήσει οἱ λαοὶ ἐπαγωγὰ καὶ ἀνέλεγκτα ἐσ ἅπαξ ἀκούσαντεσ ἡμῶν ἀπατηθῶσι γινώσκομεν γὰρ ὅτι τοῦτο φρονεῖ ἡμῶν ἡ ἐσ τοὺσ ὀλίγουσ ἀγωγή, ὑμεῖσ οἱ προκαθήμενοι ἔτι ἀσφαλέστερον ποιήσετε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 375)
  • ἢ τοίνυν ταῦτα ἐξελέγξωμεν ὅτι οὐ καλῶσ λέγομεν, ἢ ἑώσ ἂν ᾖ ἀνέλεγκτα, μή ποτε φῶμεν ὑπὸ πυρετοῦ μηδ’ αὖ ὑπ’ ἄλλησ νόσου μηδ’ αὖ ὑπὸ σφαγῆσ, μηδ’ εἴ τισ ὅτι σμικρότατα ὅλον τὸ σῶμα κατατέμοι, ἕνεκα τούτων μηδὲν μᾶλλόν ποτε ψυχὴν ἀπόλλυσθαι, πρὶν ἄν τισ ἀποδείξῃ ὡσ διὰ ταῦτα τὰ παθήματα τοῦ σώματοσ αὐτὴ ἐκείνη ἀδικωτέρα καὶ ἀνοσιωτέρα γίγνεται· (Plato, Republic, book 10 357:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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