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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

  • δεῖ δὴ ὑμῖν τὴν ἐμὴν πλάνην ἐπιδεῖξαι ὥσπερ πόνουσ τινὰσ πονοῦντοσ ἵνα μοι καὶ ἀνέλεγκτοσ ἡ μαντεία γένοιτο. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 40:3)
  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ γλῶττα ἀνέλεγκτοσ ἡμῖν ἔσται, ἡ δὲ φρὴν οὐκ ἀνέλεγκτοσ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 78:4)

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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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