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ἐλεγκτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλεγκτικός ἐλεγκτική ἐλεγκτικόν

Structure: ἐλεγκτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)le/gxw

Sense

  1. fond of cross-questioning or examining

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

  • ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε ὁ Ἐπίκτητοσ ἐπιτιμῶν ἅμα συνεβούλευεν αὐτῷ ἀγαγέσθαι γυναῖκα καὶ παιδοποιήσασθαι ‐ πρέπειν γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο φιλοσόφῳ ἀνδρὶ ἕτερον ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ καταλιπεῖν τῇ φύσει ‐ ἐλεγκτικώτατα πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἀπεκρίνατο, Οὐκοῦν, ὦ Ἐπίκτητε, δόσ μοι μίαν τῶν σαυτοῦ θυγατέρων. (Lucian, (no name) 55:1)

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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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