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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

  • τὰ δὲ σχήματα ἐν μὲν τῷ πολιτικῷ λόγῳ τραχέα ἐστί, σφοδρά, ἐλεγκτικά, βίαια, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἀφελεῖ ἀνειμένα, ἁπλᾶ, μηδένα ἔλεγχον μηδὲ ἐξέτασίν τινα ἐμφαίνοντα, ἀλλὰ κοινότερα καὶ ἀναπεπτωκότα· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 1 6:1)
  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ δεικτικά ἐστιν ὅτι ἔστιν ἢ οὐκ ἔστιν, τὰ δ’ ἐλεγκτικά, καὶ διαφέρει ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖσ διαλεκτικοῖσ ἔλεγχοσ καὶ συλλογισμόσ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 22 14:2)
  • εὐδοκιμεῖ δὲ μᾶλλον τῶν ἐνθυμημάτων τὰ ἐλεγκτικὰ τῶν ἀποδεικτικῶν διὰ τὸ συναγωγὴν μὲν ἐναντίων εἶναι ἐν μικρῷ τὸ ἐλεγκτικὸν ἐνθύμημα, παρ’ ἄλληλα δὲ φανερὰ εἶναι τῷ ἀκροατῇ μᾶλλον. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 23 30:1)
  • τῶν δὲ ἐνθυμημάτων τὰ ἐλεγκτικὰ μᾶλλον εὐδοκιμεῖ τῶν δεικτικῶν, ὅτι ὅσα ἔλεγχον ποιεῖ, μᾶλλον δῆλον ὅτι συλλελόγισται· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 17 13:1)

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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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