Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • διήκουσε δὲ Περικλῆσ καὶ Ζήνωνοσ τοῦ Ἐλεάτου πραγματευομένου περὶ φύσιν, ὡσ Παρμενίδησ, ἐλεγκτικὴν δέ τινα καὶ δι’ ἀντιλογίασ κατακλείουσαν εἰσ ἀπορίαν ἐξασκήσαντοσ ἕξιν, ὥσπερ καὶ Τίμων ὁ Φλιάσιοσ εἴρηκε διὰ τούτων· (Plutarch, , chapter 4 3:1)
  • ὡσ Σωκράτει συνεβούλευεν τὴν ἐλεγκτικὴν χώραν ἔχειν, ὡσ Διογένει τὴν βασιλικὴν καὶ ἐπιπληκτικήν, ὡσ Ζήνωνι τὴν διδασκαλικὴν καὶ δογματικήν. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 19:1)

Related

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

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