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

  • τοιοῦτοι δ’ οἱ εὔκολοι καὶ μὴ ἐλεγκτικοὶ τῶν ἁμαρτανομένων καὶ μὴ φιλόνικοι μηδὲ δυσέριδεσ πάντεσ γὰρ οἱ τοιοῦτοι μαχητικοί, οἱ δὲ μαχόμενοι τἀναντία φαίνονται βούλεσθαι, καὶ οἱ ἐπιδέξιοι καὶ τῷ τωθάσαι καὶ τῷ ὑπομεῖναι· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 4 12:2)
  • ἀμφότεροι γὰρ ἐλεγκτικοί. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 4 16:2)
  • τινὲσ ἀπὸ οἰήσεωσ, ὡσ οἱ Φιλαλήθεισ καὶ Ἐλεγκτικοὶ καὶ Ἀναλογητικοί· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , PROOIMION 17:5)

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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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