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ἐλέγχω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλέγχω

Structure: ἐλέγχ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to disgrace, put to shame, to treat, with contempt, to put, to shame
  2. to cross-examine, question, disproving or reproving, to censure, accuse, to accuse, to be convicted
  3. to bring to the proof, to disprove, confute, to bring convincing proof, to prove

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλέγχω ἐλέγχεις ἐλέγχει
Dual ἐλέγχετον ἐλέγχετον
Plural ἐλέγχομεν ἐλέγχετε ἐλέγχουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐλέγχω ἐλέγχῃς ἐλέγχῃ
Dual ἐλέγχητον ἐλέγχητον
Plural ἐλέγχωμεν ἐλέγχητε ἐλέγχωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐλέγχοιμι ἐλέγχοις ἐλέγχοι
Dual ἐλέγχοιτον ἐλεγχοίτην
Plural ἐλέγχοιμεν ἐλέγχοιτε ἐλέγχοιεν
ImperativeSingular έ̓λεγχε ἐλεγχέτω
Dual ἐλέγχετον ἐλεγχέτων
Plural ἐλέγχετε ἐλεγχόντων, ἐλεγχέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐλέγχειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐλεγχων ἐλεγχοντος ἐλεγχουσα ἐλεγχουσης ἐλεγχον ἐλεγχοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλέγχομαι ἐλέγχει, ἐλέγχῃ ἐλέγχεται
Dual ἐλέγχεσθον ἐλέγχεσθον
Plural ἐλεγχόμεθα ἐλέγχεσθε ἐλέγχονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐλέγχωμαι ἐλέγχῃ ἐλέγχηται
Dual ἐλέγχησθον ἐλέγχησθον
Plural ἐλεγχώμεθα ἐλέγχησθε ἐλέγχωνται
OptativeSingular ἐλεγχοίμην ἐλέγχοιο ἐλέγχοιτο
Dual ἐλέγχοισθον ἐλεγχοίσθην
Plural ἐλεγχοίμεθα ἐλέγχοισθε ἐλέγχοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐλέγχου ἐλεγχέσθω
Dual ἐλέγχεσθον ἐλεγχέσθων
Plural ἐλέγχεσθε ἐλεγχέσθων, ἐλεγχέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐλέγχεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐλεγχομενος ἐλεγχομενου ἐλεγχομενη ἐλεγχομενης ἐλεγχομενον ἐλεγχομενου

Imperfect tense

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

  • καὶ τὸ ’νῦν δ’ οὐδ’ ἑνὸσ ἄξιοί εἰμεν Ἕκτοροσ καὶ ὁ Σωκράτησ οὕτωσ ἀτρέμα τοὺσ νέουσ ἤλεγχεν, ὡσ μηδ’ αὐτὸσ ἀπηλλαγμένοσ ἀμαθίασ, ἀλλὰ μετ’ ἐκείνων οἰόμενοσ; (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 33 3:1)
  • εἰ δέ τινεσ Σωκράτην νομίζουσιν, ὡσ ἔνιοι γράφουσί τε καὶ λέγουσι περὶ αὐτοῦ τεκμαιρόμενοι, προτρέψασθαι μὲν ἀνθρώπουσ ἐπ’ ἀρετὴν κράτιστον γεγονέναι, προαγαγεῖν δ’ ἐπ’ αὐτὴν οὐχ ἱκανόν, σκεψάμενοι μὴ μόνον ἃ ἐκεῖνοσ κολαστηρίου ἕνεκα τοὺσ πάντ’ οἰομένουσ εἰδέναι ἐρωτῶν ἤλεγχεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἃ λέγων συνημέρευε τοῖσ συνδιατρίβουσι, δοκιμαζόντων εἰ ἱκανὸσ ἦν βελτίουσ ποιεῖν τοὺσ συνόντασ. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 4 2:1)
  • ἴσωσ δέ γ’, ὦ θαυμάσιε, πλείω ἂν τοιαῦτ’ ἔπαθεσ εἴ τίσ σε προσηρώτα εἰ ἐπίστασθαι ἔστι μὲν ὀξύ, ἔστι δὲ ἀμβλύ, καὶ ἐγγύθεν μὲν ἐπίστασθαι, πόρρωθεν δὲ μή, καὶ σφόδρα καὶ ἠρέμα τὸ αὐτό, καὶ ἄλλα μυρία, ἃ ἐλλοχῶν ἂν πελταστικὸσ ἀνὴρ μισθοφόροσ ἐν λόγοισ ἐρόμενοσ, ἡνίκ’ ἐπιστήμην καὶ αἴσθησιν ταὐτὸν ἔθου, ἐμβαλὼν ἂν εἰσ τὸ ἀκούειν καὶ ὀσφραίνεσθαι καὶ τὰσ τοιαύτασ αἰσθήσεισ, ἤλεγχεν ἂν ἐπέχων καὶ οὐκ ἀνιεὶσ πρὶν θαυμάσασ τὴν πολυάρατον σοφίαν συνεποδίσθησ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ, οὗ δή σε χειρωσάμενόσ τε καὶ συνδήσασ ἤδη ἂν τότε ἐλύτρου χρημάτων ὅσων σοί τε κἀκείνῳ ἐδόκει. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 144:2)
  • ἐπεὶ αὐτόν γε τὸν Ἀντισθένην παραβάλλων πρὸσ τοὺσ λόγουσ ἐνίοτε ἤλεγχεν ὡσ πολὺ μαλακώτερον, καὶ ἔφη αὐτὸν εἶναι σάλπιγγα λοιδορῶν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 2:1)
  • ἐπεὶ μὴ ἐδύνατο ἔχειν ἀεὶ τὸν ἐλέγχοντα αὐτοῦ τὰ δόγματα ἢ ἐλεγχθησόμενον ἐν τῷ μέρει, αὐτὸσ ἑαυτὸν ἤλεγχεν καὶ ἐξήταζεν καὶ ἀεὶ μίαν γέ τινα πρόληψιν ἐγύμναζεν χρηστικῶσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 32:5)

Synonyms

  1. to disgrace

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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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