ἐλέγχω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἔλεγχος (élenkhos, “argument of disproof, refutation”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʰ- (“to accuse, to scold”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.léŋ.kʰɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈleŋ.kʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈleŋ.xo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈleŋ.xo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈleŋ.xo/
Verb
[edit]ἐλέγχω • (elénkhō) (Epic, Attic, Doric, Koine)
- (transitive) to disgrace, put to shame
- (transitive) to cross-examine, question
- (transitive) to test, bring to the proof
Inflection
[edit] Present: ἐλέγχω, ἐλέγχομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἤλεγχον | ἤλεγχες | ἤλεγχε(ν) | ἠλέγχετον | ἠλεγχέτην | ἠλέγχομεν | ἠλέγχετε | ἤλεγχον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠλεγχόμην | ἠλέγχου | ἠλέγχετο | ἠλέγχεσθον | ἠλεγχέσθην | ἠλεγχόμεθᾰ | ἠλέγχεσθε | ἠλέγχοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἐλήλεγμαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐλήλεγμαι | ἐλήλεγξαι | ἐλήλεγκται | ἐλήλεγχθον | ἐλήλεγχθον | ἐληλέγμεθᾰ | ἐλήλεγχθε | ἐληλέγχᾰται | ||||
subjunctive | ἐληλεγμένος ὦ | ἐληλεγμένος ᾖς | ἐληλεγμένος ᾖ | ἐληλεγμένω ἦτον | ἐληλεγμένω ἦτον | ἐληλεγμένοι ὦμεν | ἐληλεγμένοι ἦτε | ἐληλεγμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ἐληλεγμένος εἴην | ἐληλεγμένος εἴης | ἐληλεγμένος εἴη | ἐληλεγμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | ἐληλεγμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | ἐληλεγμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | ἐληλεγμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | ἐληλεγμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | ἐλήλεγξο | ἐληλέγχθω | ἐλήλεγχθον | ἐληλέγχθων | ἐλήλεγχθε | ἐληλέγχθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | ἐληλέγχθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ἐληλεγμένος | |||||||||||
f | ἐληλεγμένη | ||||||||||||
n | ἐληλεγμένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀνεξέλεγκτος (anexélenktos)
Descendants
[edit]- → Greek: ελέγχω (eléncho)
Further reading
[edit]- “ἐλέγχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐλέγχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐλέγχω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐλέγχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἐλέγχω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐλέγχω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἐλέγχω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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