A.reproach, disgrace, dishonour, “δὴ γὰρ ἔλεγχος ἔσσεται εἴ κεν νῆας ἕλῃ κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ” Il.11.314; “ἡμῖν δ᾽ ἂν ἐλέγχεα ταῦτα γένοιτο” Od.21.329, cf. Pi.N.3.15; of men, the abstr. being put for the concrete, κάκ᾽ ἐλέγχεα base reproaches to your name, Il.5.787, al., Hes. Th.26; ἐλέγχεα alone, Il.24.260.
ἔλεγχος (A), εος, τό,