A.argument of disproof or refutation, πολύδηρις ἔ. Parm. 1.36, cf. Pl.Phdr.276a; “ὁ ἔ. συναγωγὴ τῶν ἀντικειμένων ἐστίν” Arist.Rh. 1410a22, cf. 1396b26; “ἔ. δὲ συλλογισμὸς μετ᾽ ἀντιφάσεως τοῦ συμπεράσματος” Id.SE165a2, cf.APr.66b11; ἐλέγχου ἄγνοια, ignoratio elenchi, Id.SE168a18; “ὅταν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐ. πιέζωνται” Phld.D.3.8.
II. generally, cross-examining, testing, scrutiny, esp. for purposes of refutation, οὐκ ἔχει ἔλεγχον does not admit of disproof, Hdt.2.23; τῶνδ᾽ ἔλεγχον, abs., as a test of this, S.OT603; “τὰ ψευδῆ ἔλεγχον ἔχει” Th.3.53; ἔ. παραδοῦναί τινι to give him an opportunity of refuting, Pl.Phdr.273c; δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔ. to submit it to scrutiny, Pi.N.8.21; χρυσὸς νόθου ἀρετῆς ἔ. Com.Adesp.195; ἀρετῆς ἔ. δοῦναι a proof or test of it, And.1.150; ἔ. διδόναι τοῦ βίου to give an account of one's life, Pl.Ap.39c; “οἱ ἔ. περὶ ὀρφανῶν” Is.4.22; “τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸν ἔ. δώσει” D.4.15; ἔ. ποιεῖν τινός to test it, Ar.Ra.786; “ἔ. ποιήσασθαι τῶν πεπραγμένων” Antipho 1.7; ἔ. λαβεῖν τινός make trial of it, ib.12; ἐλέγχους ἀποδέχεσθαι to admit tests, Lys.19.6; ἐλέγχους προσφέρειν to allege them, Ar.Lys.484; διάπειρα βροτῶν ἔ. Pi.O.4.20; “οὐδὲ ἔ. παρασχὼν οὐδὲ βάσανον” Antipho 2.4.7; “ἔ. διδόναι” And.2.4; εἰς ἔ. πεσεῖν to be convicted, E.Hipp.1310, cf. HF 73; δεικνυμένων ἐ. Id.Heracl.905 (lyr.); “οὔτ᾽ εἰς ἔ. χειρὸς οὐδ᾽ ἔργου μολών” S.OC1297; εἰς ἔ. ἐξιέναι to proceed to the proof, put to the test, Id.Ph.98; or, to be put to the proof, Id.Fr.105; “ἐξελθεῖν” E.Alc.640; “εἰς ἔ. ἰέναι περί τινος” Pl.Phdr.278c; “εἰς ἔ. ἔρχεσθαί τινος” Philem.93.3; “καταστῆναι εἰς ἔ. καὶ λόγον” Isoc.12.150; “ἔ. φεύγειν” Antipho 5.38; οἱ περὶ Παυσανίαν ἔ. the evidence on which he was convicted, Th.1.135; “πίστις πραγμάτων ἔ. οὐ βλεπομένων” Ep.Hebr.11.1.
b. applied to Conscience, “τὸ συνειδὸς ἔ. ἀδέκαστος” Ph.1.236; ἔ. κατάλογον ποιεῖται τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων [τῆς ψυχῆς] ib.291.
IV. catalogue, inventory, Gloss., Suet. Gramm.8 (pl.).
V. drop-pearl, Plin.HN9.113, Juv.6.459.