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ἔλεγχος

elegchos1 · τό

reproach, disgrace, dishonour

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What it meant

ἔλεγχος · elenchos — LSJ

reproach, disgrace, dishonour, reproaches

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

Where it came from

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