Scaife ATLAS

So of persons regarded as disgraces to their kind, things of shame: κάκʼ ἐλέγχεα Il. 2.235, Il. 5.787 = Il. 8.228. Cf. τὰ δ' ἐλέγχεα πάντα λέλειπται Il. 24.260.

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a reproach, disgrace, dishonour

a cross-examining, testing

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ἔλεγχος

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ἔλεγχος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ελεγχος

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3009

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urn:cite2:exploreHomer:entries.atlas_v1:1.3010

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{'content': "τό [cf. ἐλέγχω.] An occasion or cause of disgrace, reproach, blame, shame: ἐ. ἔσσεται εἴ κεν ... Il. 11.314. In pl. ἡμῖν ἂν ἐλέγχεα ταῦτα γένοιτο Od. 21.329. Cf. Od. 21.333. So of persons regarded as disgraces to their kind, things of shame: κάκʼ ἐλέγχεα Il. 2.235, Il. 5.787 = Il. 8.228. Cf. τὰ δ' ἐλέγχεα πάντα λέλειπται Il. 24.260."}