acquit, opp. καταδικάζω, Antipho 6.47, Arist. Pol. 1268b18; ἀ. δίκην Critias 71 D., PPetr. 3p.44 (iii B. C.).
convict, confute, refute, Simon. 75, S. OT 297, Ant. 399, Ar. Nu. 1062; τοῖς ἔργοις τοὺς λόγους ἐ. Antipho 6.47; ἐν τῷ δήμῳ ἐ. [τινά] D. 21.16:— Pass., ἐπʼ αἰσχραῖς αἰτίαις ἐξελήλεγκται Lys. 6.44; ὑπὸ τῶν εἰκότων Antipho 2.1.9; ἔκ τινος Ar. Ra. 960; ἐξελεγχόμενος περί τινος Pl. Hp.Ma. 304d; ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ ἐξελεγχθήσονται ἔργῳ Id. Ap. 17b.
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flinching from no cruelty or wickedness, merciless, headstrong, in Hom. mostly of heroes, as Achilles, Il. 9.630, 16.203; Hector, 17.150, 22.86; Patroclus, 18.13; Odysseus, Od. 11.474, al.; Heracles, Il. 5.403; σ., οὐδὲ θεῶν ὄπιν αἰδέσατʼ Od. 21.28; of the Cyclops, 9.351, 478; of Zeus, Il. 2.112, Od. 3.161; of the gods generally, σχέτλιοί ἐστε, θεοί, Il. 24.33, Od. 5.118; of Cronos, Hes. Th. 488; of Odysseus and his companions, σχέτλιοι, οἳ . . Od. 12.21; of women, 4.729, al.: so also in Att. of men, wicked, πῶς ἂν ἄνθρωποι -ώτεροι ἢ ἀνομώτεροι γένοιντο; Antipho 6.47, cf. D. 30.36; -ώτατος And. 1.124, Isoc. 5.103, etc.; σ. καὶ ἀναιδής D. 19.16, etc.; of wild beasts, ὅσα σ. καὶ ἀνιηρά savage, Hdt. 3.108.