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Ἔλεγχος · disgrace, dishonour, reproach (ε 778) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε778

ε774elegy
ε775reproach
ε776most worthy of reproof, very worthy of reproof
ε777we reproach, we test
ε778disgrace, dishonour, reproach
ε779band [for binding corn-sheaves]
ε780eledone
ε781pitiable
ε782pitiably

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε778

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Ἔλεγχος

disgrace, dishonour, reproach

Translated by Marcelo Boeri27 Oct 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 12 words

Translation

[Meaning] shame.¹
Also [sc. attested is the related verb] I disgrace you.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔλεγχος· αἰσχύνη. καὶ Ἐλέγχω σε.

Betacode

*)/elegxos: ai)sxu/nh. kai\ *)ele/gxw se.

Notes (1)

[1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.314, where the (neuter) headword occurs. See generally see LSJ s.v., A and -- for a different cluster of meanings (and a grammatical difference: masculine) -- B.
2(cf. epsilon 777, eta 197.) Similarly in syntactical lexica.

Linked from3 entries

ε775Ἐλέγχειαreproach[no gloss]
ε777Ἐλέγχομενwe reproach, we testMeaning we speak ill [of someone]. "All night we reproach [the] kings." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "but works test [the] hands."
ε835Ἐληλεγμένονdisgraced[Meaning] ashamed.

Neighbouring entries

ε776Ἐλέγχιστοςmost worthy of reproof, very worthy of reproof ε777Ἐλέγχομενwe reproach, we test ε778Ἔλεγχοςdisgrace, dishonour, reproach ε779Ἐλεδανόςband [for binding corn-sheaves]ε780Ἐλεδώνηeledone

Revision history5 revisions · last 16 Dec 2015

16 Dec 2015expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
12 Aug 2012Revised — David Whitehead
13 Mar 2006added note numbers and cross-references; raised status — Catharine Roth
13 Dec 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
27 Oct 2003modified headword and translation; added note and keyword — David Whitehead
27 Oct 2003Translated — Marcelo Boeri

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἔλεγχος (Adler number epsilon 778), trans. Marcelo Boeri, 27 Oct 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/778

Translation by Marcelo Boeri for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗