elenchus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin elenchus, from Ancient Greek ἔλεγχος (élenkhos, “refutation, scrutiny, control”). Doublet of elench.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elenchus (plural elenchi)
- (rhetoric) A technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended point.
- 1991, Thomas c. Brickhouse, Nicholas D. Smith, “Socrates’ Elenctic Mission”, in Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, volume IX, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 131–132:
- The elenchus begins when an interlocutor makes some moral claim that Socrates wishes to examine. The argument then proceeds from premisses that express certain of the interlocutor’s other beliefs to a conclusion that contradicts the original moral claim under scrutiny.
Synonyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “elenchus”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “elenchus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἔλεγχος (élenkhos, “refutation, scrutiny”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʰ- (“to accuse, to scold”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eˈlen.kʰus/, [ɛˈɫ̪ɛŋkʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈlen.kus/, [eˈlɛŋkus]
Noun
[edit]elenchus m (genitive elenchī); second declension
- costly trinket (especially an earring)
- refutation
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) list
- Elenchus tamen Sanctorum necnon Beatorum in Martyrologio ― The list however of Saints and Blesseds in the Martyrology
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | elenchus | elenchī |
| Genitive | elenchī | elenchōrum |
| Dative | elenchō | elenchīs |
| Accusative | elenchum | elenchōs |
| Ablative | elenchō | elenchīs |
| Vocative | elenche | elenchī |
Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: elenc
- English: elenchus, elench
- Italian: elenco
- Portuguese: elenco
- Romanian: elencos, elenchus
- Spanish: elenco
References
[edit]- “elenchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “elenchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elenchus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- elenchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “elenchus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elenchus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “elenchus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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