ἐλέγχω
I. "to disgrace, put to shame", μῦθον ἐλ. "to treat" a speech "with contempt", Il.; ἐλ. τινά "to put" one "to shame", Od.
II. "to cross-examine, question", for the purpose of "disproving or reproving, to censure, accuse", Hdt., attic; c. acc. et inf. "to accuse" one of doing, Eur.:—Pass. "to be convicted", Hdt., Xen., etc.
2. of arguments, "to bring to the proof, to disprove, confute", Aesch., Dem.:—absol. "to bring convincing proof", Hdt.: then generally "to prove", Lat. arguere, Thuc.