elenchus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin elenchus, from Ancient Greek ἔλεγχος (élenkhos, “refutation, scrutiny, control”). Doublet of elench. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈlɛŋ.kəs/ === Noun === 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. ==== Synonyms ==== Socratic method ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== elenctic === Further reading === “elenchus”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “elenchus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === lunchees == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἔλεγχος (élenkhos, “refutation, scrutiny”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʰ- (“to accuse, to scold”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈɫɛŋ.kʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈlɛŋ.kus] === Noun === 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 ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: elenc English: elenchus, elench Italian: elenco Portuguese: elenco Romanian: elencos, elenchus Spanish: elenco === References === “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, 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 (16 July 2016 (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