ἔγκλημα

A. accusation, charge, ἔ. τινι ἔχειν S. Ph. 323, cf.Tr. 361, Antipho 3.2.9, etc.; ἐγκλήματα ἔχειν τινός, = ἐγκαλεῖν τι, Th. 1.26; ἔ. ποιεῖν τι make a thing matter of complaint, Id. 3.53; ἐγκλήματα ποιεῖσθαι bring accusations, Id. 1.126; τὰ ἐ. τὰ ἔς τινας complaints respecting . . , ib.79; ἐν ἐγκλήματι γίγνεσθαι D. 18.251; γίγνεται or ἐστὶ ἔγκλημά μοι πρός τινα I have ground of complaint respecting him, X. Cyr. 1.2.6, Lys. 10.23; λύειν ἔ. clear away a charge, Plb. 2.52.4; λόγοις τὰ ἐ. διαλύεσθαι Th. 1.140.

II. in Law, written complaint: generally, of complaints which were to lead to private suits, ἔ. λαγχάνειν τινί file a complaint against . . , D. 34.16, al., cf. PTeb. 616 (ii A. D.).

III. concrete, a standing reproach, τῆς τύχης καὶ τῶν θεῶν Plu Dio 58.

2. defect, Gal. 14.20.