A.fond of cross-questioning or examining, Pl.Sph.216b, etc.; ὁ ἐ. ἐκεῖνος that cross-questioner, Id.Tht.200a; fond of reproving, critical, “τῶν ἁμαρτανομένων” Arist.Rh.1381a31, cf. Longin.4.1 (Sup.); “ἐ. βίος” Jul. Or.6.191a. Adv. “-κῶς” X.Smp.4.2, etc.: Sup., Luc.Demon.55.
2. refutative, of indirect modes of proof such as the reductio ad absurdum, “ἐνθυμήματα” Arist.Rh.1396b25. Adv. “-κῶς” Alex.Aphr.in Metaph.272.32.