ἀληθής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], Dor. [[ἀλαθής]], ές, ([[λήθω]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> = [[λανθάνω]]: ἀληθὲς τὸ μὴ λήθῃ ὑποπῖπτον ''EM''62.51):—[[unconcealed]], so [[true]], [[real]], opp. [[false]], [[apparent]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> Hom., opp. [[ψευδής]], in phrases ἀληθέα [[μυθήσομαι|μυθήσασθαι]], [[εἰπεῖν]], [[ἀγορεύειν]], ἀληθὲς [[ἐνισπεῖν]], Il.6.382, Od.13.254, 3.254, 247, al.; in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] and Att. <b class="b3">τὸ ἀληθές</b>, by Trag. crasis [[τἀληθές]], Ion. [[τὠληθές]] ([[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.68, 69), or <b class="b3">τὰ ἀληθῆ</b>, by crasis [[τἀληθῆ]], etc.; ἀληθέϊ λόγῳ χρᾶσθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.14, etc.; οἱ ἀληθέϊ λόγῳ βασιλέες 1.120; ἀληθεστάτη [[πρόφασις]] Th.1.23.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, etc., [[truthful]], [[honest]] (not in Hom., v. infr.), ἀ. νόος Pi.''O.''2.92; κατήγορος A.''Th.''439; [[κριτής]] Th.3.56; [[οἶνος ἀληθής]] = '[[in vino veritas]]', Pl.''Smp.''217e; ὁ μέσος ἀ. τις [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]'' 1108a20.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of oracles, [[true]], [[unerring]], ἀλαθέα μαντίων θῶκον Pi. ''P.''11.6, cf. S.''Ph.''993, E.''Ion''1537; of dreams, A.''Th.''710.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of qualities or events, [[true]], [[real]], [[φίλος]] [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''424; ἀ. τὸ πραχθέν Antipho 1.6; [[genuine]], ἀ. εἶναι δεῖ τὸ σεμνόν, οὐ κενόν Men.596.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[realizing itself]], [[coming to fulfilment]], ἀρά A.''Th.''944.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἀληθῶς]], Ion. [[ἀληθέως]], [[truly]], Simon.5.1, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.11, al., A.''Supp.''315, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[actually]], [[in reality]], <b class="b3">γένος τόδε Ζηνός ἐστιν ἀ.</b> ib.585; ἀ. οὐδὲν ἐξῃκασμένα Id.''Ag.''1244, cf. Th.1.22, etc.; <b class="b3">τὴν ἀ. μουσικήν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[οὖσαν]]) Antiph.209.6:—[[ὡς ἀληθῶς]] = [[in the true way]], [[really]], [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''739, Pl. ''Phd.''63a, etc.; ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὡς [[ἀληθῶς]] μήτηρ D.21.149: Comp. ἀληθεστέρως Pl. ''R.''347e, ἀληθέστερον Antipho 3.3.4: Sup. ἀληθέστατα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.8.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> neut. as adverb, proparox. [[ἄληθες]]; = [[indeed]]? [[really]]? ironically, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]'' 350, ''Ant.''758, E.''Cyc.''241, Ar.''Ra.''840, ''Av.''174.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[τὸ ἀληθές]] = [[truly]], Ion. [[τὠληθές]] Herod.7.70.<br><span class="bld">B</span> [[not forgetting]], [[careful]], γυνὴ [[χερνῆτις]] ἀ. Il.12.433, cf. [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 24.233:—the sense [[honest]] is post-Hom. [[ἀληθίζω]], [[dye with genuine purple]], PHolm.18.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Med. [[ἀληθίζομαι]] = [[ἀληθεύω]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.136, 3.72, Plu.2.230b, Alciphr.3.39, 59.