reality
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
real existence: P. οὐσία, ἡ.
truth: V. and V. ἀλήθεια, ἡ, V. ναμέρτεια, ἡ; see ideal.
in reality: P. and V. ἔργῳ, as opposed to λόγῳ, nominally.
such friends have the semblance not the reality (of friendship) who are not friends in time of trouble: V. ὄνομα γὰρ ἔργον δ' οὐκ ἔχουσιν οἱ φίλοι οἱ μὴ 'πι ταῖσι συμφοραῖς ὄντες φίλοι (Euripides, Orestes 454).
