ἀλήθεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀλάθεια (Doric)
• ἀλαθεία
• ἀληθεία (Homeric)
• ἀληθείη (Ionic)

Etymology

From ἀληθής (alēthēs, “true”), from α- (“not”) and λήθω (“I escape notice, I am hidden”) — whence English lethargy (“sluggishness”) — ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /alɛ͜ɛ́tʰe͜e.a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /aléːtʰiːa/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /alíθia/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /alíθia/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /alíθia/

Noun

ἀλήθεια (genitive ἀληθείας) f, first declension; (alētheia)

1. not a lie
2. truth

Inflection

First declension of ἀλήθειᾰ, ἀληθείᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλήθειᾰ	τὼ ἀληθείᾱ	αἱ ἀλήθειαι
Genitive	τῆς ἀληθείᾱς	τοῖν ἀληθείαιν	τῶν ἀληθειῶν
Dative	τῇ ἀληθείᾳ	τοῖν ἀληθείαιν	ταῖς ἀληθείαις
Accusative	τὴν ἀλήθειᾰν	τὼ ἀληθείᾱ	τὰς ἀληθείᾱς
Vocative	ἀλήθειᾰ	ἀληθείᾱ	ἀλήθειαι

Descendants

• English: alethic, alethiology, philalethia
• Greek: αλήθεια

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G225