ἀληθής
See also: αληθής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
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From ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λήθω (lḗthō, “hide, forget”), variant of λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to do secretly”), + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix): literally, "unconcealed" or "not forgotten".
Adjective
ᾰ̓ληθής • (alēthḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ληθές); third declension
- (of things) true, real, genuine
- (of people) truthful, honest
- (neuter accusative plural, ἀληθῆ, in answer to a question) that's right
- 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 143a:
- Εὐκλείδης […] ὥστε μοι σχεδόν τι πᾶς ὁ λόγος γέγραπται.
Τερψίων ἀληθῆ· ἤκουσά σου καὶ πρότερον […] .- Eukleídēs […] hṓste moi skhedón ti pâs ho lógos gégraptai.
Terpsíōn alēthê; ḗkousá sou kaì próteron […] . - Eucleides: So I have pretty much the whole conversation written down.
Terpsion: That's right. I've heard you [say so] before.
- Eukleídēs […] hṓste moi skhedón ti pâs ho lógos gégraptai.
- Εὐκλείδης […] ὥστε μοι σχεδόν τι πᾶς ὁ λόγος γέγραπται.
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓ληθής alēthḗs |
ᾰ̓ληθές alēthés |
ᾰ̓ληθεῖ alētheî |
ᾰ̓ληθεῖ alētheî |
ᾰ̓ληθεῖς alētheîs |
ᾰ̓ληθῆ alēthê | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓ληθοῦς alēthoûs |
ᾰ̓ληθοῦς alēthoûs |
ᾰ̓ληθοῖν alēthoîn |
ᾰ̓ληθοῖν alēthoîn |
ᾰ̓ληθῶν alēthôn |
ᾰ̓ληθῶν alēthôn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓ληθεῖ alētheî |
ᾰ̓ληθεῖ alētheî |
ᾰ̓ληθοῖν alēthoîn |
ᾰ̓ληθοῖν alēthoîn |
ᾰ̓ληθέσῐ / ᾰ̓ληθέσῐν alēthési(n) |
ᾰ̓ληθέσῐ / ᾰ̓ληθέσῐν alēthési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓ληθῆ alēthê |
ᾰ̓ληθές alēthés |
ᾰ̓ληθεῖ alētheî |
ᾰ̓ληθεῖ alētheî |
ᾰ̓ληθεῖς alētheîs |
ᾰ̓ληθῆ alēthê | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓ληθές alēthés |
ᾰ̓ληθές alēthés |
ᾰ̓ληθεῖ alētheî |
ᾰ̓ληθεῖ alētheî |
ᾰ̓ληθεῖς alētheîs |
ᾰ̓ληθῆ alēthê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓ληθῶς alēthôs |
ᾰ̓ληθέστερος alēthésteros |
ᾰ̓ληθέστᾰτος alēthéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Antonyms
- ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, untrue”)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “ἀληθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀληθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀληθής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀληθής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀληθής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀληθής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G227 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.