ἀληθινός

See also: αληθινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ληθής (alēthḗs, “true”) +‎ -ῐνός (-inós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lɛː.tʰi.nós/ → /a.li.θiˈnos/ → /a.li.θiˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lɛː.tʰi.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.le̝.tʰiˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.li.θiˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.li.θiˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.li.θiˈnos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓ληθῐνός • (alēthinós) m (feminine ᾰ̓ληθῐνή, neuter ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν); first/second declension

1. (of persons) truthful, trustworthy
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.17
   • 341 BCE, Demosthenes, Third Philippic 12
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Symposium 9.5
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 39.37
2. (of things) real and true, genuine

   Antonym: πᾰνηγῠρῐκός (panēgurikós)

   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 499C
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1107A.31
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 10.3
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1281B.12
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 13.15

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓ληθῐνός; ᾰ̓ληθῐνή; ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ληθῐνός alēthinós	ᾰ̓ληθῐνή alēthinḗ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν alēthinón		ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ alēthinā́	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ		ᾰ̓ληθῐνοί alēthinoí	ᾰ̓ληθῐναί alēthinaí	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾰ́ alēthiná
Genitive		ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῦ alēthinoû	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῆς alēthinês	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῦ alēthinoû		ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν alēthinoîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐναῖν alēthinaîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν alēthinoîn		ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶν alēthinôn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶν alēthinôn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶν alēthinôn
Dative		ᾰ̓ληθῐνῷ alēthinôi	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῇ alēthinêi	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῷ alēthinôi		ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν alēthinoîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐναῖν alēthinaîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν alēthinoîn		ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖς alēthinoîs	ᾰ̓ληθῐναῖς alēthinaîs	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖς alēthinoîs
Accusative		ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν alēthinón	ᾰ̓ληθῐνήν alēthinḗn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν alēthinón		ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ alēthinā́	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ		ᾰ̓ληθῐνούς alēthinoús	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ς alēthinā́s	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾰ́ alēthiná
Vocative		ᾰ̓ληθῐνέ alēthiné	ᾰ̓ληθῐνή alēthinḗ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν alēthinón		ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ alēthinā́	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ		ᾰ̓ληθῐνοί alēthinoí	ᾰ̓ληθῐναί alēthinaí	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾰ́ alēthiná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶς alēthinôs				ᾰ̓ληθῐνώτερος alēthinṓteros				ᾰ̓ληθῐνώτᾰτος alēthinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀληθινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀληθινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀληθινός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀληθινός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G228 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• ἀληθινός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • actual idem, page 10.
  • authentic idem, page 53.
  • genuine idem, page 357.
  • intrinsic idem, page 455.
  • real idem, page 675.
  • sincere idem, page 777.
  • substantial idem, page 832.
  • unfeigned idem, page 918.