ἀληθής

ἀληθ-ής [pron. full] [ᾰ], [dialect] Dor. [full] ἀλᾱθής, ές, (λήθω,

A = λανθάνω:

ἀληθὲς τὸ μὴ λήθῃ ὑποπῖπτον EM62.51

):—unconcealed, so true, real, opp. false, apparent:

I Hom., opp. ψευδής,in phrases ἀληθέα μυθήσασθαι, εἰπεῖν, ἀγορεύειν, ἀληθὲς ἐνισπεῖν, Il.6.382, Od.13.254, 3.254, 247, al.; in Hdt. and [dialect] Att. τὸ ἀληθές, by Trag. crasis τἀληθές, [dialect] Ion. τὠληθές (Hdt.6.68, 69), or τὰ ἀληθῆ, by crasis τἀληθῆ, etc.;

ἀληθέϊ λόγῳ χρᾶσθαι Hdt. 1.14

, etc.;

οἱ ἀληθέϊ λόγῳ βασιλέες 1.120

;

ἀληθεστάτη πρόφασις Th.1.23

.

2 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 ἀ. `in vino veritas', Pl.Smp.217e;

ὁ μέσος ἀ. τις Arist.EN 1108a20

.

3 of oracles, true, unerring,

ἀλαθέα μαντίων θῶκον Pi. P.11.6

, cf. S.Ph.993, E.Ion1537; of dreams, A.Th.710.

II of qualities or events, true, real,

φίλος E.Or.424

;

ἀ. τὸ πραχθέν Antipho 1.6

; genuine,

ἀ. εἶναι δεῖ τὸ σεμνόν, οὐ κενόν Men.596

.

2 realizing itself, coming to fulfilment,

ἀρά A.Th.944

.

III Adv. ἀληθῶς, [dialect] Ion. -θέως, truly, Simon.5.1, Hdt.1.11, al., A.Supp.315, etc.

b actually, in reality, γένος τόδε Ζηνός ἐστιν ἀ. ib.585;

ἀ. οὐδὲν ἐξῃκασμένα Id.Ag.1244

, cf. Th.1.22, etc.; τὴν ἀ. μουσικήν (sc. οὖσαν) Antiph.209.6:—ὡς ἀ. in the true way, really, E.Or.739, Pl. Phd.63a, etc.;

ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὡς ἀ. μήτηρ D.21.149

: [comp] Comp.

-εστέρως Pl. R.347e

,

-έστερον Antipho 3.3.4

: [comp] Sup.

-έστατα X.Mem.4.8.1

.

2 neut. as Adv., proparox. ἄληθες; indeed? really? ironically, S.OT 350, Ant.758, E.Cyc.241, Ar.Ra.840, Av.174.

3 τὸ ἀληθές truly, [dialect] Ion.

τὠληθές Herod.7.70

.

B not forgetting, careful,

γυνὴ χερνῆτις ἀ. Il.12.433

, cf. Nonn.D.24.233:—the sense honest is post- Hom. [suff] ἀληθ-ίζω, dye with genuine purple, PHolm.18.6.

II [voice] Med. -ίζομαι, = ἀληθεύω, Hdt.1.136, 3.72, Plu.2.230b, Alciphr.3.39, 59.