ἀληθής

See also: αληθής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀλᾱθής (alāthḗs) – Doric

Etymology

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
- 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 217e:
  οἶνος […] ἦν ἀληθής
  oînos […] ên alēthḗs
  Wine is truthful. (in vino veritas)
(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.

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓ληθής; ᾰ̓ληθές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
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
Derived forms	ᾰ̓ληθῶς alēthôs		ᾰ̓ληθέστερος alēthésteros		ᾰ̓ληθέστᾰτος alēthéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, untrue”)

Derived terms

ᾰ̓λήθεια (alḗtheia)
ᾰ̓ληθῶς (alēthôs, adverb)

Descendants

Greek: αληθής (alithís), αληθινός (alithinós)

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 (2006–2019)
G227 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accurate idem, page 7.
- actual idem, page 10.
- authentic idem, page 53.
- correct idem, page 174.
- right idem, page 714.
- true idem, page 898.
- truthful idem, page 899.
- veracious idem, page 948.

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