ἀληθής
alethes
unconcealed
Appears 904 times across Aristotle's works.
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Prior Analytics 173 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 40 ▸
Chapter 1 24a10–24b30Chapter 2 25a1–26Chapter 6 28a10–29a18Chapter 15 33b25–35b22Chapter 23 40b17–41b5Chapter 30 46a3–30Chapter 32 46b40–47b14Book II 133 ▸
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Metaphysics 144 ▸
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Book Θ 15 ▸
Book Ι 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1055a3–1055b29Book Κ 12 ▸
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De Interpretatione 81 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 77 ▸
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Topics 73 ▸
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Book VIII 34 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 49 ▸
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Book III 6 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 42 ▸
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Categories 37 ▸
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Rhetoric 35 ▸
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Politics 26 ▸
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Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19Book III 7 ▸
Book IV 5 ▸
Book VII 7 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 25 ▸
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De Anima 24 ▸
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On the Heavens 23 ▸
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Physics 22 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 14 ▸
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Poetics 4 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 3 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 3 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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Parts of Animals 2 ▸
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Progression of Animals 1 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
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Movement of Animals 1 ▸
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On Memory 1 ▸
Open On Memory ›Chapter 2 451a18–453b11
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀληθής [ᾰ], Dor. ἀλᾱθής, ές, (λήθω, A. = λανθάνω: ἀληθὲς τὸ μὴ λήθῃ ὑποπῖπτον EM 62.51):—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 Att. τὸ ἀληθές, by Trag. crasis τἀληθές, 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. Ion 1537; 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, 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. -εστέρως Pl. R. 347e, -έστερον Antipho 3.3.4: 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, 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..
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