ἐτεός
eteos
true, genuine
Appears 22 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐτεός, ά, όν (not found in masc.), A. true, genuine, πόλλʼ ἐτεά Il. 20.255; ἢ ἐτεὸν Κάλχας μαντεύεται 2.300; εἰ ἐτεόν περ whether it be true indeed, 14.125; εἰ δή ῥʼ ἐ. γε καὶ ἀτρεκέως ἀγορεύεις 15.53. II. ἐτεόν, as Adv., in truth, verily, εἰπέ μοι εἰ ἐ. γε φίλην ἐς πατρίδʼ ἱκάνω Od. 13.328, cf.Il. 8.423; εἰ ἐ. . . μιμνῄσκομαι rightly, 25.173. 2. in (not in other Com.) interrog., really, indeed, οὐκ ἀκούσεσθʼ ἐ. . . ; Ach. 322, cf. 609; ἐ. ἡγεῖ γὰρ θεούς; Eq.32, cf. 733; in asking for information, τί οὖν τοῦτʼ ἐστὶν ἐ.; Nu. 93, cf. V. 8; τί δὲ τοῦτʼ ἐγέλασας ἐ.; Nu. 820; cf. ἐτός (B). 3. fem., ἐτεή, ἡ, reality, [ἄνθρωπος] ἐτεῆς ἀπήλλακται 6; dat. ἐτεῇ, as Adv., in reality, νόμῳ γλυκύ, νόμῳ πικρόν, ἐτεῇ δʼ ἄτομα καὶ κενόν 125; ἐ. οὐδὲν ἴσμεν 7.
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