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ἀληθής

alethes

unconcealed

Appears 1,209 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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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