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ὄντως

ontos

(sum), really, actually, verily

Appears 161 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄντως, Adv. part. of εἰμί A. (sum), really, actually, verily, with Verbs, E. HF 610, Ion 223 (lyr.), IA[1622], Ar. Nu. 86, Pl. 286,289, Herod. 4.65, etc.; ὄντως τε καὶ ἀληθῶς really and truly, Pl. Sph. 263d ; ὄ. φιλοσοφεῖν Epicur. Fr. 220 ; opp. to ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, Pl. Lg. 656e ; to εἰκότως, Antipho 2.2.10 and 4.10 : in Pl. with the part. ὤν, οὖσα, ὄν, to imply real existence, Phdr. 247c, 247e, R. 597d : also with Nouns, τὰ ὄντως ἀγαθά Id. Phdr. 260a; ὅ γε ὄντως φιλομαθής Id. R. 490a ; ὄντως ἑταίρας Antiph. 212.6, cf. Men. 367, etc.: not used by Th. or Arist., nor in Ion. (ἐόντως is not found) ; more freq in the later dialogues of Pl. than in the earlier.
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