unconcealed
ἀληθ-ής [ᾰ], Dor.
ἀλᾱθής,ές, (λήθω,
A.
= λανθάνω : ἀληθὲς τὸ μὴ λήθῃ ὑποπῖπτον
EM 62.51
):—unconcealed, sotrue, real, opp.false, apparent:
I.
Hom. , opp.ψευδής,in phrasesἀληθέα μυθήσασθαι, εἰπεῖν, ἀγορεύειν, ἀληθὲς ἐνισπεῖν, Il. 6.382 , Od. 13.254 , 3.254 , 247 , al.; in Hdt. and Att.
τὸ ἀληθές, by Trag. crasisτἀληθές, Ion.
τὠληθές( Hdt. 6.68 , 69 ), orτὰ ἀληθῆ, by crasisτἀληθῆ, 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. asAdv., 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 sensehonestis post- Hom.
ἀληθ-ίζω,dye with genuine purple,
PHolm. 18.6 .
II.
Med.
-ίζομαι,
= ἀληθεύω , Hdt. 1.136 , 3.72 , Plu. 2.230b , Alciphr. 3.39 , 59 .
