ἀληθῐνός,ή,όν,
A. agreeable to truth:
1. of persons,truthful, trusty,στράτευμα, φίλοι, X. An. 1.9.17 , D. 9.12 , cf. Posidipp. 26 .Adv.
-νῶς, φιλεῖν
X. Smp. 9.5
: Sup.
-ώτατα
Plb. 39.37
.
2. of things,true, genuine, Pl. R. 499c , Arist. EN 1107a31 ( Comp. ); esp. of purple, πορφυρίς
X. Oec. 10.3
, cf. Edict.Diocl. 24.6 ;ἰχθύςAmph. 26 ; πέλαγος
Men. 65
; λόγος
Id. Sam. 114
;τὰ ἀ. real objects, opp.τὰ γεγραμμένα, Arist. Pol. 1281b12 ; of persons,ἐς ἀ. ἄνδρ' ἀποβῆναιto turn out agenuineman, Theoc. 13.15 : Astron.,true(opp.φαινόμενος apparent), of risings and settings, Autol. 1