ἀλήθ-εια [ᾰλ], ἡ,
Doric dialect ἀλάθεια (also ἀλαθείᾱ[[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.204); ἀλάθεα 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 57, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.1 is _neuter_ _plural_ of ἀλᾱθή; _Epic dialect_ (and Farly _Attic dialect_ _accusative_ to Hdn.Gr. 2.454)] Refs 7th c.BC+] ἀληθεί; Ionic dialect ἀληθείη:
__I truth, opposed to lie or mere appearance:
__I.1 in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only opposed to a lie, frequently in phrase ἀληθείην καταλέξαι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.407, +others; ἀ. ἀποειπεῖν 23.361] Refs 8th c.BC+]; παιδὸς πᾶσαν ἀ. μυθεῖσθαι to tell whole truth about the lad, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.507; ἀλάθει᾽ ἀτρεκής 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.17, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus [same place] ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; proverbial, οἶνος καὶ ἀ. `in vino veritas', Alc.[same place], etc.; ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἀ. ἔπη[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 176, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 469; χρᾶσθαι τῇ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; εἰπεῖν τὴν ἀ. [prev. author] 6.69; ἡ ἀ. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.122, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 91] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἔχειν to be true, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281a42: _plural_, ταῖς ἀ. χρῆσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.5; τὰς ἀ. λέγειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 87, 925; τὰς ἀ. ἀκοῦσαι τῶν γενομένων 4th c.BC: Alcidamas Rhetor “Ὀδυσσεύς.” 13:—Ἀλήθεια or περὶ Ἀληθείας, title of works by 5th c.BC: Protagoras Philosophus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161c, “Cra.” 391c; by 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista, “FOxy.” 1364, compare 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 2.11, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]