ἀληθῐνός, ή, όν,
agreeable to truth:
__1 of persons, truthful, trusty, στράτευμα, φίλοι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.17, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.12, compare 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 26] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -νῶς, φιλεῖν[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.5] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 39.37. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 of things, true, genuine, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1107a31 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of purple, πορφυρίς[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.3, compare “Edict.Diocl.” 24.6] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰχθύς Amph.26; πέλαγος[[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 65; λόγος [prev. author] “Sam.” 114] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ ἀ. real objects, opposed to τὰ γεγραμμένα, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281b12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of persons, ἐς ἀ. ἄνδρ᾽ ἀποβῆναι to turn out a genuine man, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.15] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: Astron., true (opposed to φαινόμενος apparent), of risings and settings, [[ 4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus 1 “Def.” 1, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II adverb -νῶς truly, really, opposed to γλίσχρως, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.142] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῶντα ἀ. really alive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 19b; ἀ. γεγάμηκε; 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 221. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 honestly, straightforwardly, [[ “OGI” 223.17 (from Erythrae).] Refs]