ὄντως,
adverb participle of εἰμί (sum), really, actually, verily, with Verbs, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 610, “Ion” 223 (Lyric poetry), “IA” [1622], 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 86, “Pl.” 286, 289, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.65, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄντως τε καὶ ἀληθῶς really and truly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 263d; ὄ. φιλοσοφεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 220 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to to ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 656e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to εἰκότως, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.10 and 4.10: in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus with the ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle ὤν, οὖσα, ὄν, to imply real existence, [[ “Phdr.” 247c, 247e, “R.” 597d ] Refs]: also with Nouns, τὰ ὄντως ἀγαθά [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 260a; ὅ γε ὄντως φιλομαθής [prev. author] “R.” 490a; ὄντως ἑταίρας 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 212.6, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 367, etc.: not used by 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus or 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, nor in _Ionic dialect_ (ἐόντως is not found) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; more freq in the later dialogues of [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus than in the earlier. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]