Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀλᾱθής ‎(alāthḗs) Doric

Adjective

ἀληθής • ‎(alēthḗs) m, f ‎(neuter ἀληθές); third declension

1. (of things) true, real, genuine
2. (of people) truthful, honest
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 217.e

     οἶνος ... ἦν ἀληθής

     Wine is truthful. (in vino veritas)

3. (neuter accusative plural, ἀληθῆ, in answer to a question) that's right
   • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 143.a

     Εὐκλείδης   ... ὥστε μοι σχεδόν τι πᾶς ὁ λόγος γέγραπται.
     Τερψίων   ἀληθῆ· ἤκουσά σου καὶ πρότερον ... .

     Eucleides: So I have pretty much the whole conversation written down.
     Terpsion: That's right. I've heard you [say so] before.

Inflection

Antonyms

• ψευδής ‎(pseudḗs, “untrue”)

Derived terms

• ἀλήθεια ‎(alḗtheia)

References

• ἀληθής in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀληθής in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀληθής in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἀληθής» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἀληθής» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἀληθής» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• “G227”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • accurate idem, page 7.
  • actual idem, page 10.
  • authentic idem, page 53.
  • correct idem, page 174.
  • right idem, page 714.
  • true idem, page 898.
  • truthful idem, page 899.
  • veracious idem, page 948.