Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, ἀλήθ-εια

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1. in Hom. only opp. a lie, freq. in phrase “ἀληθείην καταλέξαι” Il.24.407,al.; “ἀ. ἀποειπεῖν” 23.361; παιδὸς πᾶσαν ἀ. μυθεῖσθαι to tell whole truth about the lad, Od.11.507; “ἀλάθει᾽ ἀτρεκής” Pi.N.5.17, cf. B. l.c.; prov., οἶνος καὶ ἀ. `in vino veritas', Alc.l.c., etc.; “ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἀ. ἔπη” A.Fr.176, cf. E.Ph.469; “χρᾶσθαι τῇ ἀ.” Hdt.1.116; “εἰπεῖν τὴν ἀ.” Id.6.69; “ἡ ἀ. περί τινος” Th.4.122, S. Tr.91; ἀ. ἔχειν to be true, Arist.Pol.1281a42: pl., “ταῖς ἀ. χρῆσθαι” Isoc.9.5; “τὰς ἀ. λέγειν” Men.87,925; “τὰς ἀ. ἀκοῦσαι τῶν γενομένων” Alcid.Od.13:—Ἀλήθεια or περὶ Ἀληθείας, title of works by Protag., Pl.Tht.161c, Cra. 391c; by Antipho Soph., FOxy.1364, cf. Hermog. Id.2.11, etc.

2. after Hom. also truth, reality, opp. appearance, “σὺν ἀλαθείᾳ καλῶν” B.3.96; “ἡ ἀ. τῶν πραχθέντων” Antipho 2.4.1; “τῶν ἔργων ἡ ἀ.” Th.2.41; “μιμήματα ἀληθείας” Pl.Plt.300c:— in adverb. usages, τῇ ἀ. in very truth, Th.4.120, etc.; “ταῖς ἀ.” Isoc.15.283, cf. Philem.130, Plb.10.40.5, Babr.75.20; rarely (without the Art.) “ἀληθείᾳ” Pl.Prt.343d:—with Preps., “ἐν τῇ ἀ.” Pl.La.183d; ἐπὶ τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ τοῦ πράγματος in truth and reality, D.21.72; ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείᾳ for the sake of truth, A.Supp. 628, Ar.Pl.891; also, according to truth and nature, Theoc.7.44:—“μετ᾽ ἀληθείας” X.Mem.2.1.27, D.2.4:— “κατὰ τὴν ἀ.” Isoc.1.2.46, etc.; “κατ᾽ ἀλήθειον” Arist.Pol.1278b33, etc.:— “ξὺν ἀληθείᾳ” A.Ag.1567:—“πρὸς ἀλήθειαν” D.S.5.67, etc.

3. real war, opp. exercise or parade, Plb.10.20.4,al.; “ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ.” Id.1.21.3.

4. true event, realization of dream or omen, Hdt.3.64, Damon ap.Sch.Ar.Pl.1003.

II. of persons, truthfulness, sincerity, Hdt. 1.55; “ἀλαθείᾳ φρενῶν” A.Ag.1550, cf. Pl.R.331c, Arist.EN1108a20.

III. *)a. personified, Emp.1, Parm.1.29, etc.

IV. symbol of truth, jewel worn by Egyptian high-priest, D.S.1.48,75, Ael. VH14.34: of the Thummim, LXX Le.8.8.

Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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