ἀληθής

• ἀλᾱθάς (alāthás) — Doric

In form it would be from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + *ληθής (*lēthḗs), from *λῆθος (*lêthos, “concealment, forgetfulness”) + -ής (-ḗs), the former component from λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion, forgetfulness”), thus "unconcealed, unforgotten"; see the latter for more.^[1] Compare also λήθω (lḗthō), λανθάνω (lanthánō).

ᾰ̓ληθής • (ălēthḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ληθές); third declension

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

     οἶνος ἦν ἀληθής

     oînos […] ên alēthḗs

     Wine is truthful. (in vino veritas)

• ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, untrue; deceived, misled”)
• ψυδρός (psudrós, “false, untrue; lying, deceitful”)

• ᾰ̓λήθεια (ălḗtheia)
• ᾰ̓ληθῶς (ălēthôs, adverb)

• Greek: αληθής (alithís), αληθινός (alithinós)

• “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 (2006–2025)
• G227 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• 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.