ἀληθινός

See also: αληθινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ληθής (alēthḗs, “true”) +‎ -ῐνός (-inós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lɛː.tʰi.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.le̝.tʰiˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.li.θiˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.li.θiˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.li.θiˈnos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓ληθῐνός • (alēthinós) m (feminine ᾰ̓ληθῐνή, neuter ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν); first/second declension

(of persons) truthful, trustworthy
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.17
- 341 BCE, Demosthenes, Third Philippic 12
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Symposium 9.5
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 39.37
(of things) real and true, genuine
Antonym: πᾰνηγῠρῐκός (panēgurikós)
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 499C
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1107A.31
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 10.3
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1281B.12
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 13.15

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓ληθῐνός; ᾰ̓ληθῐνή; ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓ληθῐνός alēthinós	ᾰ̓ληθῐνή alēthinḗ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν alēthinón	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ alēthinā́	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοί alēthinoí	ᾰ̓ληθῐναί alēthinaí	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾰ́ alēthiná
Genitive	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῦ alēthinoû	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῆς alēthinês	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῦ alēthinoû	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν alēthinoîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐναῖν alēthinaîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν alēthinoîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶν alēthinôn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶν alēthinôn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶν alēthinôn
Dative	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῷ alēthinôi	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῇ alēthinêi	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῷ alēthinôi	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν alēthinoîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐναῖν alēthinaîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν alēthinoîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖς alēthinoîs	ᾰ̓ληθῐναῖς alēthinaîs	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖς alēthinoîs
Accusative	ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν alēthinón	ᾰ̓ληθῐνήν alēthinḗn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν alēthinón	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ alēthinā́	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνούς alēthinoús	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ς alēthinā́s	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾰ́ alēthiná
Vocative	ᾰ̓ληθῐνέ alēthiné	ᾰ̓ληθῐνή alēthinḗ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν alēthinón	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ alēthinā́	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ alēthinṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοί alēthinoí	ᾰ̓ληθῐναί alēthinaí	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾰ́ alēthiná
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶς alēthinôs			ᾰ̓ληθῐνώτερος alēthinṓteros			ᾰ̓ληθῐνώτᾰτος alēthinṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“ἀληθινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀληθινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀληθινός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀληθινός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
G228 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
ἀληθινός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- actual idem, page 10.
- authentic idem, page 53.
- genuine idem, page 357.
- intrinsic idem, page 455.
- real idem, page 675.
- sincere idem, page 777.
- substantial idem, page 832.
- unfeigned idem, page 918.