ἀλήθεια

See also: αλήθεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ἀληθής (alēthḗs, “true”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-iă, abstract noun suffix).[1] Synchronically analyzable as ἀληθής (alēthḗs) +‎ -εια (-eia).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀλήθεια • (alḗtheia) f (genitive ἀληθείας); first declension

  1. not a lie
  2. truth
  3. reality
  4. (Septuagint, plural form?) the Thummim

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓λήθειᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̓ληθείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓λήθειᾰ
hē ălḗtheiă 		τὼ ᾰ̓ληθείᾱ
tṑ ălētheíā 		αἱ ᾰ̓λήθειαι
hai ălḗtheiai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓ληθείᾱς
tês ălētheíās 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ληθείαιν
toîn ălētheíain 		τῶν ᾰ̓ληθειῶν
tôn ălētheiôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓ληθείᾳ
tēî ălētheíāi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ληθείαιν
toîn ălētheíain 		ταῖς ᾰ̓ληθείαις
taîs ălētheíais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓λήθειᾰν
tḕn ălḗtheiăn 		τὼ ᾰ̓ληθείᾱ
tṑ ălētheíā 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ληθείᾱς
tā̀s ălētheíās
Vocative ᾰ̓λήθειᾰ
ălḗtheiă 		ᾰ̓ληθείᾱ
ălētheíā 		ᾰ̓λήθειαι
ălḗtheiai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • English: alethic, alethiology, philalethia
  • Greek: αλήθεια (alítheia)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀληθής”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 65-6

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